Alilico Quotes & Sayings

You have told yourself that you have found your knight in shining armor, my brother Rick. Isn't that the truth? You met him and he fit the bill, so you have told yourself a wonderful story and, stubborn brat that you are, you have been clinging to it ever since. After all, what could be more appropriate than for Francesca Cahill, reformer extraordinaire, to fall in love with my reform-minded Republican brother? But wait! Being as this is a love story, there has to be an unhappy middle and the perfect hero isn't quite so perfect after all. For he is married. Oh, wait! It isn't that bad, after all, for as it turns out he is a man of virtue, and he really loves you, while he despises his wife! And did I forget to mention that she is vile and evil? So the story can limp along, and true love might survive after all! Does this sound at all familiar, Francesca?"
"I almost hate you," she whispered. And she felt a tear sliding down her cheek. — Brenda Joyce

I am not a bed-and breakfast person. I understand why other people would want to stay in B&Bs. They're pretty. They're personal. They're "quaint," a polite way of saying "no TV." They are "romantic," i.e., every object large enough for a flower to be printed on it is going to have a flower printed on it. They're "cozy," meaning that a guest has to keep her belongings on the floor because every conceivable flat surface is covered in knickknacks, except for the one knickknack she longs for, a remote control. — Sarah Vowell

Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom. — E.B. White

He was quiet. He wanted everything she just said to be the last thing he heard. — Rainbow Rowell

They put me in a box, and every time I try to nudge the lid open, they slam it back down. It's like nothing about me is allowed to change. — Becky Albertalli

What the power structure is afraid of is that we're going to learn to recognize the truth when we hear it. — Daniel Keys Moran

When you strip away all the little things that divide us, it's important to remember how tied we are — William J. Clinton

I remember I was unsure about doing 'Shameless.' I'd never acted in anything so commercial. I read the script in the garden with my mum, Mary. She said it's filthy dirty, but she said these people have love and sex and nothing else. That made me take the role. — Anne-Marie Duff

You just rebel against everything. How are you going to survive?
I don't know. I'm already tired. — Charles Bukowski