“There are few things in life that are worth waking up to: sex, the dark spices of freshly brewed coffee and bacon.”
― Dannika Dark, quote from Sterling
“I never arrive unannounced without something big and juicy in hand.
- Simon Hunt”
― Dannika Dark, quote from Sterling
“Where did you meet?” he pressed on.
I shrugged and considered a little rephrasing. “I was out for a run.”
“From who?”
I leaned back to take a long, very long, slow sip of that beer.
Knox leaned forward. “I think we’re both bullsh*tting here, you ever play that card game?”
“With my grandma, every Sunday after church.”
― Dannika Dark, quote from Sterling
“So, what can I do?” I asked.
“Annoy?”
I gave him a hurt look.
Justus pulled the tip of his hoodie over his eye and lowered his voice. “It remains to be seen; sometimes it takes years to uncover abilities.”
“Maybe I can’t do anything.”
His blue eyes flashed up to mine. “Learner, we are all gifted.”
― Dannika Dark, quote from Sterling
“Women were gravitating towards him from all directions like a planetary orbit.
(Zoe on meeting Justus)”
― Dannika Dark, quote from Sterling
“My proctologist keeps in better touch than you do."
- Knox”
― Dannika Dark, quote from Sterling
“...a scar will always mark you, but never let it define you”
― Dannika Dark, quote from Sterling
“Adam isn't here."
"How do you know? Because the only balls I see on you aren't crystal.”
― Dannika Dark, quote from Sterling
“I wouldn't want to put out anyone's eye with my wit.”
― Dannika Dark, quote from Sterling
“It is the hard journey that leads to a greater destiny. You can never rise if you never have anything to rise above.”
― Dannika Dark, quote from Sterling
“I noticed Justus had changed into a tight black shirt. I wondered if he bought it a size small intentionally to attract women, or if the fabric had simply shrunk in fear of him. Did”
― Dannika Dark, quote from Sterling
“When the only tongue you’re getting is from your cat… it’s time to get out more.”
― Dannika Dark, quote from Sterling
“In the beginning - not now, thank God - Patty was always sharing the important books of her life with him, like Black Elk Speaks, The Golden Bough, and Hero with a Thousand Faces.”
― Richard Price, quote from Clockers
“With so much reading ahead of you, the temptation might be to speed up. But in fact it's essential to slow down and read every word. Because one important thing that can be learned by reading slowly is the seemingly obvious but oddly under-appreciated fact that language is the medium we use in the same way a composer uses notes, the way a painter uses paint. I realize it may seem obvious, but it's surprising how easily we lose sight of the fact that words are the raw material out of which literature is crafted.”
― Francine Prose, quote from Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
“For you, and your so-firm faith, God bless. For my faith, blessed be.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, quote from Strange Candy
“...for they was never a young man yet who don't want to go out and right a wrong, or kill a man, or have to do something to earn his right to what is there for the taking, all along. Only he don't think he can ask, nor take, without earning it. Without no pain. Oftener than not, a young man's a regular fool.”
― Lee Smith, quote from Oral History
“Because wholeness and meaning in life are not the products of what you have or don’t have, what you’ve done or haven’t done. You are already a whole person and possess a life of infinite meaning and purpose because of who you are—a child of God.”
― Neil T. Anderson, quote from Victory Over the Darkness
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