Gay Walley Quotes

“Would she do that? End a relationship over a person’s ability for invention? Would she keep a relationship going simply because she didn’t know what a man’s next sentence would be?”
― Jacqueline Gay Walley, Magnetism (Book 6) Venus as She Ages Collection

“Enthusiasm is sexy. Talent is sexy. Making art is sexy. Thinking is sexy. Living is sexy. Being is sexy.”
― Jacqueline Gay Walley

“I told myself that happiness is in the loving no matter what or who the object of my affection.”
― Jacqueline Gay Walley

“She knew she didn’t have the courage for love. Nor the artistry for lies. She was in no woman’s land.”
― Jacqueline Gay Walley

“She will be faithful to herself. And that may, or it may not, involve being faithful to him. It won’t be her decision.”
― Jacqueline Gay Walley

“Writers…tell the truth as it is on a given day, given page, given novel.”
― Jacqueline Gay Walley, To Any Lengths (Book 2) Venus as She Ages Collection

“I wonder if we have to suspend our sharpness to love someone, to give ourselves that fuzzy gentleness that is so necessary. I mean, I don’t think we have to use the smart part of ourselves to love. Does that mean we suspend our judgment when we love someone? I think so, and I  think that is why it is so hard for the watchful to love.”

“That’s lust you’re describing,” he said”
― Jacqueline Gay Walley

“Mira sat down across from her. ‘The thing about ending up old, broke, alone is you feel so stupid. But it’s not like one had a choice. The real tragedy is if you could not put yourself forward in youth . . . you pay . . . now. Thus you pay young and you pay old. In the middle you run around with your head cut off.’

Lucia looked down at her newspaper. ‘Your real problem is you have a boyfriend who doesn’t want to kiss you.’

Mira ignored that. ‘What I like about your book, by the way, is that it’s vulnerable. And risky. And you just keep going. That is what I like so much. You just kept going.”
― Jacqueline Gay Walley, Magnetism (Book 6) Venus as She Ages Collection