Birth Of Venus Book Quotes & Sayings

Where we love is home — Cassia Leo

I like the color of the Caribbean." I paused and absorbed the warmth of her smile before adding, "Dogs, not cats. Boxers, not briefs. Redheads over brunettes ... " I glanced sideways at her, and she met my gaze. "I have a penchant for girls in velvet jackets ... and I think you're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen."
She choked in surprise, sputtered, and shook her head.
"You see? This is what I mean."
"What?"
"Nobody talks like that. I barely know you."
I was genuinely confused. Didn't girls like to hear this stuff? Besides, it was, conveniently enough, the truth. "Well, I talk like this. And you should be used to people telling you you're beautiful."
"Well, I'm not," she said, and she sounded like she was getting irritated with me again. The feeling was mutual.
I leaned against the wall and pulled up one knee. "Okay. I take it back. You are completely average. Dull, dull, dull. Unremarkable in every way. — Anne Greenwood Brown

Patrick leans in for a hug through the open doorway, and in his arms I'm reminded of the other dream I had last night, which ... oh ... which I immediately stamp out of my mind, hoping that no one else noticed the temperature in the room shoot up about five hundred degrees. Could my subconscious be any more inappropriate? — Sarah Ockler

With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at the trade deficit changes all of that. — Jo Ann Emerson

People that are jealous and envious of you are too freaking lazy to step up their own game. — April Mae Monterrosa

In growing up, I was a child of the movies. I went to the movies every given opportunity, and that's pretty much what has informed a lot of my choices. — Morgan Freeman

Never develop a passion you can't afford. It'll eat your heart away like a bookworm. — Cornelia Funke

When a blind man says, 'God is good,' this should be an eye-opener to those who can see. — Anthony Liccione

A reduced Christ is the same as a rejected Christ. — E. Stanley Jones

Repetition opens doors, you know? — Tim Lucas

The world is perishing from an orgy of self-sacrificing. — Ayn Rand