“We’ve been focusing so much on getting there that we haven’t been enjoying the ride”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“It’s the uncertainty of being accepted that creates the drama in our lives.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“I don't want to ruin our friendship and what we have but I cannot for another minute stand in front of you without you knowing exactly how I feel. Because I can't see past you. You are everything to me.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“I wouldn’t change a thing
Because all those things led me to
this place
And to you”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“I can’t wait to see what I can do, now that I’m no longer standing in my own way.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“I’m an idiot for thinking that one performance would change anything.
Maybe I should stop writing songs and start writing fiction.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“My life has been one big audition.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“A work in progress. And the possibilities are endless.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“Jack throws his hands up. “Okay, is this some kind of a joke? Seriously, you are being the voice of reason here? I can’t handle this. Please start freaking out.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“I look at the hundreds of algebra problems facing me in the next three days.
And here I thought I’d figured out the equation to my happiness.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“Friend is the worst word you can hear when professing your love to someone.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“So …” Jack clears his throat. “We …”
Is Jack Coombs at a loss for words? I guess we don’t have to worry about the performance since the world is clearly going to end.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“You've got to step up, Emme. They need to hear your voice, hear you. You're better than being stuck in the background.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“Son las letras lo que se me da fatal. [...] ¿Acerca de qué voy a escribir? No sé ni una palabra del dolor ni el sufrimiento. Ni del amor.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“Yo finjo. Llevo haciéndolo toda la vida. Lo he hecho tanto tiempo que ya no sé quién soy.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“Las voces de mi cabeza empiezan a acallarse cuando me siento a su lado.
Solo una sigue gritando.
Aún me queda una cosa por decirle. Por desgracia, se me ha agotado el valor.
De modo que, mientras la abrazo, pienso para mí: Emme Connelly, te quiero. Estoy enamorado de ti desde el día que te conocí.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, quote from Take a Bow
“Desire isn’t appeased by its object, only irritated into something more than desire that can join with the stars to inform the chaotic heavens with sense.”
― Samuel R. Delany, quote from Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
“I cannot make myself believe that God wanted me to hate. I'm tired of violence, I've seen too much of it. I've seen such hate on the faces of too many sheriffs in the South. And I'm not going to let my oppressor dictate to me what method I must use. Our oppressors have used violence. Our oppressors have used hatred. Our oppressors have used rifles and guns. I'm not going to stoop down to their level. I want to rise to a higher level. We have a power that can't be found in Molotov cocktails.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., quote from The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
“to slide halfway to stupid and stop was rare indeed.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, quote from Diplomatic Immunity
“WITCHES TAKE THEIR NAMES FROM PLACES, for places are what give them their strength. The place need not be beautiful, or habitable, or even green. Sand and salt, so much the better. Scrub pine, plumberry, and brambles, better still. From every bitter thing, after all, something hardy will surely grow. From every difficulty, the seed that’s sewn is that much stronger.”
― Alice Hoffman, quote from Blackbird House
“Note, The devil, though he is an enemy to all saints, is a conquered enemy. The Captain of our salvation has defeated and disarmed him; we have nothing to do but to pursue the victory.”
― Matthew Henry, quote from Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible
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