James Collins > Quotes

“When two people are in love, they are parrallel lines. That intersect. Together but seperate. Infinity.”
― James Collins, Beginner's Greek

“One of the odd things about living in an apartment was that you could walk out of someone's life but still have to wait for the elevator. (p.220)”
― James Collins, Beginner's Greek

“As long as you were comfortable with yourself and believed in yourself, then you could just throw out all that nonsense of worrying about your status and "success" and other people's opinions.”
― James Collins, Beginner's Greek

“If you look over to see what the beautiful young woman sitting next to you is reading, and it turns out to be a book about angels, then you can with perfect justification refuse her entry into your life.”
― James Collins, Beginner's Greek

“Life without love isn't living and living without loving you haven't yet truthfully been alive!”
― James Collins

“You cannot fulfill a purpose; it is like a guiding star on the horizon- forever pursued but never reached.”
― James Collins

“He watched the aperture of the young women's lovely face close ever so slightly and felt a pang in his heart.”
― James Collins, Beginner's Greek

“Well, then,' said Peter, 'I guess we'll just have to find a cab.'

Peter said this in the manner of a cowboy telling the womenfolk that, because of the avalanche, they were going to have to take the pass through Indian country. In fact, as Holly and Peter both knew, nothing could have been easier than finding a free cab, for at this hour they flowed steadily down the avenue. But if Peter were to regain some face by wrangling one, the fiction had to be kept up that this would be a challenging task.

Will you try?' Holly asked

Sure,' said Peter. He stepped off the curb, raised his hand, and a taxi pulled up in front of them about five seconds later.

Thank goodness!' Holly said.”
― James Collins, Beginner's Greek

“We are not imprisoned by our circumstances. We are not imprisoned by the luck we get or the inherent unfairness of life. We are not imprisoned by crushing setbacks, self-inflicted mistakes or our past success. We are not imprisoned by the time in which we live, by the number of hours in a day or even the number of hours we're granted in our very short lives. In the end, we can control only a tiny sliver of what happens to us. But even so, we are free to choose, free to become great by choice.”
― James Collins, GPS: Theory and Practice

“Joe lived his life by his own rules without Jesus Christ. He died, and went to hell where he will spend forever in agony. (horror/tragedy)”
― James Collins