Leslea Tash > Quotes

“For a moment, I felt like myself again. Not the new me, not the old me, just the real me.”
― Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird

“Happier than a bird with a french fry.”
― Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird

“For the first time in ages I felt a tiny pinprick in my heart--not like it was breaking, but like something small and unseen had begun sewing it closed again.”
― Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird

“I want you to say it, so I know you'll never forget. I want to hear you say my name.”
― Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird

“If he would see me again, I would die happy. In the meantime, I was merely dying.”
― Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird

“You're too young to be so old.”
― Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird

“Never heard you talk about a man this way. Usually you rattle off their attributes like you're fixing to fricassee the poor sons of bitches. God help the poor bastard you ever fall in love with.”
― Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird

“What better time to be kind to a beautiful stranger than when she’s weak, and rocking a schnoz like the Godfather?”
― Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird

“Maybe he would see me as weak and stupid. Maybe he was right.”
― Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird

“You're not a nuthatch, Laurie."

"Oh, but I am. I'm totally upside down. I'm a very backward kind of guy.”
― Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird

“It felt terrific. It felt deeper and richer than laughter. It felt like opening a door and tumbling headfirst into a pile of feathers.”
― Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird

“This Byrd wants a Wren.”
― Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird

“Oh, Troy? He’s no one. He wanted something more from me than I could give.”

“Friends with benefits?” Laurie asked, blushing as he said it.

“More like frenemies with benefits.”
― Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird

“You always kiss on the first date?"

"Not usually until after the duct-tape.”
― Leslea Tash, Bird After Bird

“I believe I have thought of nothing but the mystery of your skin and the scent of your hair since the day we met. I believe I meant every word in that chapel about making you my wife, and I believe I am going to have the time of my life on our wedding night, my dear. Do you believe?”
― Leslea Tash, The Rancher Takes a Wife

“Damn right, cowboy.”
― Leslea Tash, The Rancher Takes a Wife