Chanequa Barnes Quotes & Sayings

Don't stop there. I suppose there are also, what, vampires and werewolves and zombies?"
"Of course there are. Although you mostly find zombies farther south, where the voudun priests are."
"What about mummies? Do they only hang around Egypt?"
"Don't be ridiculous. No one believes in mummies. — Cassandra Clare

The rules were simple: trust no one, be ever watchful and if trouble came hit first and hit hard. It had worked for him so far. — Bernard Cornwell

A head full of stars, just not in constellation yet. — Elias Canetti

Life, of course, is full of people you discover you like a lot and then never see again. — Scott Turow

The modern church encourages African-American women to keep others' vineyards, while neglecting their own, in two ways: by venerating Black women's performance of strength and depending upon women's labor and financial support to maintain the church, without providing equal opportunity for Black women to exercise their gifts in ministerial leadership; and by distorting Scripture in a way that encourages suffering and self-sacrifice among Black women. — Chanequa Walker-Barnes

This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work. — Natalie Jeremijenko

The dragon shifter mating call was a powerful, magical thing that once initiated was impossible to break unless the female denounced her mate. — Julia Mills

The best performance advice I have ever been given was to "Know where your light is, onstage." — Vaginal Davis

you people's departments — David Weber

Parents are the worst teachers, if they are good at it and you're not. My father thought I was the densest offspring he could have produced. — John Hurt

I've learned that sometimes love is not enough. You can have a soul mate and be madly in love with that person, but it's not necessarily enough. I think you have to have personalities that mesh well. You have to be the yin to their yang. You also have to be open to figuring things out together and communicating even when it's the last thing you want to do. — Jessica Simpson

I wasn't interested in holding onto the evidence of things. — Jim Hodges

The illusion of knowledge and freedom is not the same as the real thing. — Aimee Carter

A woman seldom comes out of a sullen spell until she's sure her husband has suffered as much as she thinks he should. — William Feather

Hen I first heard Elvis' voice, I knew that I wasn't going to work for anybody ... hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail — Bob Dylan

I've had some interesting stuff happen to me - so why doesn't anyone ask me? — Amanda Marshall