Terri Farley Quotes & Sayings

Waves broke, then sighed as if they were searching, not finding, then coming back, never giving up the search, returning again and again. — Terri Farley

Courtship? Had I said courtship? What did I think, that this was Jane freakin' Eyre? — Terri Farley

It's true that the two halves were no longer hinged. They weren't clinging to each other, but each was a cream-colored wing with a rosy flush inside. I held one half in each hand. If I took this shell across the room or across the universe, and the other one stayed here, they'd still be two halves of a whole, and anyone would know they belonged together. — Terri Farley

The waves, the girl in the rain, and that awful, blood-begotten stom. Blood and love and loss. — Terri Farley

For the Phantom, there is only one girl. For Sam, there is only one horse. — Terri Farley

Jake's Shoshone black hair had grown long enough that he wore it tied off with leather, once more. — Terri Farley

Gwen?"
"Yes."
"You know why we have to be together, don't you?"
" ... "
"I'm your selkie. — Terri Farley

Morning's great that way. You can cry yourself to sleep and wake up wondering what the fuss was over. — Terri Farley

When I was a little girl, my favorite television show starred Roy Rogers and Dale Evans- the queen of the cowgirls." Mrs. Coley explained. "Dale wore a fancy fringed leather skirt and rode a buckskin horse named Buttermilk ...
"Thank heavens for Dale Evans," she said with a sigh. — Terri Farley

It never seemed fair that just when you're old enough to do anything you want, you can't. You have to start working, so there's no time. And if there is time, you're not working, so there's no money. — Terri Farley

Dad and Gram didn't take a single day on the ranch for granted. Regardless of the weather, the greeted each morning as if they'd embrace it, filling their eyes with a vaulting sky and sagebrush-coverd ridges. Then they gave silent prayer of thanks for living the life they loved. — Terri Farley

What did you say, Gram? About there being no church out here?" "I said that the sky was the roof of my cathedral and the desert was its floor and any time I paid attention, I could feel a higher power all around me. — Terri Farley

Listen twice as much as you talk, since you were born with two ears and one mouth. — Terri Farley

And there was no way to unsay words you'd blurted out, no matter how sorry you were. — Terri Farley

You know that expression, 'wild horses couldn't drag me away'? Well, let me tell you, that was obviously made by someone who's never been on the other side of a lead rope when a wild horse starts running. — Terri Farley

Since humans first huddled around campfires, stories have been told of wild horses with wind in their manes, fire in their eyes and freedom in their hearts. Those horses eluded capture, and scorned the comforts of civilization. Americans have insisted they want their wild horses to live that way, forever. — Terri Farley

The best words I ever heard about making your own reputation," Gram said, looking over her shoulder into the back seat, "is that you come into the world crying while everyone is smiling at the miracle of you, and you should live your life so when you leave it, you're smiling, but everyone else is crying because the miracle of you is gone. — Terri Farley

Typical Cowboy,"she muttered. "The world could be coming to an end and you wouldn't go outside to watch without your hat." ...
"You got that right. — Terri Farley

I was doing it again, and I do NOT ogle strangers. — Terri Farley

As if I were a dog, to follow at your heels. — Terri Farley

Beckon The Sea, I'll Come To The ... Shed Seven Tears, Perchance Seven Years ... — Terri Farley

Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf. — Terri Farley

We were meant to be together. — Terri Farley