Erin > Erin's Quotes

“Don’t be ashamed for liking them. The backlash against the PSL is a perfect example of how toxic masculinity permeates even the most mundane things in life. If masses of women like something, our society automatically begins to mock them. Just like romance novels. If women like them, they must be a joke, right?”
― Lyssa Kay Adams, The Bromance Book Club

“Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.”
― Judith Viorst, Love and Guilt and the Meaning of Life, Etc.

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.”
― Tina Fey, Bossypants

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“But when I clicked over to my e-mail program, it was just another “great opportunity” spam, this time adding the words “don’t delete!” to the subject line. With a sense of perverse satisfaction, I deleted it. It was probably the only act of rebellion I’d get away with all day.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

“The way I see it, being dead is not terribly far off from being on a cruise ship. Most of your time is spent lying on your back. The brain has shut down. The flesh begins to soften. Nothing much new happens, and nothing is expected of you.”
― Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Who wills, Can.
Who tries, Does.
Who loves, Lives.”
― Anne McCaffrey

“Solar Eclipse

Each morning
I wake invisible.

I make a needle
from a porcupine quill,
sew feet to legs,
lift spine onto my thighs.

I put on my rib and collarbone.

I pin an ear to my head,
hear the waxwing's yellow cry.
I open my mouth for purple berries,
stick on periwinkle eyes.

I almost know what it is to be seen.

My throat enlarges from anger.
I make a hand to hold my pain.

My heart a hole the size of the sun's eclipse.
I push through the dark circle's
tattered edge of light.

All day I struggle with one hair after another
until the moon moves from the face of the sun
and there is a strange light
as though from a kerosene lamp in a cabin.

I pun on a dress,
a shawl over my shoulders.

My threads knotted and scissors gleaming.

Now I know I am seen.
I have a shadow.

I extend my arms,
dance and chant in the sun's new light.

I put a hat and coat on my shadow,
another larger dress.
I put on more shawls and blouses and underskirts
until even the shadow has substance”
― Diane Glancy

“She’s kind of like an odd, loud, fierce fairy godmother, isn’t she?”
― Gail Carriger, Romancing the Inventor

“I have received many love notes about my wit. Though they are often disguised as strongly worded letters which request I hold my tongue.”
― Julia Seales, A Most Agreeable Murder

“We were in love. But as I always say, a single man in possession of a good fortune sometimes is actually not single. He's often a total liar.”
― Julia Seales, A Most Agreeable Murder

“Let go of what everyone is supposed to be, and you shall see who they truly are. Let people be who they truly are, and they shall reach their greatest potential.”
― Julia Seales, A Most Agreeable Murder

“It was actually satisfying, Beatrice thought furiously, to have a real reason to loathe Caroline. She had never been able to explain her dislike before, but now that the lady had stabbed her, Beatrice thought her hatred much more justified.”
― Julia Seales, A Most Agreeable Murder

“But as I always say, a single man in possession of a good fortune sometimes is actually not single. He’s often a total liar.”
― Julia Seales, A Most Agreeable Murder