“You know, for someone who holds a position of legal authority as high as yours, you sure do like to throw away the rule book sometimes."
"Knowing the rules is one thing. Following them blindly all the time is something else again.”
― Kay Hooper, quote from Hunting Fear
“Metcalf came into the room and sat down with a sigh. "Did everybody go nuts all of a sudden? It's Thursday, for Christ's sake, and you'd think it was Saturday night. Fender benders, B amp;Es, domestic disputes-and some asshole just tried to rob one of our three banks."
"Unsuccessfully, I gather," Lucas said.
"Yeah, but not much credit to my people. Guy had a flare gun. A flare gun. I was ready to shoot him just on general principle. And because he fucked up my morning.”
― Kay Hooper, quote from Hunting Fear
“Instead, she got one of the books off her dresser and sat in the eading chair, stretching out her legs and gently resting her feet on he bed. She sat there gazing at Luke's sleeping face for a long ime, then stirred and opened her book.
Softly, she murmured, "You aren't in my future, Luke. Unless I put you there.”
― Kay Hooper, quote from Hunting Fear
“Samantha said, "I should be at the carnival. I have things to do."
"Sam, do we have to keep arguing about this?" He handed her a cup but didn't let go until she met his gaze. "I want you here. I need you here."
She hesitated, then nodded. "Okay, fine."
It might not have been gracious acceptance, but at least it was acceptance, and Lucas was visibly relieved.
Jaylene knew why. Samantha could be rather slippery when she didn't want to be somewhere.”
― Kay Hooper, quote from Hunting Fear
“Samantha thought he looked very tired and more than a little grim, and even the simmering anger she felt toward him couldn't stop her from appreciating the courtesy.
He was most always courteous, Luke.
Damn him.”
― Kay Hooper, quote from Hunting Fear
“It wasn't like Samantha, Leo thought, to meddle. Inside her booth, Madam Zarina offered advice and answers to troubled questions, but outside it Samantha minded her own business and scrupulously avoided the business of others. It had been a hard lesson learned, but she had learned it well. So what was she up to now?”
― Kay Hooper, quote from Hunting Fear
“Lucas remained where he was for several moments, then said to his partner, "I've never met anybody so goddamned stubborn in my life."
"Look in the mirror.”
― Kay Hooper, quote from Hunting Fear
Kay Hooper
Born place: in The United States
Born date January 1, 1958
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“You are the one who taught me that love was never what we expected it to be and that it was all we needed.”
― Alice Hoffman, quote from The Museum of Extraordinary Things
“DNA is the messenger which illuminates that connection,handed down from generation to generation,carried,literally,in the bodies of my ancestors.”
― Bryan Sykes, quote from The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
“Anh ta cho rằng anh ta không thể sống mà không thuộc về một cái gì. Đa số người ta đã không nghĩ thế đó ư? Anh ta xác tín rằng anh ta phải thuộc về. Nhưng người ta không cần phải thuộc về ai hay cái gì hay nhóm nào. Thậm chí bạn không cần phải có một mối tình. Ai bảo bạn rằng bạn phải cần những thứ ấy - đó chỉ là xúi quẩy. Điều mà bạn cần đó là sự tự do. Điều mà bạn cần là yêu thương. Tất cả là vậy; đó là chân tính của bạn. Thế nhưng thực tế là bạn thú nhận rằng bạn cần được người ta khao khát. Bạn cần được hoan hô, bạn cần lôi cuốn người ta, bạn cần lũ khỉ tội nghiệp ấy chạy theo bạn. Rõ ràng bạn đang phí cả một đời. Tỉnh dậy đi! Bạn không phải cần những thứ ấy đâu. Bạn có thể hạnh phúc trọn vẹn được mà chẳng cần chúng.
Người chung quanh bạn sẽ chẳng vui gì khi nghe điều nầy - bởi vì một khi bạn đã mở mắt và hiểu ra, bạn sẽ làm người ta kinh hãi. Làm sao người ta kiểm soát được một người như thế? Hắn không cần mình; hắn không ngán những điều mình bình phẩm về hắn; hắn mặc kệ mình nghĩ hay nói gì về hắn. Hắn cắt phứt mọi dây nhợ; hắn không còn là con rối nữa. Điều đó không khiếp ư? “Thế thì chúng ta phải xử hắn. Hắn nói ra sự thật. Hắn hết còn kiêng nể ai; hắn không còn là người - khi hắn đã phá tan tình trạng nô dịch của hắn, phá tan ngục tù mà người ta giam hãm hắn.”
― Anthony de Mello, quote from Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
“It takes two to make a marriage work and two to make it fall apart.”
― Karen Kingsbury, quote from A Time to Dance
“He was suffering from wanderlust, complicated by the tension of knowing that he was rooted to this town by something as simple as his name.”
― Jodi Picoult, quote from Mercy
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