Coralie Barbier Quotes & Sayings

The superior officer raised his ice-blue eyes, then went back to his chore without exhibiting any particular emotion. If the colonel was involved in the affair, Sharko thought, if he had kept up with the news following the discovery of the bodies in Gravenchon, he would certainly know Sharko's face, who he was. If so, had he been steeling himself for this visit since the corporal on guard had called ahead? Or had he simply not recognized him? — Franck Thilliez

She fastens her other hand securely on my wrist, and moves so that she's behind me. Good job, angel. Let him know I'm your man. At least your a fast learner.
I rub my thumb over her smooth skin in approval, then stop. She doesn't need my approval. I'm not her man, but, for now, I am her protector. — Katie McGarry

Rejoice at the death and cry at the birth: New Orleans sticks close to the Scriptures. — Jelly Roll Morton

Lift up your eyes discouraged one — Matty Mullins

The truth is that computer science is not really about the computer. It is just a tool to help you see ideas more clearly. — Carlos Bueno

My strips are not always funny, and they can be pretty grim at times, and I know I lose readers because of it, but I can't do anything about it - my work is very much connected to something I need to do in order to feel stable. — Lynda Barry

Being called baby: like safaris and bowling leagues, a phenomenon she never thought she'd experience first hand. — Curtis Sittenfeld

David Lipsky: Why aren't you married at thirty-four?
David Foster Wallace: You first.
David Lipsky: Um-I think it's hard to fill that role ... to cast it and to fill it when you know it's for thirty or forty years ... someone who, whatever mental landscape you're in, they're going to be in it too, you need someone who'll fit any landscape you can imagine. — David Lipsky

Then he kissed her without breathing, without thinking. He kissed her until his entire body was tingling from the taste of her. — Laekan Zea Kemp

I sail with you on the ocean of my dreams
to a far away distant Place of great beauty and tranquility.
where suffering and pain do not exist,
where we give praises for our joy and happiness,
where our Love interwines with Love for all things. — Rumi

I think it should be obvious by now that I'm not necessarily interested in reality. — Elle Lothlorien

Ratbert (as lab rat, to scientist): Doc, we have to talk. Every day you feed me over a hundred pounds of macaroni and cheese. At first I thought you were just being a good host. But lately I've been thinking it could be something far more sinister. — Scott Adams

The common meaning of gratitude is to be thankful for benefits received. While this is important, I feel that the energy of gratitude is one of the most powerful attracting forces in the universe. A heart filled with Thanksgiving, even when appearances tell us that we are mired in scarcity, conflict, and affliction, moves us to a higher frequency in consciousness and we soon witness reality shining through the illusion. — John Randolph Price