Tara Rock > Tara's Quotes

“I'm a sociopath. I look normal, but I'm not. I'm smarter, better, and freer, because I'm not bound by rules, law, emotion or regard for you.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

“I’ve read that one out of twenty-four people is a sociopath, and if you ask me, the other twenty-three of you should be worried.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
― Marthe Troly-Curtin, Phrynette Married

“I'm out of knives for the time being”
― Evie Wyld, All the Birds, Singing

“The dead are never far from us. They're in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one final puff of air.”
― William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace

“I used to ask for an easy life, now I ask to be strong.”
― William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake

“The miracle is this: that you will rise in the morning and be able to see again the startling beauty of the day.”
― William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace

“I almost let it go. I think it was the yellow dress. It made me want to give her the benefit of the doubt. What can you say about a woman who wears a yellow dress to break into an office at night? How bad can her intentions be?
Still, I was reasonably certain she wasn't telling the truth. Not that it bothered me. Not really. I watched her sitting there, bent slightly forward, the palm of her right hand open in her lap, her left hand rubbing her shoulder. Lips curled in a smile. Innocent eyes looking back at me. It was like being lied to by a basket of kittens.(p134)”
― Harry Dolan, Very Bad Men

“Just because you're done with the past doesn't mean the past is done with you.”
― Paul Doiron, The Bone Orchard

“For the heart, life is simple: it beats for as long as it can. Then it stops.”
― Karl Ove Knausgård, Min kamp 1

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
― Stephen King, Different Seasons

“It ain't always rocket science, sometimes a door is just a door.”
― James Rollins, The Judas Strain

“Books are keys that open many doors.”
― James Rollins

“We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day.”
― Brad Meltzer

“there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.”
― Brad Meltzer, The Inner Circle

“Life is always better than death. Always. No exceptions.”
― Greer Macallister, The Magician's Lie

“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
― Alexander Pope

“It's not forgetting that heals. It's remembering.”
― Amy Greene, Bloodroot

“Some creatures are just meant to be left alone. They can’t be held on to, even if we love them more than anything.”
― Amy Greene

“We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice.”
― Anne Enright, The Gathering

“Sometimes people close a door because they’re trying to figure out a way to get you to knock.”
― Andrew Pyper, The Demonologist

“Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep—it can't be done abruptly.”
― Colm Tóibín

“Courage cannot be left like bones in a bag. It must be brought out and shown the light again and again, growing stronger each time. If you think it will keep for the times you need it, you are wrong. It is like any other part of your strength. If you ignore it, the bag will be empty when you need it most.”
― Conn Iggulden, Genghis: Birth of an Empire

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”
― Oscar Wilde

“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.”
― S.E. Hinton

“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.”
― Rachel Carson

“Grief is the tax we pay on our attachments...”
― Thomas Lynch, Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality

“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”
― Deepak Chopra

“Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth