Kathryn Meyer Griffith > Quotes

“I’ve always thought most politicians are clueless. They have too much damn money, don’t live in the real world and care more about publicity and what things look like than the people they’re supposed to represent.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“He knew she suspected he was up to something, but being the good wife that she was, she didn’t question him further. Just gave him a hug and a kiss goodbye and told him to be careful.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“You talk about the innocence of nature, yet its the absence of man which makes nature so beautifully pure.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Scraps of Paper

“life was short, precious, and a person had to live it every moment. Every moment they had.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Scraps of Paper

“eat and eavesdrop. The diner had no air conditioning, but there were stand up fans in the back going full blast. They made it comfortable enough. Lush trees, which would help keep the electricity bills down, shaded the diner as they did most of the town’s buildings and kept the heat at bay. In the corner, a middle-aged lady, when she ordered lemon pie, called the waitress”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Scraps of Paper

“empty”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Scraps of Paper

“ME AND CHRIS ARE SO SCARED. HE WAS MEAN TO MOMMY AGAIN, MADE HER CRY. HURT HER. WE HATE HIM!!!”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Scraps of Paper

“What an idiot,” growled Henry. “Yes, but a brilliant, well-connected idiot.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“I’ve been in helicopters and on boats of various kinds,” Greer admitted. “No submarines, though. And I’m eager for the coming adventure.” “I haven’t, either.” Henry patted the man on the back. “So it’ll be a new experience for both of us.” “The three of us, you mean?” Justin interjected. “I’ve never been on one, either. And I don’t like closed in spaces. I’m sort of…claustrophobic.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“fossils,”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“he was this morning…and have another conversation”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Scraps of Paper

“met”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“Animals live in another reality than ours, you know. There’s a network where they tell each other which humans can be trusted to care for, love and feed them. That’s how a cat or dog knows which house to go to for shelter.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Scraps of Paper

“Yeah, better safe than monster chow.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“I played baseball when I was a kid.” Justin grinned in the dim light of the submersible’s interior, pack strapped to his back, ready to leave. The others were ready, too, heading for the exit. “I was a great pitcher. Got a mean arm. I can hit anything at almost any distance. Don’t leave me out of this. I want to help. Three fighting that monster is better than two. It’s also my survival. Besides, if something happens to you two, and Francis doesn’t come to, I’m stuck in this cave. I can’t operate the Big Rover at all.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“Death, whether we want to face it or not, is around every corner. We need people to love and be loved by, we need friends, family. Not someday, but now, for we might not have tomorrow.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“Myself, I've always thought most politicians are clueless. They have too much damn money, don't live in the real world, and care more about publicity and what things look like than the people they are supposed to represent.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“first aid kit, the firecrackers, and Justin’s boom box.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“Was its vendetta personal? Henry wondered. The creature was intuitively cunning. It remembered, and planned.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“To Henry the white bundles looked like Christmas presents or huge smooth white rocks.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“Myself, I’ve always thought most politicians are clueless. They have too much damn money, don’t live in the real world and care more about publicity and what things look like than the people they’re supposed to represent. Just my opinion, mind you.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“Then aim for the head or an eye if you can.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“If it keeps up,” Henry snorted. “When we reopen the park, we’ll have to advertise the lake as the amazing boiling lake. Cook your eggs in it for lunch! Hang your coffee thermos over the edge of your boat’s side, and keep it warm. Jump in the water and take a hot bath!”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“But it does sound like our government, always making weighty decisions for the public, whether we want them to or not.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“Another half hour of Harris’s babbling and he’d knock the guy senseless just for some peace and quiet.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“If we suspect our creature is anywhere in the vicinity,” Justin said, “we’ll leave it in the open, turn it up full blast; shout loud enough to wake the dead, and set off the fireworks then run like hell and hide. Wait. All the ruckus should attract the monster if it’s anywhere nearby.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“She was in search of a new life because the past was unchangeable, but the future wasn’t.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Scraps of Paper

“One day I’ll probably look back at this summer as the highlight of my life. Fossil discovery, monster dinosaur, underwater cave spelunking and all. If I live through it, that is.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Dinosaur Lake

“When I’m lonely or sad, all I have to do is sit in the garden, sip a cup of tea, and I’m happy again. It restores my soul.”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Scraps of Paper

“try again. Life is for living. Live it was Hannah’s epigram”
― Kathryn Meyer Griffith, The Ice Bridge