“Visions are possibilities. Actions are the only thing able to determine our futures.”
― Jacquelyn Frank, quote from Rapture
“But before you forget, while you sit stagnant in your little corner of the board, there is one piece that obeys almost no rules and has her own commands. Utter freedom is the way of the queen. She is your most powerful piece, your very best ally, the ruination of your enemy—but only if you utilize her properly, my king. Only if you are willing to do what it takes to plumb the debts of her power to aid you to victory. Just try to win without her, and you'll see you are doomed to failure.”
― Jacquelyn Frank, quote from Rapture
“She had seen expert methods of flirtation and temptation, not to mention last-minute flip of denial. What men liked to call a tease. What they loved to call a tease. They stomped and growled about it, but they always hung around for more.”
― Jacquelyn Frank, quote from Rapture
“I am smart enough to realize that people are the most trying creatures on earth and we drain energy from one another in wasteful useless ways and that would make those who need that energy from you pay a price.”
― Jacquelyn Frank, quote from Rapture
“Trace might have wondered why Magnus had aspired to such a high administrative position when it was clear he wanted to mold the youth of their species more than anything, except he knew his father had a driving need to control those gifts from a level where he would make the most powerful impact. It wasn't about making himself happy.”
― Jacquelyn Frank, quote from Rapture
“All of that savage power hidden under so much civility.”
― Jacquelyn Frank, quote from Rapture
“Bad enough to disrespect a handmaiden, worse to disrespect the handmaiden of the most powerful man in the temple. Whichever way it was looked at, it was a punishable offense. It didn't matter whether she had identified herself or not. Even the plainest woman should be able to walk the street without feeling threatened or accosted.”
― Jacquelyn Frank, quote from Rapture
“Daenaira, Magnus realized, had the fighting instinct of a berserker. For her, once battle began, it didn't stop until she no longer felt threatened.”
― Jacquelyn Frank, quote from Rapture
“But it wasn't even close to perfect if you can't trust it to stand up on its own merit. Not if you have to try and control it and play games to try and shape it to your will. This doesn't save it, it destroys it. And it certainly does not protect or save you.”
― Jacquelyn Frank, quote from Rapture
“One drop of water can cause ripples for miles!”
― Jacquelyn Frank, quote from Rapture
“Sometimes procrastination is an action, not inaction.”
― Jacquelyn Frank, quote from Rapture
“When we have no trust, the vacant space that is left becomes filled with fear.”
― Jacquelyn Frank, quote from Rapture
“We speak of it like it is always possible, but we never truly expect it.”
― Jacquelyn Frank, quote from Rapture
“If the heart did not feel, then there was no hope for the rest. Feeling was necessary to passion and caring and belief.”
― Jacquelyn Frank, quote from Rapture
Jacquelyn Frank
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“I’ve got a lot of wishes about it, but you know what they say. ‘If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.’”
“I’ve never heard that before in my life, and I’m not sure I even know what it means.”
“It means that you could spit in one hand and wish in the other, and we all know which hand’ll fill up quicker.”
― Cherie Priest, quote from Boneshaker
“I just wanted to make you happy,” he said. “Are you happy?”
“I’ve been happy a couple of times. What can I do so that you can join me?”
He laced his fingers through hers and holding her hands, stretched her arms up above her head, holding them there. “Baby, you don’t have to do anything but be present.”
― Robyn Carr, quote from Virgin River
“My skin prickled and I looked back at the ocean. None of us ask for the things we inherit; they are thrust upon us, willy-nilly. Like The Marine, I suddenly understood. Mom and I weren't trespassing. This house was ours. This view was ours. And that seemed as absurd and unreal as the stories Sailor Hat had spun for me on the ferry.”
― Aimee Friedman, quote from Sea Change
“Do you think she'd mind if, after the dinner, I slipped out for an hour and maybe caught the third period in the Forum?'
'Brides tend to be touchy about things like that.”
― Mordecai Richler, quote from Barney's Version
“All my life I have been reading romance novels. Those stupid books ruined me. I’ve always wanted that fire that every book I ever read talks about.”
― Aurora Rose Reynolds, quote from Until Trevor
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