Terri Reid > Quotes

“We need to have an escape plan.""
"I'll shoot him," Bradley offered helpfully.
"He has your gun,"Mary replied.
"Oh, then that won't work."
Mary sighed. Somehow she didn't think that Bradley's warrior-police guy was coming back anytime soon.
"So, how do your legs feel?" she asked.
She felt a large hand squeeze her thigh.
"Bradley, that was my leg."
"Oh, sorry, but what a relief, I thought I had lost feeling in my legs.”
― Terri Reid, Loose Ends

“Mary, is it ok if I love you?" Joey asked.
Tears filled Mary's eyes and she laid her hand over her lips for a moment. "That would work just perfectly, Joey, because I love you too.”
― Terri Reid, Good Tidings

“I've never met someone who died.I mean someone who could actually talk to me about it.Was it all bright lights and Mormon Tabernacle Choir music?" She smiled in spite of her fear.She'd used this tactic before with victims in their first stages of shock to calm them down until help could get there."Well,I can't really be sure but I think I remember hearing Queen's 'Another One Bites The Dust',"she quipped.He snorted."Well, at least it wasn't ACDC's 'Highway to Hell'.”
― Terri Reid, Loose Ends

“I was supposed to be brave, but know there were going to be times when I felt afraid. I was supposed to love, but know there were times when my heart was going to be broken. I was supposed to look to the future, but know there were times when I would need to reflect upon the past. And when things get too hard to bear, I was just supposed to take tiny steps and look for the little daily miracles that showed me God cares about me and loves me.”
― Terri Reid, Twisted Paths

“Aye, it could', Ian added. 'It's many a time when I've walked alone on the misty moors of Scotland, the fog creeping in, the waves pounding against the shore, and then the lone, eerie call of a dead chicken. Caaa-cluck. Caaa-cluck”
― Terri Reid, Delayed Departures

“When you tell yourself you can’t do something and you believe it, you generally can’t do it,”
― Terri Reid, Twisted Paths

“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time,”
― Terri Reid, Haunted Tales

“Don’t try to be logical when I’m being emotional,”
― Terri Reid, Never Forgotten

“Oh, and it’s a jolly time for everyone until someone gets possessed,” Ian lectured.”
― Terri Reid, Darkness Exposed

“You do realize that when you lie to be nice, it’s still a lie.”
― Terri Reid, Final Call

“He said he liked dandelions because they were brave enough to be flowers where people walked and ran.”
― Terri Reid, Treasured Legacies

“We put off different vibes, some people might call it auras, depending on our modes,” he said. “Especially when we love someone, our auras kind of connect with each other.”
― Terri Reid, Old Acquaintance

“Family isn’t about bloodlines. It’s about love and shared experiences.”
― Terri Reid, Stolen Dreams

“Isn’t green for jealousy?” he asked. Mike shook his head. “No, green is for love.”
― Terri Reid, Old Acquaintance

“I’m here with a business”
― Terri Reid, Treasured Legacies

“the wind, putting all of her strength into”
― Terri Reid, Loose Ends

“tell me how you’re doing with all this.” I shrugged, trying to play it cool. But new tears filled my eyes and I found it hard to respond for a few moments. Finally, after a few deep breaths, I was able to answer. “My whole world was just turned upside down,” I answered truthfully. “I really don’t know how I’m doing. I’m just putting one foot in front of the other and trying to make it through the day.” “Moving forward in faith,” he replied quietly. I met his eyes, confused. “What?” “When we don’t know what we’re supposed to do. When we can’t see what the future holds. When we’re so overwhelmed with today that we can’t think about tomorrow. That’s when we put it all in God’s hands and just move forward, having the faith that He will take care of all of the details for us.” “I don’t know if I believe that,” I said slowly.  He smiled. “That’s okay,” he said. “He doesn’t mind being tested.” He let that comment hang in the silence of the room for a moment. Then he reached”
― Terri Reid, BlowOut

“Patrice Marcum shook her head in amazement as two middle-aged women fought over the last pair of flannel pajama pants marked down to $4.99.”
― Terri Reid, Good Tidings

“he came from a generation where teachers were revered and respected, not ridiculed and scorned.  And, perhaps, because he didn’t quite understand them, he ignored their behavior for the most part.”
― Terri Reid, Tales Around the Jack O'Lantern IV: A Mary O'Reilly Short Story

“What happened to his quiet, self-absorbed world?”
― Terri Reid, Good Tidings

“Those too stupid to comprehend often mock,”
― Terri Reid, The Order of Brigid's Cross

“They’re not scary when they’re ready to go to heaven, are they?” Maggie said. “No, they’re not,” Mary agreed. “They’re all cleaned up and ready to go home.”
― Terri Reid, Haunted Tales

“Bradley describing what happened with the Halloween decorations: "I thought I could get it all down at once, and then it came down ... all at once.”
― Terri Reid, Deadly Circumstances

“Mary felt her blood run cold.”
― Terri Reid, Good Tidings

“Why should one, who is not deserving of the penalty, have to pay the price for so many who are not deserving of the prize?”
― Terri Reid, Agnes' Answer

“Mary pressed the accelerator pedal of her black 1965 MGB Roadster and shifted into fifth”
― Terri Reid, Loose Ends

“If you are locked in a room in your dream, you just tell yourself there’s a key in your pocket.  Then you reach in your pocket for the key and get yourself out. It’s your dream.  You get to write the script.”
― Terri Reid, Stolen Dreams

“Are you going to tell Carlson you’re defending Berta?” Art asked.”
― Terri Reid, File Two: Private Wars

“had understood that love needed to be shared, anger needed to be brief and life needed to be lived.”
― Terri Reid, The Order of Brigid's Cross

“The problem with that secret is the darkness. Just like a drop of ink in water, it spreads throughout the rest of your life and darkens everything else,” Mary replied. “Unless it’s revealed, unless light is shone upon it, it doesn’t go away.”
― Terri Reid, Haunted Tales