Shannon > Shannon's Quotes

“Love, real love, wasn’t empty, grasping hands, or lies that felt like truths. And it wasn’t perfect or neat or always easy. It was a rising sun on a new day. It was endless possibility.”
― Emma Scott, Rush

“You are a universe.”
― Emma Scott, Full Tilt

“If I could see just once more – just one thing in this world – it would be you. I would only need a second. One second, and I would hold the image of you in my heart forever.”
― Emma Scott, Rush

“You’re the light in my darkness, Charlotte.”
― Emma Scott, Rush

“Maybe. Maybe is gradations of darkness. The sweetest torture. Maybe is hope.”
― Emma Scott, Rush

“Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.”
― A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner

“So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

“What day is it?” asked Pooh.
“It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
“My favorite day,” said Pooh.”
― A.A. Milne

“They tell us we must learn to live with less, and teach our children that their lives will be less full and prosperous than ours have been; that the America of the coming years will be a place where — because of our past excesses — it will be impossible to dream and make those dreams come true. I don't believe that. And, I don't believe you do either. That is why I am seeking the presidency. I cannot and will not stand by and see this great country destroy itself. Our leaders attempt to blame their failures on circumstances beyond their control, on false estimates by unknown, unidentifiable experts who rewrite modern history in an attempt to convince us our high standard of living, the result of thrift and hard work, is somehow selfish extravagance which we must renounce as we join in sharing scarcity. I don't agree that our nation must resign itself to inevitable decline, yielding its proud position to other hands. I am totally unwilling to see this country fail in its obligation to itself and to the other free peoples of the world.”
― Ronald Reagan

“What does he need?”
He smiled sadly. “Someone who stays.”
― Emma Scott, Rush

“And if my Sea od Tranquility were real, it would be this place, here, with him.
I don't say anything right away, because I just want one minute to look at him before I give him my last secret.
And then I tell him.
"Your garage.”
― Katja Millay, The Sea of Tranquility

“I know at that moment what he's given me and it isn't a chair. It's an invitation, a welcome, the knowledge that I am accepted here. He hasn't given me a place to sit. He's given me a place to belong.”
― Katja Millay, The Sea of Tranquility

“I've always believed that a lot of the trouble in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other.”
― Ronald Reagan

“But Trav, if he’s one grain of sand, then you’re the entire fucking desert.”
― N.R. Walker, Red Dirt Heart Imago

“While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.”
― Ronald Reagan

“May
the stars forever guide us, and may this lighthouse bring us
home.”
― N.R. Walker

“Here you discover that so long as books are kept open, then minds can never be closed.”
― Ronald Reagan

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

“Griffins are mythical creatures—half eagle, half lion. They are believed to be loyal and protective of treasures and priceless possessions. What were the chances of finding a grocery store guy and a Griffin? Well done, Fate. Well done.”
― Jewel E. Ann, Epoch

“We might not have months or years, but we have moments. Thousands upon thousands of them. Let’s take each moment, seize it and wring it dry.”
― Emma Scott, Full Tilt

“This life looks beautiful on you.”
― Jewel E. Ann, Epoch

“And without my consent, with my defences in ruins, while my brain was sleeping, my stupid heart went and fell headfirst into love.”
― N.R. Walker, Spencer Cohen, Book Two

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“I’ve been walking around with a hollow chasm in my chest where my heart used to be.
But that gaping hole is full again. My heart is back, because Jamie is here.
And he fucking loves me.”
― Sarina Bowen, Him

“You do not know it, but this moment is the most precious I’ve ever had. The idea of you wanting me is more than I ever thought possible. No one has ever looked at me the way you do. I cherish this. I cherish you, more than you know.”
― Pamela Sparkman, The Moon Shines Red

“I think a part of you will be mine to love in every life.”
― Jewel E. Ann, Epoch

“Everyone has scars, Tenley. If we’re lucky, they’re only on the outside.”
― Helena Hunting, Clipped Wings

“I may be walking out of here, but there's not a piece of my heart that is coming with me.”
― Penelope Ward, My Skylar

“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides