Chatburn And Downham Quotes & Sayings

It's a truth universally accepted that a single woman without romantic or professional prospects must be in want of a husband." Stella sneered, paraphrasing an ironic Jane Austen quote.
"Come one, Stells." David tried to console her. They sat across from each other in Riley's kitchen, each with a cup of coffee that was quickly going from lukewarm to cold. "You don't honestly believe you don't have prospects."
She just shrugged. "I guess part of me thought it was always going to be me with you. But as I see, fairy tale's over."
David reached a hand between them and held tight to hers. "I'm sorry."
She pulled her hand away, praying she could keep boundaries. "You did everything right. I'm a moronic tool."
"No, you're not. You're an amazing person-"
"Blah blah blah." Stella interrupted. "You don't have to try to sell me on myself. I might be broken, but I know what I am. — Rebekah Martin

It's interesting. I've known quite a few good athletes that can't begin to play a beat on the drum set. Most team sport is about the smooth fluidity of hand-eye coordination and physical grace, where drumming is much more about splitting all those things up. — Neil Peart

In my soul, I am still that small child who did not care about anything else but the beautiful colours of a rainbow. — Papiya Ghosh

Whatever a man needs is within himself. — Lailah Gifty Akita

He began to pick the trumps he desired, their words - happiness set beside her ear, home by her feet. He surrounded her with hope, each card a wish. — Erika Swyler

I was really interested in meeting Peter Coyote. — Joel Gretsch

The coming to consciousness is not a discovery of some new thing; it is a long and painful return to that which has always been. — Helen M. Luke

Forgetting: that is a divine capacity. And whoever aspires to the heights and wants to fly must cast off much that is heavy and make himself light
I call it a divine capacity for lightness. — Friedrich Nietzsche

I Survived the Black Plague — Cynthia Hand

I always keep myself busy. I'm writing. Or I'm creating something. Or I'm doing stuff with the kids. I'm up incredibly early in the morning; I go to bed incredibly late at night. — Natascha McElhone

Her brain said, he's like a brother to you. Her body rejected that notion absolutely. Her heart was confused as hell. — Joan Kilby

Old men, for the most part, are like old chronicles that give you dull but true accounts of times past, and are worth knowing only on that score. — Alexander Pope