“I guess we're oil and water. (Phoebe)
I'd say we're more like gasoline and a blowtorch. (Dan)”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“The door closed behind her (Phoebe), and the two men regarded each other for a moment. Viktor spoke first. "I must have your promise, Coach, that you won't hurt her." Dan: "I won't." Viktor: "You spoke a little too quickly for my taste. I don't quite believe you." Dan: "I'm a man of my word, and I promise I won't hurt her." He flexed his hands. "When I murder her, I'll do it real quick so she won't feel a thing." Viktor sighed. "That's exactly what I was afraid of.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married."
"I'm not getting rid of Pooh."
"See, there you go being antagonistic. Marriage means learning to compromise."
"I didn't say I wouldn't compromise. I promise to take the ribbon out of her topknot before you walk her.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“There's nothing sexier in a man than intelligence.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“Bobby Tom told me he’s not afraid of the Chargers’ defense.”
“Bobby Tom’ll tell you he’s not afraid of nuclear war, so I wouldn’t put too much stock in his opinion.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“I must have your promise, Coach, that you won't hurt her."
"I promise."
"You spoke a bit too quickly for my taste. I don't quite believe you."
"I'm a man of my word, and I promise that I won't hurt her.When I murder her, I'll do it real quick, so she won't feel a thing."
Viktor sighed. "That's exactly what I was afraid of.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“Honey lamb, there are a lot of things in this world I feel insecure about. Religion. Our national economic policies. What color socks to wear with a blue suit. But I've got to tell you that my performance in that hotel room last night isn't one of them.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“...I have to tell you that I'm not all that comfortable with the idea of spending the rest of my life sleeping next to somebody who's got the power to fire me if my underwear doesn't make it all the way to the hamper."
She repressed a smile. "I'm sympathetic to your problem, but I'm not selling the team just so you can be a slob."
"Somehow I didn't expect you would.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“"There’s no such thing as mistakes – only a lack of foresight.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“ignore the pain, play through it.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“She hated using airplane toilets. She was always afraid the plane would choose the exact moment she was most defenseless to crash, and she'd spend her final seconds of life spiraling toward earth with her bottom bare to the world.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“−Debe prometerme, entrenador, que no la lastimará.
−Lo prometo.
−Lo ha dicho demasiado rápido para mi gusto. La verdad es que no le creo.
−Soy un hombre de palabra, y le prometo que no la lastimaré. −Flexionó las manos−. Cuando la asesine, lo haré tan rápido que no sentirá nada.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“Monday, when he'd barged in on her because she'd somehow managed to hold up everybody's paychecks, she'd been painting her goddamn fingernails! He'd gotten mad then, but he'd barely begun to yell before her lip had started to tremble and she'd said he couldn't talk to her like that because she had PMS.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“Le regard mauvais , Calebow quitta un instant le chien des yeux pour s'adresser à elle.
- Si elle me pisse dessus , je la transforme en descente de lit.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“She hated using airplane toilets. She was always afraid the plane would choose the exact moment she was most defenseless to crash, and she’d spend her final seconds of life spiraling toward earth with her bottom bare to the world.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“Bobby Tom told me he’s not afraid of the Chargers’ defense.” “Bobby Tom’ll tell you he’s not afraid of nuclear war, so I wouldn’t put too much stock in his opinion.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“There is a God after all. And She watches out for Her own.” Dan”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“Years ago she had discovered that she could control her relationships with heterosexual men far better by playing the sexy siren than the blushing ingenue. Being the sexual aggressor put her subtly in charge. She was the one who defined the rules of the game instead of the man, and when she sent her suitor on his way, he assumed it was because he didn’t measure up to all the other men in her life.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“I’m a man of my word, and I promise that I won’t hurt her.” He flexed his hands. “When I murder her, I’ll do it real quick, so she won’t feel a thing.” Viktor”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“But there was something she didn’t understand. To him, winning was everything. And he wasn’t above cheating. With”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“Her throat tightened as she reminded herself that she might have been making love, but he had been having sex. She”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“Sometimes I think bimbo is just another word men made up so they could feel superior to women who are better at survival than they are.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“You'd better be worth it, studmuffin. - Phoebe to Dan”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
“Sweet spoils won on a silken battlefield. Every inch belonged to him, and he would take it as he wished.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, quote from It Had to Be You
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“The military authorities were concerned that soldiers going home on leave would demoralize the home population with horror stories of the Ostfront. ‘You are under military law,’ ran the forceful reminder, ‘and you are still subject to punishment. Don’t speak about weapons, tactics or losses. Don’t speak about bad rations or injustice. The intelligence service of the enemy is ready to exploit it.’
One soldier, or more likely a group, produced their own version of instructions, entitled ‘Notes for Those Going on Leave.’ Their attempt to be funny reveals a great deal about the brutalizing affects of the Ostfront. ‘You must remember that you are entering a National Socialist country whose living conditions are very different to those to which you have been accustomed. You must be tactful with the inhabitants, adapting to their customs and refrain from the habits which you have come to love so much. Food: Do not rip up the parquet or other kinds of floor, because potatoes are kept in a different place. Curfew: If you forget your key, try to open the door with the round-shaped object. Only in cases of extreme urgency use a grenade. Defense Against Partisans: It is not necessary to ask civilians the password and open fire upon receiving an unsatisfactory answer. Defense Against Animals: Dogs with mines attached to them are a special feature of the Soviet Union. German dogs in the worst cases bite, but they do not explode. Shooting every dog you see, although recommended in the Soviet Union, might create a bad impression. Relations with the Civil Population: In Germany just because someone is wearing women’s clothes does not necessarily mean that she is a partisan. But in spite of this, they are dangerous for anyone on leave from the front. General: When on leave back to the Fatherland take care not to talk about the paradise existence in the Soviet Union in case everybody wants to come here and spoil our idyllic comfort.”
― Antony Beevor, quote from Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
“Scars are not shameful, not unless you let them be. If you do not wear them, they will wear you.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Conjuring of Light
“Alternating periods of activity and rest is necessary to survive, let alone thrive. Capacity, interest, and mental endurance all wax and wane. Plan accordingly.”
― Timothy Ferriss, quote from The 4-Hour Workweek
“I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, quote from The Farthest Shore
“Many parts of Watford, especially around Vicarage Road Football Stadium, consist of scuzy warrens of Victorian terraced houses”
― Karl Wiggins, quote from Grit: The Banter and Brutality of the Late-Night Cab
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