Bodell Quotes & Sayings

Patience is born when we create a pause between our experience of a feeling and our response to that feeling. — Allan Lokos

People aren't locked doors. You can get through to them if you want.
But no one did. No one reached out a hand to Tulip. Nobody tried to touch her. I hear them whispering and they sicken me. 'Bus seats!' grumbles Mrs Bodell. 'Locker doors!' complain the teachers. 'Chicken sheds!' say the farmers. 'Greenhouses! Dustbins!' moan the neighbours. And Mum says, 'A lovely old hotel!'
But what about Tulip?
I shall feel sorry for Tulip all my life.
And guilty, too.
Guilty. — Anne Fine

Never saw off the branch you are on, unless you are being hanged from it. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Brahman is beyond mind and speech, beyond concentration and meditation, beyond the knower, the known and knowledge, beyond even the conception of the real and unreal. In short, It is beyond all relativity. — Ramakrishna

I didn't realize how many true Rockabilly fans there were here in America. — Wanda Jackson

Are you trying to tell me you were a virgin before me?" she asked teasingly...
He snorted at the question. "I just wanted to give you fair warning that I'm going to fuck up. Probably a lot."
She shrugged, seemingly unfazed. "Me too. That's what relationships are about. We'll argue, then have incredible make-up sex. And as long as you always concede that I'm right after an argument, we'll be fine. — Katie Reus

You thought I wanted your ass back in my life so you could say you were sorry for takin' away the only thing that gave me joy? To tell me you were fuckin' sorry for takin' away the only shot I had at given' that joy to the babies I made?" His eyes narrowed dangerously. "What the fuck's the matter with you?"
"I told you I fucked up," I reminded him carefully.
"Yeah," he growled. "You fuckin' did. — Kristen Ashley

She is so tiresome. 'Am I a vampire, am I a wolf, am I a vampire, am I a wolf, I cannot decide, so I'll be both! — Melika Dannese Lux