Erica O'Rourke Quotes & Sayings

Your swoonin' needs work." his accent was back. "so does your alias," I snapped. "Dr.Smith? Seriously? Why not John Doe? And how is it that everybody around here seems to buy you're a doctor? you don't look enough to drink, let alone practice medicine — Erica O'Rourke

People spot a big black lens, and they worry about what they're doing, or how their hair looks. Nobody see the person holding the camera. — Erica O'Rourke

Every person is the result of an entire universe's worth of choices - moments — Erica O'Rourke

No! See, that's the thing-you were the one I would have chosen, even if there were no fate."
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"I wanted you, even when I wasn't supposed to be with you. — Erica O'Rourke

In the end, though, it doesn't really matter. I think the key is to accept who you are, however you got that way. To embrace it, without reservations or hesitations. Because once you own who you are, it's not a limitation anymore. It's a source of strenght.
- Mo — Erica O'Rourke

Justice is about making them pay for [her] pain. Revenge is making them pay for yours. — Erica O'Rourke

How's Cujo?"
"He's good. Thank you for saving him." ...
"You asked," he said with a shrug. — Erica O'Rourke

The guy from the bar appeared silently at Uncle Billy's side, his expression cool and steady. He nodded at me once, and turned to my uncle. Seeing him face-to-face,I knew, absolutely, he wasn't just a regular customer. He was a complicationa. A big one. Mo, meet Colin Donnelly. Your bodyguard. — Erica O'Rourke

Every time someone makes a choice, a new, parallel world branches off from the existing one. Eating breakfast or skipping it, turning left instead of right, sneaking out instead of staying in bed ~ all of these choices create an alternate universe in which an echo self takes the road not travelled and makes the opposite decision — Erica O'Rourke

Breaking news gently is a misnomer. News doesn't break, people do, no matter how you try to cushion the blow. — Erica O'Rourke

People fail each other all the time, Mo, and they forgive each other, and start again. It's a question of knowing the other person's limitations. Knowing what's fair to expect of them. Knowing what's fair for them to expect of you. — Erica O'Rourke

We don't need an alarm system. We barely have anythings worth stealing."
"Do you want me moving in?"
"NO!"
"then you're getting an alarm. — Erica O'Rourke

Given a choice, it seems like pity would be easier to bear than mockery, but that's not true. Mockery hardens defenses; pity slips through, finds the softest places you have, and slices to the bone. Pity will break you, every time. — Erica O'Rourke

A loosening in my chest, the faintest stirrings of hope. But hope was a dangerous, fragile thing, easily shattered. I couldn't afford it. — Erica O'Rourke

There's a danger in being drawn to something that's not real, in giving yourself to something you can never be a part of, instead of making your life where you are. But those infinite worlds, with their infinite potential, beckoned irresistibly. — Erica O'Rourke

You're jealous," I said. His face went cold and remote, and I knew I should shut up, but my humiliation had been festering since the game, turning to anger, thick and oily in my veins. I couldn't stop myself. it was leaking out, contaminating everything, poisoning the one good thing I had left. "You're jealous because I actually go after what I want, and I get it. — Erica O'Rourke