Rosalind James > Quotes

“Everything in Australia is trying to kill you, haven't you heard? Half of the ten deadliest snakes in the world live in Queensland. And then there are the poisonous spiders and the jellyfish. Not to mention the crocs and the great white sharks. Another point in favor of New Zealand. Very benign place, En Zed.”
― Rosalind James, Just Good Friends

“I used to watch football with my father sometimes. But I never knew much about it. I watched because he liked to, and I liked to be with him.”
― Rosalind James, Just This Once

“That’s the dirty secret of life. Thighs taste better, pot roast is as tender as any fancy cut of steak, you can only use one bathroom at a time, the prettiest view is the one you get after you walk up a hill, and a Ford gets you to work as fast as a Porsche does. And the right man’s not the one who buys you diamonds, he’s the one who loves you the sweetest and the dirtiest and who holds you when you cry. The rest of it’s just advertising.”
― Rosalind James, Shame the Devil

“I’m not bossy. I just have good ideas,”
― Rosalind James, Just for Fun

“I’ve got you, I’ve got my dog, I’ve got my truck, and I’ve got my gun. Yeah, that’s everything important.” “Montana’s going to beg you to apply for residency if you keep talking like a country song,”
― Rosalind James, Guilty as Sin

“Honesty was the strongest thing there was, because once you were brave enough to be honest, there wasn’t much anybody could say that could cut through what you’d already put out there. Your truth was your sword and your shield.”
― Rosalind James, Shame the Devil

“People talk about love, about marriage, too, like they’re magic. There’s no magic. Just two people who like each other and decide they’re willing to get stuck in together. If you can make your way through the bad patches, it works, and you know each other better afterwards, make a better team. If you can’t, it doesn’t. No secret. No magic.”
― Rosalind James, Just Stop Me

“Those ripples—maybe they were the true measure of what we’d offered the world. All the little ways we looked after each other, both the people we knew and loved and those we didn’t. The million times we touched somebody else, that we shone a little light into somebody else’s life.”
― Rosalind James, Found

“Remember that the way you look at life will be etched into your soul as you grow old the same way it’s etched into your face, so take care how you look at it.”
― Rosalind James, Just Say (Hell) No

“Let her see your face. Even when you’re not sure she recognizes it, let her see your face. Let her hear your voice. Let her die knowing you’re safe.” Her grip on his hand tightened, and he was staring at her, appalled, as she said, “If you love her, open your hands and let her go. Let her find her wings. You’ll never do anything harder, and you’ll never do anything that matters more. If you love her, please. Let her go.”
― Rosalind James, Hell Bent

“Lucky thing Kevin has mana.”
― Rosalind James, Just Say Yes

“we’ve all got demons. You’ve got demons. I’ve got demons. All God’s children got demons. I guess the only difference is, who’s running the show. You, or the demons.”
― Rosalind James, Carry Me Home

“Life’s a battle all the way, even if all you’re fighting is yourself. And it’s one you can win.”
― Rosalind James, Just Say (Hell) No

“Can you be in a relationship when you haven’t even slept together?” I asked. “Of course you can. People get married without sleeping together. Crazy people, but still.”
― Rosalind James, Hell Bent

“That supposed to be a comment about what? My legs? My butt? Let’s say that I know it’s a view. You could call it a panorama. Probably too much of one.” “Oh, no.” He was still smiling, but the smile had changed some. “That’s not too much. That’s a Southern boy’s hello-baby. That’s biscuits and gravy you got going on there. That’s a long, slow good time, sweet tea in the porch swing and your sweetheart in a pretty little dress, shoving off with her bare foot and giving you that come-on-boy smile. That’s bourbon and Coke and Friday night, is what that is.”
― Rosalind James, Silver-Tongued Devil

“That was when the kitten decided to go for territory unknown. She climbed straight up the side of his head, perched on top of it, her needle-sharp claws digging into his scalp, and let out her first meow. She’d climbed the mountain, so she roared.”
― Rosalind James, Just Say (Hell) No

“athletic is that you can’t do a serious swim in a string bikini or a bandeau top. We know that our customer doesn’t necessarily do triathlons. But she thinks she might train for one soon. And she’s buying our products for her workouts, as you”
― Rosalind James, Just This Once

“I think that the kind of man you want scares you, and the kind of man you feel safe with bores you.”
― Rosalind James, Fierce

“it’s that it isn’t the life you have. It’s what you do with the life you have.”
― Rosalind James, Carry Me Home

“I’m going on to bigger and better things. You’re going to be hearing about me someday. I’m going to be somebody. And all you’re ever going to be is an asshole.”
― Rosalind James, Just for Fun

“I don’t know many things for sure, but I know this. When you put yourself to the test, when you put everything you have on the line—that’s a risk, because you could find out that you’re not good enough. You can play your guts out, and it still may not be enough. But if you don’t play, you’ll have no chance at all.”
― Rosalind James, Just in Time

“Surviving when you don’t see how you can, going on when you want to stop—that’s what it means to be an adult, and there’s no amount of money in the world that can shield you from it.”
― Rosalind James, Stone Cold Kiwi

“all of life is a choice. We’re choosing every day. Not just every day. Every minute of every day, you choose what you do. How you react. What you learn, and what you take with you. And none of life is perfect. It will never be perfect. You never get everything you want.”
― Rosalind James, Just Say Christmas

“you’re old enough to know that being scared won’t change a thing.”
― Rosalind James, Stone Cold Kiwi

“You’re right,” Hannah sighed as she sank into her chair, kicked off her shoes, and wiggled her toes. “We aren’t going”
― Rosalind James, Just This Once

“I’m not—I’m not talking about myself.” “Oh, darling,” her mother said, the sharp planes of her face softening. “We’re all talking about ourselves. Always, because the only way we see the world is through our own eyes. The way you’ve always seen Anthony in Will, and you’re so scared that he’s his dad all over again. That he’s weak at the core after all, and that he’ll disgrace you in the end, and desert you, too. This is all just one more way you’re afraid he’s done it. But he hasn’t, and he won’t, because he’s not his dad. He’s got you in him, too. He’s got the mum who stayed, and stuck. That’s why he’ll never do a runner on the people he loves, no matter how heavy the burden gets. He’ll take care of you until you’re in your grave, and he’ll take care of his brother and sisters as well. Because he’s strong to the core, and solid to the bone. Because he’s a good man.”
― Rosalind James, Just in Time

“In vino veritas.”
― Rosalind James, Just for Now

“Middle-of-the-night ruminations were nothing but treachery, Night Ninjas that invaded your brain and stole your peace, whispering to you that they spoke the truth you hid from yourself during the day.”
― Rosalind James, Just Say Yes

“If worrying were an Olympic sport, she thought ruefully, she’d have at least one gold medal, for sure.”
― Rosalind James, Just This Once

“Nobody cares nearly as much about you as you think. They care about themselves. They’re wondering what everybody thinks of them.”
― Rosalind James, Just Say Yes