R.J. Lawrence > Quotes

“The sun had set, but a faint pastel haze lingered in the mid-summer sky.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Fortunate Only

“You have to get angry in the face of bad situations. It's the most effective way to escape the bridles of despair.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“She looked at his face. So old and wrinkled. So beautiful and just right.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“He celebrated his solitude with a frown.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“She looked at him, his black, depthless eyes like boiling wells of oil.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“She looked down at the gun, harmless in its quiet. Asleep.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“Never apologize for correct actions.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“Outside, the air filled with cricket noise, as the sun reddened in its descent.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Fortunate Only

“He looked like a thing broken loose from a bedtime story, something unreal ... The giant watched her from above with a bizarre contemplation, his head tilted acrook, as if he'd snared some exquisite fairy from a storybook tale his own.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Fortunate Only

“The door closed and darkness claimed the room.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“Her eyes flashed seven kinds of hell.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“It's bad luck not to believe in luck.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“Within her simple, terrified mind, swift calculations of distance and speed were at work, and her face advertised the disappointing results.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“They waited and watched, while the clocks seemed to resist time.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“You want my advice? Well, here it is. Don't take no advice and don't give none neither.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Fortunate Only

“They loved deeply in those early years, as it is common for young lovers to do.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Fortunate Only

“She sat at the little table, her expression like that of a child digesting failed plans.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Fortunate Only

“As she gobbled up the miles, big ravines appeared before her, their starving mouths open for the swallow.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“The driver watched the young female figure approach within his rearview mirror, unable to discern more than superficial characteristics. As she grew closer, he saw the mud streaks and torn clothing, and within her eyes, he saw an emptiness where something beautiful might once have dwelled. A thing not lost, but taken, abruptly and without warning, using method so thorough as to alter a soul.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Fortunate Only

“You get to take what this world gives you.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“On one side of the room, a middle-aged couple filled the boxes of a newspaper crossword puzzle, their faces lit with broad smiles, their demeanors odd to all but themselves.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Fortunate Only

“How much different might this world be if we had someone such as Einstein for even just another 30 years? Instead,”
― RJ Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“A smile leaked from behind the boy’s somber face, and then the thing withered like a little flower growing someplace infirm.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Fortunate Only

“What fools are those who spend their time constructing defenses against things there are no defenses for.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Fortunate Only

“They drove out of the driveway and onto the road, venturing forth into the horizon, spacious and empty, hanging before them blackly, and offering little else but the promise of the red morning sun.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Fortunate Only

“They rolled up the path, tree branches raking the windshield like angry wardens.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Fortunate Only

“Claire's face looking pretty and serene, as if she were gifted with a madness that left her ignorant of worry.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“When the people are not enlightened enough to exercise intelligent control, you take it from them, not to command their lives, but to create a safe depository for the ultimate powers.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Xactilias Project

“The boy raised the can to his nose and smelled, his lips wrinkling back as if he'd caught the business end of a skunk.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Fortunate Only

“It's easier to be wise for others than for yourself.”
― R.J. Lawrence, The Fortunate Only