“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the naughtiest of them all?”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Unbelievable
“Its more fun to think of the future than dwell on the past.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Unbelievable
“There are some remedies worse than disease.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Unbelievable
“Pennsylvania." The boys nodded appreciatively, as if Abby had said Emily was from Naughty Dirty Sex Land”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Unbelievable
“There's a lot you can't tell about people, looking in from the outside"
-Hanna”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Unbelievable
“It's about taking everything you thought was true and throwing it out the window. It's about embracing life's unpredictability, letting go of boundaries, and starting over”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Unbelievable
“But Mike was like a Bjork song-all happy and giddy and fun on the surface, but bubbling with turmoil and pain underneath.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Unbelievable
“The thing was, being perfect didn’t mean anything if it wasn’t real.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Unbelievable
“And we’ll flash country club boys on the side,” Spencer joked.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Unbelievable
“Byron had learned from a monk he’d met during his graduate work in Japan: The obstacle is the path. Meaning what wouldn’t kill Aria would just make her stronger. But when she imagined moving in with Meredith, a more appropriate quote came to mind: There are some remedies worse than the disease.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Unbelievable
“had been keeping Diddy, his pet tarantula, in an empty terra-cotta pot Helmut used to grow tulips. Hanna’s parents nervously stood up and walked over to the doctor. “Your daughter is still unconscious,” Dr. Geist said quietly. “Not much has changed.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Unbelievable
“I don’t want to hurt you.”
Her head tilted to the side and she smiled. “That’s why I want to do this more than ever.” Her eyelashes fluttered against her cheeks. “Because you care enough to stop at the thought of causing me pain. Because, even though I can see how desperately you want to be inside me, you’re going slow, you’re making sure I’m safe.”
“Because you’re my girl,” I replied. Elsie’s eyes glossed at my statement.”
― Tillie Cole, quote from Sweet Soul
“John was one of Australia’s award-winning documentary filmmakers. He and Steve had met in the late 1980s, when Steve would help John shoot commercials that required a zoo animal like a lizard or a turtle. But their friendship did not really take off until 1990, when an Australian beer company hired John to film a tricky shot involving a crocodile.
He called Steve. “They want a bloke to toss a coldie to another bloke, but a croc comes out of the water and snatches at it. The guy grabs the beer right in front of the croc’s jaws. You think that’s doable?”
“Sure, mate, no problem at all,” Steve said with his usual confidence. “Only one thing, it has to be my hand in front of the croc.”
― Terri Irwin, quote from Steve & Me
“hard work is a misleading term. physical effort & long hours do not constitute hard work. hard work is when someone pays you to do something you'd rather not be doing. anytime you'd rather be doing something other than the thing you're doing...you're doing hard work.”
― George Carlin, quote from When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
“Paul said, 'You always had some contempt for me.'
'Yes.'
'And love too.'
'Yes.' A flicker over her stare was the facial equivalent of a shrug. 'Now you have a wife to give you both.”
― Shirley Hazzard, quote from The Transit of Venus
“Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.”
― André Gide, quote from The Immoralist
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