“My dad always says, some people will treat you badly and you can't help that. But how you handle it and how it makes you feel, that's up to you.”
― Elise Broach, quote from Shakespeare's Secret
“My mom says that when it rains you never feel like you should be anywhere but home.”
― Elise Broach, quote from Shakespeare's Secret
“There is a difference between giving into something and accepting it.”
― Elise Broach, quote from Shakespeare's Secret
“But really, there are no coincidences. Coincidences are just other people's choices, plans you don't know about.”
― Elise Broach, quote from Shakespeare's Secret
“It's strange, isn't it? One small bit of information - a private relationship, something that happened a long time ago - and the whole story seems different.”
― Elise Broach, quote from Shakespeare's Secret
“...she could see it now, what her father loved about Shakespeare, about that entire, mysterious time, with its pomp and majesty, secrets and betrayals.”
― Elise Broach, quote from Shakespeare's Secret
“I suppose we never know what we have the capacity to forgive until we're truly tested.”
― Elise Broach, quote from Shakespeare's Secret
“I will see you bereft of all that you have, of home and happiness and beautiful things. I will see your nation cast down and your allies drawn away. I will see you as alone and friendless and wretched as am I; and then you may live as long as you like, in some dark and lonely corner of the earth, and I shall call myself content.
-Lien, Albino Celestial (Dragon) ”
― Naomi Novik, quote from Black Powder War
“Why did you call me that?"
"Cinda? Because no one else does.”
― Lisa Kleypas, quote from Love, Come to Me
“Focus on what you can control... Kow what you can bend to your will, and don't waste energy on what you can't.”
― Lisa Renee Jones, quote from Revealing Us
“Can I stay?” The question broke Ashley Price’s heart as she crouched in her messy foyer with her daughter in her arms. She clutched her five-year-old tighter as skinny little arms wrapped around her neck. “Very soon, okay?” Maddie—pink coat, pink boots, pink hat, pink gloves—pulled back and put on her poor-lost-puppy look. “Mo-om, you always say that. I’ll be good. I’ll be quiet when you paint. You won’t even know I’m here.”
― Dana Marton, quote from Deathscape
“I try to never miss the Zumba class since I believe comedy is a great way to start your week.
...It was great fun, although I had to hold myself back from turning it into a giant mosh pit slam dance. Last time I did that they kicked me out for a month. Today I enjoyed watching an 80 year old lady - with a cane no less - shimmy, her boobs flying like weapons around her waist.”
― Debra Dunbar, quote from A Demon Bound
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