Alexandra > Alexandra's Quotes

“The reason why a person lies is almost always more interesting than the lie itself”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“Enjoy the stories of other people's lives, but don't forget to live your own.”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“words don’t come with gift receipts and you can’t take them back.”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“Time can change relationships like the sea reshapes the sand.”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“But then, isn't love like breathing? Isn't it instinct? Something we're born knowing how to do? Or is love like speaking French? If nobody teaches you, you'll never be fluent, and if you don't practice you forget how...”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“All people are addicts, and all addicts desire the same thing: an escape from reality. My job just happens to be my favorite drug.”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“The scariest haunted houses are always the ones in which you are the ghost”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“Life is like a game where pawns can become queens, but not everyone knows how to play. Some people stay pawns their whole lives because they never learned to make the right moves.”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“I wish people were more like books. If you realise halfway through a novel that you aren’t enjoying it anymore, you can just stop and find something new to read. Same with films and TV dramas. There is no judgement, no guilt, nobody even needs to know unless you choose to tell them. But with people, you tend to have to see it through to the end, and sadly not everyone gets to live happily ever after.”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“But if there’s one thing I have learned from life as well as fiction, it’s that nobody is ever just a hero or just a villain. We all have it in us to be both.”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“Books can be mirrors for whoever holds them & people dont always like what they see”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“Silence cannot be misquoted.”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“The best lessons are often the ones we don’t realise we’re being taught”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“The only good thing about losing everything, is the freedom that comes from having nothing left to lose.”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“If every story had a happy ending, then we’d have no reason to start again. Life is all about choices, and learning how to put ourselves back together when we fall apart. Which we all do. Even the people who pretend they don’t.”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“The life of a child is about firsts. The life of a parent is about lasts.”
― T.J. Newman, Drowning

“that was all life was. Shifting the balance, every day, to make room for joy and grace in whatever circumstances you’ve got before your time runs out.”
― T.J. Newman, Drowning

“Time is luck. You grab it. You hold on tight. And you be there. You have to be there for it. It’s going, with or without you. And no one knows for how long. No one knows.”
― T.J. Newman, Drowning

“In my professional opinion,” Jasmine said, “what Molly’s trying to say is: ‘I wish a bitch would.’ ”
― T.J. Newman, Drowning

“Strong women know loving someone is easy. Respecting them is a choice.”
― T.J. Newman, Drowning

“It didn’t matter if you died in a car crash or peacefully in your sleep at 102 or if you drowned in a plane at the bottom of the ocean. The end result would be the same. And that was all life was. Shifting the balance, every day, to make room for joy and grace in whatever circumstances you’ve got before your time runs out.”
― T.J. Newman, Drowning

“And that was all life was. Shifting the balance, every day, to make room for joy and grace in whatever circumstances you’ve got before your time runs out.”
― T.J. Newman, Drowning

“If there’s a fucking rainbow when they come outta there, I swear to god…”
― T.J. Newman, Drowning

“He prayed for pain and suffering and agonizing misery—because it would mean they’d survived.”
― T.J. Newman, Drowning

“Life is measured in birthdays. Graduations. Weddings. First steps. A first crush. A first kiss. Firsts, not lasts, are the tallies on a life’s scorecard.”
― T.J. Newman, Drowning

“After all, it’s why we came to Hawaii. You should know, the cancer’s come back. The doctors said this time there was nothing they could do. Months. If I was lucky. Your father and I didn’t come to Hawaii for our anniversary. We came for one final adventure together. I wanted to spend what time I had left feeling alive. Experiencing grand and unexpected things. Well. I’d say I got my wish.”
― T.J. Newman, Drowning

“To the kids: Be good to one another. You’re all you got now. Stick together and you’ll be fine. We are so proud of you. To Ruth: Making your coffee every morning was the greatest privilege of my life. I never once wanted anything more.”
― T.J. Newman, Drowning

“We have to get out. I have to get you out,” Kit pleaded with Ruth. Ruth laid a wrinkled hand on Kit’s cheek and waited until she had her attention. Ruth tilted her head with a small smile. “Going down with the ship means nothing to those two little girls, sweetheart. This is my choice. Not yours. I choose here. Now. With Ira.” Ruth pulled back, and this time Kit let her go. Kit stood there, numb, watching the old woman swim away, heading deeper into the plane.”
― T.J. Newman, Drowning

“You know, any one of us could have gotten out of the plane after the crash,” Kit said. “Everyone else did. But we stayed. I hate when people say everything happens for a reason.” She opened her arms wide and swung them around. “Tell me the reason. Tell me why this happened. So I don’t know about that. But what I do know is that being here with you has been the privilege of my life. It has been an honor to be your captain.”
― T.J. Newman, Drowning

“The passengers in the plane shifted, moving back to let others come forward to the windows for a look. In one window appeared a man wearing an open button-down flannel shirt. Standing in front of him was a young girl with long, wavy brown hair. The man put his hands on the girl’s shoulders and they both smiled. There was a familial comfort to their touch. And the little girl was an exact younger version of Chris. Fitz held a hand over the phone. “Someone go call the mama bear to let her know.”
― T.J. Newman, Drowning