S.E. Anderson > Quotes

“• Was there a handbook that could tell me what to do next? There were thousands of books that taught parenting; I was pretty sure there wasn't a self-help book about alien roommates. If there was, it was probably about abductees, not subletters.”
― S.E. Anderson, Starstruck

“My name is Sally Webber. I’m a human from Earth, a college dropout with no career ambition. I’m wearing a wig, and I really need to sit down, these heels are killing me. And I’m going to save my planet and everyone on it from complete annihilation.”
― S.E. Anderson, Starstruck

“Sometimes, Don’t Panic does not apply.”
― S.E. Anderson, Starstruck

“Look, you can't take people off their planet willy-nilly. It's called alien abduction, and is frowned upon in the most respectable circles.”
― S.E. Anderson, Starstruck

“Nothing's impossible. Everything's got screwed up probability ratios.”
― S.E. Anderson, Starstruck

“People see Provence like a dream, but dreams are for sleep. Real word is not a dream.”
― S.E. Anderson, Aix Marks the Spot

“If you could read my heart, you would see the place I have given you there. Flaubert”
― S.E. Anderson, Aix Marks the Spot

“Sally, are you really going to believe the word of a man who tried to kill you over the one who stopped him from doing so?”
― S.E. Anderson, Starstruck

“They say the opposite of love is hate, but it really isn't. It's indifference.”
― S.E. Anderson, Aix Marks the Spot

“Worry about what you can change and stop getting mad at the things you can't.”
― S.E. Anderson, Aix Marks the Spot

“I've toppled empires. I can figure out how to get water to the right temperature.”
― S.E. Anderson, Starstruck

“You read someone's books, and you think you know them. But Books are.... They're for the reader, not the writer, So I was really only seeing myself when I thought I was seeing her.”
― S.E. Anderson, Aix Marks the Spot

“Some days, I was instructed not to pick up the phone at all. I would take down the messages left on the machine; bring them to my boss, who promptly ate them. Grisham had some odd habits. The part of my job that did not consist of answering phones revolved around making sure the world didn't know about them.”
― S.E. Anderson, Starstruck

“Try to stay longer, and your head will be the only part of you that makes it home.”
― S.E. Anderson, Starstruck