Rachel Heffington Quotes & Sayings

When the holly's in the red
And the pine is in the green,
When the mornings all are frosty,
In a brilliant silver sheen
Then I love to go a' walking
Rambling here and there, quite slow,
Plucking greenery and berries;
Wishing for a Christmas snow — Rachel Heffington

We are not in a foul humor, Belkin. We are in a corrupt-tempered moon. There is a difference, you know. — Rachel Heffington

The world was at my fingertips. But I was tired of being at its fingertips. — Rachel Heffington

There was more than one thing wrong with the whole story anyway. Had no one thought it remotely suspicious? Unhappy man marries beautiful woman. Beautiful woman shapes up rather nasty. Man unhappier than ever; woman unhappy as well. Three short weeks... Oops, he's dead! Oh, poor, dear child. Let's see what we can do with her. Free labor! — Rachel Heffington

THAT SCAR. SHE DREW HER EYES FROM IT BUT THEY DESCENDED AGAIN AND YET AGAIN UNTIL SHE FELT PECULIARLY DROWNED IN THE GUILTY MARK. — Rachel Heffington

Sure, at heart I wanted to be a Dickens, but I hated being great on command. — Rachel Heffington

The best kind of praise is intelligent praise. — Rachel Heffington

Our eyes met and the soul-light danced between. "Well.." he said, "how about coffee? — Rachel Heffington

My, my, what is the world coming to that women should have feet? Even large ones — Rachel Heffington

Perhaps one of my favorite things about travelling is getting to mark and observe other readers. — Rachel Heffington

Because prayer is the best way to set a wrong thing right again. Admitting I don't have the answers. Asking the One who does for a bit of clarity. Putting myself back in my proper place in the universe. — Rachel Heffington

Stuffing one muffin in his mouth and a second in his pocket, Auguste slipped into a side passage and away. He'd just take a wander 'round the city and hope some assassin made a merciful move. — Rachel Heffington

One must only have a plan and learn to ease dreams into the cracks of life and sooner or later you'll find that the dreams are so woven into reality that they've become reality... and they're all the stronger for it. — Rachel Heffington

People without fine voices would never sing.
Children would never draw pictures because they weren't real artists.
Learning an instrument would be illegal unless you were a protege and knew instinctively.
You could only ever learn the one language to which you were raised.
Poor gardeners would not be permitted to try growing seeds.
Only the true athletes would be allowed to jog or play sports.
Dancing could be done only by professionals. — Rachel Heffington

In order to be heard, an author must have readers... — Rachel Heffington

For heaven's sake, Wade, you sound as if it involved capes and daggers and poisons. Take out one of your dreams and dust it off and send it to Miss Harper to work on. Goodness knows you have enough of them lurking in that aweful brain of yours. — Rachel Heffington

Don't make the error of believing the papers know everything, and strive to know everything the papers won't believe. — Rachel Heffington

Also, can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that there has never been and probably will never be another actress as thoroughly lovable as Audrey Hepburn. — Rachel Heffington

I cozied an apple in my hand and tried the weight of it against my palm, contemplating whether or not beaning a judge with half-rotten fruit would qualify as contempt of the court. Quite probably. — Rachel Heffington

Callie, if you never think of the present then you can never do a thing about the future. The future's just made up on dozens of right-nows strung together. — Rachel Heffington

First of all is the fact that I have some rather good turns of phrase. I don't say that pridefully ... it's just that when a line I forgot about smacks me in the face and says, "Look at me! Aren't I lovely?" I have to notice. — Rachel Heffington