Joy > Joy's Quotes

“A life without friends means death without company. (Adiskidegabeko bizita, auzogabeko heriotza.) —BASQUE PROVERB”
― Craig Johnson, The Walt Longmire Mystery Series Boxed Set Volume 1-4

“I’m not one to judge, but it just feels strange that anyone would bring a sword to what is obviously a gun fight.”
― Jennifer Cody, The Trouble with Trying to Date a Murderer

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“if no one ever told you that confidence is sexy, then allow me to be the first: confidence is sexy. Full stop. I don’t care what you look like or if you have a bad personality or if you’re homely. Confidence. Is. Sexy.”
― Jennifer Cody, The Trouble with Trying to Date a Murderer

“Leave Elijah a note warning him that his ex is a stalker and thank him for hosting me. I might have been squatting, but I don’t want to be rude.”
― Jennifer Cody, The Trouble with Trying to Date a Murderer

“One of the skills I want to teach ........is the ability to create happiness whenever, wherever, however we can, because often our days are dark and our nights long”
― Jennifer Cody

“People say it’s the thought that counts, but if you don’t know what your person wants, you should think about letting them pick it themselves. That thought definitely counts.”
― Jennifer Cody, The Trouble with Trying to Date a Murderer

“[...][I]f you adapted too much in order to deal with them, you ran the risk of forgetting who you were and you could end up being neither and nothing.”
― Anne Bishop, Written in Red

“Who wouldn’t want to go off on a grand adventure with a bunch of hot heroes also chosen by the goddess?” Me bitches. No, thank you.”
― Kimberly Lemming, That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon

“Oh, the troubles I go through for my wife.” A thrill went up my spine at his words. “Am I really? We don’t need to have a ceremony or register with the church?” “Darling, we burned down the church.” “Oh yeah.”
― Kimberly Lemming, That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon

“A fucking demon attacked me last night, and the day had the audacity to shine as if nothing happened? Rude.”
― Kimberly Lemming, That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon

“Every scratch," he whispered, his tone gentle and comforting. "Every bruise, I will pay back in fire and blood."
I blinked. "Um...that is so sweet but so unnecessary.”
― Kimberly Lemming, That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon

“You don’t remember?” Fallon put his arms behind his head and settled back down. “Last night, you demanded we bring you cheese and then stated that you were the cheese queen.”
― Kimberly Lemming, That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon

“My love, I’d sooner kill everyone on this ship to save you the embarrassment.”
― Kimberly Lemming, That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon

“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
― A.A. Milne, The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh

“For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me.”
― a.a. milne, The World of Winnie-the-Pooh

“We should always make time for the things we like. If we don't, we might forget how to be happy.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“I am but paper. Brittle and thin. I am held up to the sun, and it shines right through me. I get written on, and I can never be used again. These scratches are a history. They’re a story. They tell things for others to read, but they only see the words, and not what the words are written upon. I am but paper, and though there are many like me, none are exactly the same. I am parched parchment. I have lines. I have holes. Get me wet, and I melt. Light me on fire, and I burn. Take me in hardened hands, and I crumple. I tear. I am but paper. Brittle and thin.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“A home isn't always the house we live in. It's also the people we choose to surround ourselves with.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“He couldn't believe it was only Wednesday. And it was made worse when he realized it was actually Tuesday.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Don’t you wish you were here?”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Home is where you feel like yourself,”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Vlad stared at Simon. "Meg told the Elders they were..."
"Bad puppies," Simon finished. "Yeah."
A minute passed before Vlad said, "Why?"
"They didn't say 'please' when they asked for cookies."
"I don't know what to say."
Simon scratched behind an ear that was now Wolf-shaped and furry. "That's okay. Meg said plenty for all of us.”
― Anne Bishop, Etched in Bone

“Maybe it was human nature to want to please the person who rejects you, who wants you to prove you deserve to be loved. Maybe.”
― Anne Bishop, Etched in Bone

“Ours is a tale as old as time...A true romance that has been repeated throughout history. I saw a hottie in a tavern, took one look at him, and thought, I want that.”
― A.J. Sherwood, How I Stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: Miracle 5

“Underestimate me. That’ll be fun.”
― A.J. Sherwood, How to Steal a Thief

“He was all I wanted. The rest—the thirst to discover more about this world, the desire to hoard its words and knowledge—didn’t matter anymore. He was who I had come here for. I just hadn’t known it at the time.”
― Lily Mayne, Gloam

“I love you." His voice shook the tiniest amount, making my heart swell too big for my chest. "More than anything in this universe. But you can't tell anyone.”
― Lily Mayne, Soul Eater

“We will be tiny, wrinkly bags of bones together when we are old.” Danny grinned up at me, resting his cheek briefly on my shoulder. “Is it weird how happy that makes me?” No. It wasn’t. Because the thought of it made me disgustingly happy too.”
― Lily Mayne, Wyn

“I gave the back of his head a look so salty he surely felt it.”
― Lily Mayne, Edin