Cleora Cusick > Cleora's Quotes

“Just now he was on a mind-blowing adventure and it was rapidly spiralling out of control, and this is what he needed to concentrate his mind on. How could he squeeze Daley to get the book back; that’s if Daley had it in his possession in the first place? The next few days were going to be crucial.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

“You sound like you’re enjoying my suffering.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“Assemble the links
Piece by piece.
Then travel through time And earn your release.”
― Steven Decker, Time Chain

“We were comfort kissing, that's all. We wrapped our arms around each other for solace. Bear hugging. Squeezing the life out of each other as if we were trying to merge together. When at last we loosened our grip, in a strange way we were both more calm. Physically, at least. Not mentally.”
― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses

“I’m not good. I don’t know why people have to pretend to be good, nobody’s good.”
― Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

“Beyond atheism, nontheism. I am not an atheist but an earthiest. Be true to the earth.”
― Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire

“1954. Smog prevents airplanes from landing and ships from docking for three days.”
― James Frey, Bright Shiny Morning

“People are talking about the action of the British yesterday in sinking three French battleships in Oran to save them from falling into the hands of the Germans. The French, who have sunk to a depth below your imagination, say they will break relations with Britain. They say they trusted Hitler’s word not to use the French fleet against Britain. Pitiful. And yet there will be great bitterness throughout France. The Entente Cordiale is dead. We”
― William L. Shirer, Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-41

“And from the look on his face I could see he was one of the lucky ones, one of those people who like doing what they're good at. That's rare. When you see that in a person, you can't miss it.”
― David Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle