Shari J. Ryan > Quotes

“If you had a secret - one that could destroy your life if shared, what would you do to protect it?”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Nurse Behind the Gates

“There’s no clearer definition of war than the sight of barbed wired fences surrounding dark fields muddied by the sky’s tears.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Nurse Behind the Gates

“You’re right to fight for everything you believe in, and I’ll do “the same, but only until it is too dangerous. I won’t risk our lives for a fight we won’t win.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Nurse Behind the Gates

“The empty seats belong to the other Jewish kids who were in my class. I’m the only one left.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Nurse Behind the Gates

“Whenever you feel like the world is against you, start counting your breaths. One breath every five seconds will show anyone who is watching that you haven’t a worry in the world.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Nurse Behind the Gates

“Two of a kind, both with separated minds...”
― Shari J. Ryan, Schasm

“Sorry doesn’t make anything better. It’s just a word to fill the space of a loss of words.”
― Shari J. Ryan, When Fully Fused

“Snow White purses her lips and presses them to the glass before taking a quick taste, just enough to wet her tongue.”
― Shari J. Ryan, Fall to Pieces

“How long has it been since I entered this blackness? Has it been days, months, or years? I’m stuck here with my mind, my thoughts, my memories, and my nightmares.”
― Shari J. Ryan, Schasm

“Compared to the rest of us here, she appears a little too polished with her business-casual attire to walk into this rundown, hole-in-the-wall bar, especially alone at night.”
― Shari J. Ryan, Fall to Pieces

“Most people know what they want and how they want it when they order here.”
― Shari J. Ryan, Fall to Pieces

“This girl has a mysterious look in her eyes, and her rigid stature highlights a sense of confidence. She didn’t accidentally stumble upon this bar. There is an obvious purpose as she falls heavily down onto a bar stool.”
― Shari J. Ryan, Fall to Pieces

“I want the freedom to explore the world, sleep beneath the stars, eat from the land, and take pride of every feat I endure.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Maid's Secret

“She’s drumming her pink-tinted fingernails against the bar-top and her knee is bouncing a mile a minute”
― Shari J. Ryan, Fall to Pieces

“...after knowing the man as long as I have, I’m presuming he wants to know why this girl is sitting here, drinking whiskey like it’s a glass of water she just found in the middle of a desert.”
― Shari J. Ryan, Fall to Pieces

“I’m sure she must have a boyfriend hiding in the shadows just waiting for someone to say hi to her.”
― Shari J. Ryan, Fall to Pieces

“To dream of a better reality is a peephole into a future we have yet to see. It’s our hope and answers to prayers, waiting for us to complete the challenges standing in our way.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Secret in the Attic

“He told me each star is a soul, watching over us, protecting us from the heavens and the unearthly worlds from us.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Secret in the Attic

“Remember this as you go through life: sometimes we have choices and other times we don’t. It’s the times that we do when you should always consider the path that might be less traveled by—it might just make all of the difference.”
― Shari J. Ryan, Broken Sky

“We are all the same inside, and yet we are at war with each other for the beliefs we own, the color of our skin, and the type of blood that runs through us. I want to hope that to learn of such hate would cause more love, but only time will tell.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Secret in the Attic

“how capable humans are of hating one another. We are all the same inside, and yet we are at war with each other for the beliefs we own, the color of our skin, and the type of blood that runs through us. I want to hope that to learn of such hate would cause more love, but only time will tell. I know I would sacrifice myself again to teach a lesson for future generations.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Secret in the Attic

“My heart shattered, and I tried to put it back together. But as it turns out, a heart can't heal without all of the original pieces.”
― Shari J. Ryan, A Missing Heart

“I made a lot of mistakes. One of them broke a heart, and one of them changed my future. But, my biggest mistake...became my everything.”
― Shari J. Ryan, A Missing Heart

“Without the memories of the fallen, we will fall again.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Secret in the Attic

“wanted to grab onto Claude’s arm and pull him deeper into the hole I was situated within.”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Soldier's Letters

“If only God had placed me on this earth to serve more purpose than just making a man slowly fall in love with me for seventeen years, I could promise him seventeen more years. ‘Till Death Do Us Part’ is a truth I will give my soul to for eternity, wherever that may be.”
― Shari J. Ryan, Broken Sky

“are plenty”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Secret in the Attic

“Women might not want to be with you because you talk about your man-part like it’s the best thing since sliced bread. Women might not want to be with you because you send inappropriate pictures to their best friend. Women might not want to be with you because you look at them like you want to…like you want to…shove your man-part into places it has no right to be.” I’m trying so fucking hard not to laugh right now. I love drunk Sasha even if that was a total jerk move she just made. “But a woman could definitely want to be with you after watching you have a tea-party with a five-year-old little girl. A woman could definitely want to be with you after watching you care for your best friend’s wife when she’s going through a hard time. And a woman could definitely want to be with you for being so complimentary about the food she makes.”
― Shari J. Ryan, Spiked Lemonade

“Yes, there are second chances to be had, but only one first love—”
― Shari J. Ryan, The Girl with the Diary

“No one was safe with their thoughts and opinions because we were no longer allowed to think on our own.”
― Shari J. Ryan, Unspoken Words: A Story of the Holocaust