Amanda Stevens Quotes & Sayings

For those of us who can, there are certain precautions we must take in order to protect ourselves and those around us. The first and most important is this-never acknowledge the dead. Don't look at them, don't speak to them don't let them sense your fear. Even when they touch you" ... "The second thing you must remember is this," Papa said. "Never stray too far from hallowed ground." ... "Rule Number Three," he said. "Keep your distance from those who are haunted. If they seek you out, turn away from them, for they constitute a terrible threat and cannot be trusted." ... "Rule Number Four," he said sternly. "Never, ever tempt fate. — Amanda Stevens

Rosehill was shady and beautiful, the most serene place I could imagine. It had been closed to the public for years, and sometimes as I wandered alone - and often lonely - through the lush fern beds and long curtains of silvery moss, I pretended the crumbling angels were wood nymphs and fairies and I their ruler, queen of my own graveyard kingdom. — Amanda Stevens

But that was New Orleans for you. The old didn't die here. They were just forgotten. — Amanda Stevens

We southerners worship our ancestors. — Amanda Stevens

I've heard people say that the hardest thing in the world is to live with someone you don't love. But I've always thought it would be far more difficult to live with someone who doesn't love you. — Amanda Stevens

It's hotter than a two-peckered alley cat up in here. Humidity must be close to a hundred. — Amanda Stevens

Inside the flames, Reid and I moved together in a dance as old as time. — Amanda Stevens

There are a lot of things in this world to be afraid of, but a dead body isn't one of them. — Amanda Stevens

There was something so primal and hungry about the way he stared down at her..the way their bodies unconsciously strained toward one another as if nothing - not even time, not distance, not even death- could ever keep them apart. — Amanda Stevens

Let me enjoy my fan-wanking.
Your what?
Let me arrange the story to meet my own personal needs. — Amanda Stevens

I think some weirdo with a little red wagon is the last thing you need to be worried about in these hills — Amanda Stevens

Life's too short to live in the past, Amelia. Let him have his ghosts. * — Amanda Stevens