Abshire Quotes & Sayings

I always feel I have to take a stand,
And there's always someone on hand
To hate me for standing there.
I always feel I have to open my mouth,
And every time I do, I offend someone, somewhere. — Ani DiFranco

I knew I was a little different from most demons but nothing says freak of nature like a one-eyed gypsy saying I had a rainbow glow. It just didn't sound complimentary. — Mary Abshire

But I don't want to just believe it, I want it to be true. — Audrey Niffenegger

... What the hell happened? I keep replaying everything and returning to the point where you held a dead man's head in your hand and a sharp bloody knife in the other. That wasn't the Katie I knew from college. — Mary Abshire

I draft quickly and then revise, a lot. — Erin Morgenstern

There are details about your life I really do not want to know about. You told me he taught you how to fight with weapons, but I guess I never ... "
"Put two and two together?" Katie grinned. "That's not like you, detective Jules."
"I know. I guess I overlooked the gory details. Blood and guts have never been my forte. I like action. Give me Mission Impossible and CSI, but leave out the gruesome details."
They stopped upon reaching the entrance to the barn. "Roller skating disco lover turns FBI crime scene investigator. I think there's a book waiting to be written for you. — Mary Abshire

Miracle: An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it. — Elbert Hubbard

Emotions are destructive, Ms. Dillinger. One of two things will happen to you. You will either be hurt and wish you were dead, or you will end up dead."
Katie stopped in front of the next cooler and checked inside. "I'm human. What am I supposed to do? Just ... be?"
"Welcome to the world. — Mary Abshire

You can't fight like this. You're not prepared and you are in no means in control of your emotions."
Blood rushed to her head. "Fuck you!"
"My point exactly. — Mary Abshire

You take lessons on how to better swing a golf club or a tennis racket, or to learn the proper techniques for shooting a basketball or throwing a curve ball, but what about running? — Danny Abshire

Knowing the future is different from being told what I like. — Audrey Niffenegger

So, you don't drink much," he said. "What about food?"
"No, I don't eat food. I tried it once a long time ago when I was still a young vamp. It tasted good, but my body rejected it."
"Don't feel bad. My body rejects food on occasion too," Greg said, and she grinned. A sense of humor was always a plus for a man. — Mary Abshire

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion. — Thich Nhat Hanh

One day you're a college graduate, in love with Mr. Right and looking for a job. The next day, your Rambo."
"Your timeline is off. And can we lose the Rambo part? — Mary Abshire

Jules turned off the faucet and the room became silent except for the ticking clock. "Promise me one thing." She picked up the dishtowel and wiped her hands. "Promise me you're not going to get yourself killed."
Katie met her friend's gaze. "I'm going to fight like a queen bitch to stay alive. I give you my word. — Mary Abshire

There's nothing good on the television; let's burn a witch. It must have been terribly exciting to live in those times. — John Cleese

Our ultimate dharma is self-realization. Thoughts and actions that support our spiritual evolution are real dharma. — Mata Amritanandamayi

The two stand in the fast-thinning throng of victims, but they speak as if they were alone. Eye to eye, voice to voice, hand to hand, heart to heart, these two children of the Universal Mother, else so wide apart and differing, have come together on the dark highway, to repair home together and to rest in her bosom. — Charles Dickens

Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable — Jason Kidd

We should not exit from this world without finding out who we are and where we have come from. This is very important. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

To aid and abet in the destruction of a single species or in the extermination of a single tribe is to commit a crime against God, a mortal sin against Mother Nature. Better by far to sacrifice in some degree the interests of mechanical civilization, curtail our gluttonous appetite for things, ever more things, learn to moderate our needs, and most important, and not difficult, learn to control, limit and gradually reduce our human numbers. We humans swarm over the planet like a plague of locusts, multiplying and devouring. There is no justice, sense or decency in this mindless global breeding spree, this obscene anthropoid fecundity, this industrialized mass production of babies and bodies, ever more bodies and babies. The man-centered view of the world in anti-Christian, anti-Buddhist, antinature, antilife, and
antihuman. — Edward Abbey

I want to pick up a few other items at the house," Jules said as Katie stepped around the car. "I still have my roller skates and yours in my closet."
Katie opened the door and paused, staring at Jules.
"What?" Jules asked.
"Are you serious? Our lives are in danger and you want to get our roller skates? — Mary Abshire

One woman against two bloodsuckers. This I got to see. — Mary Abshire

Bump looked from one of them to the other.
What we fuckin got here, you playin a fuckin show-an-tell? I ought should go get me something for holding up, an join the fuck in? — Stacia Kane

Santa Fe is fun to visit, but property there will cost you an arm and a dillo. — Emo Philips

I like to say 'Reign' is the '24' of the pre-Renaissance. I think we're going to take a lot of liberties with history, as well as extend it over a longer period of time. — Megan Follows