Cristin Quotes & Sayings

Our possessions are dictating our free time. Sundays used to be for relaxing and eating, and now they're spent cleaning the garage. --pg55 — Cristin Frank

Friendly fire was never friendly, and it was coming. Operation Stand-and-Watch was over. Did that mean Operation Bust-His-Balls was on deck? — Cristin Harber

More is more and less is less. In other words, the more you bring into your life, the more you have to maintain. If you are accumulating things, the initial purchase is just the beginning. In addition to any debt you took on to make the purchase, this new item you now own may need to be stored, dusted, watered, cleaned, oiled, tightened, filled, emptied, refilled, tuned, insured, renewed - or any number of other time-consuming (and possibly expensive) maintenance chores. If you avoid the purchase altogether, you cut out the chain reaction of obligations to this thing. — Cristin Frank

It's always been you and me, James. That's why I can't kill you, and you can't kill me. Because even if it means the end of the world, I love you too much. — Cristin Terrill

So many people think buckets of money will solve or eliminate the stresses in life. Such is not the case. More is more and less is less. In other words, the more you bring into your life, the more you have to maintain. If you are accumulating things, the initial purchase is just the beginning. In addition to any debt you took on to make the purchase, this new item you now own may need to be stored, dusted, watered, cleaned, oiled, tightened, filled, emptied, refilled, tuned, insured, renewed - or any number of other time-consuming (and possibly expensive) maintenance chores. If you avoid the purchase altogether, you cut out the chain reaction of obligations to this thing. So — Cristin Frank

I struggle to keep my hard, expressionless mask in place. The doctor's most powerful weapon has always been his particular brand of brutal honesty. Bruises fade, but words like that fester. — Cristin Terrill

I think one of the funniest things about '30 Rock' is that Liz Lemon is sort of like Buster Keaton - she's always the fool, the joke is always on her. — Cristin Milioti

I tell her she's beautiful and perfect and she's going to be okay. I tell her she doesn't need to change herself to fit in with shallow girls or to matter to someone. I tell her everything I wish I had ever known. I tell her I love her, and I realize as I say it that I love me, too. — Cristin Terrill

Remember when you used to hate me?"
I laugh-sniff-hiccup. "Well, you used to be insufferable."
"I think incorrigible is a better word."
I lean my forehead against the wall and let myself imagine for a moment that it's his shoulder, warm and firm, beside me. "You're so full of it."
"Hey, I just got tortured for you. Easy on the ego. — Cristin Terrill

I hate you,' I say. 'I know,' he says, and he holds me until I can breathe again. I pull away and wipe my eyes. 'Sorry,' I mumble. 'It's okay. I'm sure I'll deserve it one day. — Cristin Terrill

Let me look at you." I pull away and put my hands on his cheeks, examining his face. Blue eyes, of course. And how could I forget that mouth? Thin pink lips with one crooked corner always suggesting a mocking smile. My God, how had I never noticed before how handsome he is? "You need a haircut."
He rubs the side of his thumb over my cheekbone. "You're beautiful. — Cristin Terrill

On my first date, my boyfriend asked me if I wanted to eat a la carte, and I said that I would prefer to stay inside! — Cristin Milioti

How long have I loved Finn? It crept up on me so gradually, I don't know if I can even pin the moment down. — Cristin Terrill

You know, they say that there is a part
of the human chest that it you strike it hard enough,
it makes the person's heart explode. This sounds like
such a lie that I have to believe it's the truth. If I were
science, I'd never tell anyone where this place is.
If I were science, I'd have named this place after you. — Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

I quickly remember what Finn taught me about how to get what you want from people: pay attention to them, figure out what they want and what they're afraid of. — Cristin Terrill

I mangle phrases constantly. The other day I was chatting with my boyfriend and I said to him, 'He really sold him under the bus.' And he said, 'I think you meant 'threw him under the bus,' or 'sold him up the river.' — Cristin Milioti

I don't think there are hour comedies, but if there were, I would have been open to it. — Cristin Milioti

But soon we'll be gone, so this is my last chance." He gives me a shy little smile. "I love you. — Cristin Terrill

I think television is really incredible because of the fact that you get to sit with a character for so, and the character does something different, every week. I think that's really interesting. — Cristin Milioti

I really like playing other people. There is no other feeling like it, to have a different voice come out of you and to have a different life for a couple of hours. I like being myself. But maybe it's like you ride a bike every day and someone says, 'For two hours tonight do you want to ride this Harley?' You'd be like, 'OK yeah!' — Cristin Milioti

You're not really the one I want to see,' the older James says. 'I'm not exactly thrilled by the reunion either. — Cristin Terrill

I squeeze Finn's hand back, and my eyes fall closed. I feel something like the whisper of a touch to my face. Deep from the back of my mind, a voice that sounds a lot like my own speaks to me like a memory, telling me I'm strong and loved and that everything is going to be okay.
And, for some strange reason, I believe it. — Cristin Terrill

That's what's so cool about 'Once:' There is a layer of darker stuff, but it's balanced by this incredible light. — Cristin Milioti

I've auditioned for musicals a lot, but I think my voice didn't really match what they were looking for. I went to school for musical theater for a year and dropped out. Legit musicals are not quite my forte. — Cristin Milioti

There's no way that you're going to please all of America, or all of the fans. — Cristin Milioti

If I don't want, I can't be disappointed. — Cristin Terrill

You have to hold on to what you find because life has a way of throwing you curve balls that you never expect. — Cristin Milioti

This is what I term a reduction lifestyle - reduce excessive consumption, unnecessary obligations, and overbearing clutter. When — Cristin Frank

I love movies, but I think people think relationships are supposed to go how they go in movies. The ones I like are the ones that represent life. — Cristin Milioti

I look down at the gun. It's jammed. Stupid semiautomatic piece of crap. — Cristin Terrill

Time travel isn't a wonder; it's an abomination. — Cristin Terrill

Yeah, thanks, man. That'll be like catching Niagara fucking Falls with a fly net. — Cristin Harber

Sometimes what we lack is the thrill of anticipation or the delay of gratification. We enjoy things far more when we've really desired them but had to wait for them. The real value is found in our self control and patience, which allows us to delay gratification and build anticipation. Letting desire build is an abstract way to achieve balance and moderation in your life... Moderation just may be the answer to boredom - go figure! -- pg 145-146 — Cristin Frank

People get into relationships. They get married and have kids, and all of a sudden, you can't just pick up and go get coffee, or go away for the weekend together, or go to a costume party together. It becomes a thing you have to plan. — Cristin Milioti

Loving someone doesn't ever completely go away. — Cristin Terrill

Just because you lived through times of sacrifice doesn't mean you over-compensate when your situation changes. If — Cristin Frank

Behind him, Jared cursed and shouted. "No one else falls for a chick. Ever. Again. No one. — Cristin Harber

I went through a really good-looking phase from birth to 9. And then things went crazy. I don't know what happened, but between 9 and 14 it was really, really rough. I didn't have a lot of friends. The only ones who were nice to me were the theater kids. And they were like, 'You can come and join us. No one likes us.' — Cristin Milioti

Andrea Gibson is a truly American poet, or rather, she represents the America I want to live in. Her work lights a candle to lead us where we need to go. — Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

This poem is the poem I'm writing because
we aren't speaking, and it is making my heart hurt
so bad that sometimes I can't make it up off the floor. — Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

It's a silence I know. The kind that's actually a sound so loud your brain doesn't know how to interpret it at first. — Cristin Terrill

I thought you were more like GI Joe, but now that I know about the cape, you sound more like Superman." Mia Kensington to Colby Winters — Cristin Harber

I almost regret having to tell him this. No one should be confronted with the depths of darkness they're capable of all at once. — Cristin Terrill

You don't need to repay your ego. If you max out with your upswings, you're going to bottom out with your downturns. — Cristin Frank

high-pitched squeaks could only mean one thing: her brother Roman and his best friend Cash had arrived. — Cristin Harber

like he selected the option from a menu, she moaned on cue. — Cristin Harber

If you look like you belong, people assume you do. — Cristin Terrill

The truth is, the world is a fucked up place sometimes. — Cristin Terrill

But progress is always dangerous, isn't it? Most of the time, walls don't get dismantled brick by brick. Someone has to crash through them. — Cristin Terrill

His head was mixed up, and fall semester was going to be needlessly rough if he didn't get a few things in order first. Nicola would have to speak up, Jacob would have to shut up, and he would have to man up. — Cristin Harber

Let's feed out tears to the dragons of misery, but let's never crawl in their mouths. — Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

You can't control whether or not you have talent. You can't control whether or not your work will be recognized or valued. But what you can control is how much work you put your art-both in terms of creating it and in terms of getting it out there-and that is where I try to focus my energy. — Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

Good spending decisions are made when we know we're spending money, not fooled into thinking we're saving money. --pg 52 — Cristin Frank

You've been drinking. Let's go before I become the asshole prick you think I am. — Cristin Harber

I guess you can never really know what's going on inside another person. — Cristin Terrill

'30 Rock' is my favorite TV show and Tina Fey is one of my heroes. She was a dream to work with and the whole cast was just absolutely lovely. — Cristin Milioti

I tell her everything I wish I had ever known. — Cristin Terrill

He's got it all. The lineage, the resources, the perfect presidential hair. He'd be crazy not to run. — Cristin Terrill

My name is Parker Black. I sometimes work as BlackDawn. My employer is Titan, and my training is from both the Marines and MIT." "I know." "But you don't know what that means. I will kill to protect you. I will hunt what follows you," he said through clenched teeth. "I will seek out anything that has its sights on you, and I will destroy it. I'm not a muscle hound with a hard-on for electronics. I'm a mercenary for the good guys, an analyst of life-and-death situations, and I will, I swear to Christ, maim, harm, and kill anything that wants what I care about. — Cristin Harber

I would say if I was any type of nerd, it was probably a band nerd. — Cristin Milioti

Baby, you want to talk about what happened, go for it. I'm listening. But you know, I'm no angel, and I'm not finished dancing with the devil. If anyone ever hurts you like that again, there's nothing I won't do to protect you. To make sure you're never hurt again. — Cristin Harber

I keep expectations so embarrassingly low that I broke my contract and went and got a hair-cut. — Cristin Milioti

There's nothing like theater. It's really amazing. But it does take up all of your time. I would like to get into more film, just because I find it super fascinating. — Cristin Milioti

I think that's important to have in something like a national television show. It's important to portray a woman realistically, and not just as a bridezilla. — Cristin Milioti

I wasn't a very good student. I prefer to learn by experience. — Cristin Milioti

Every time I do a play, it's as if I've never done one before. I'm always confused. I always am convinced I'm going to be fired. I'm like, 'I don't remember how to act. I don't know how to do this.' And, it's just a very slow process, and then, all of a sudden, it's just there one day. I still don't understand how it happens. — Cristin Milioti

It's time you started seeing how great you are, just like you wish Marina could see it. I mean, look at me. I think I'm fantastic. — Cristin Terrill

I did plays in high school and I really loved it, but I think singing was always what I loved most of all. — Cristin Milioti

I'm sorry I could never see myself out
of the twitching fever of my heartache,
that I traded everything we had for
something that never ended up being.
But if I could take anything back, it wouldn't be
the glittering hope I stuck in the amber of your eyes,
or the sweet eager of our conversations.
No, it would be that last stony path to nothing,
when we both gave up without telling the other.
How silence arrived like a returned valentine
on that morning
we finally taught our phones not to ring. — Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

One day we wake up and we are broken. We taste it
in our morning kiss. Our mirror tells us the same stories
in separate hours: things will never be the same. — Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

I watch James's face. His expression is an open book to me, because I took the time to learn the language many years ago. — Cristin Terrill

I used to have a lot of recurring dreams about Captain Hook when I was a little kid, which I remember very vividly. But I think I just really liked Peter Pan a lot, and 'Hook' was my favorite movie. — Cristin Milioti

There's no other way to look at you. You're the definition of beauty. — Cristin Harber

I've been scared of so much stupid crap in my life. Making a bad grade or not fitting in. God, I was scared of you. And it was all such a waste. None of it matters now that the real scary shit is here. — Cristin Terrill

You,
quiet and alone in your kitchen, cigaretteless.
Me, left tapping on your rain-streaked window,

wanting you to know that everything is going
to get better, and really hoping that it does. — Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

I stop, because a little piece of me can't help hoping. I turn to look at him, and know, to my shame, that he could break my resolve with a single word. — Cristin Terrill

Well, that was easy,' I whisper as we follow the little signs with arrows that lead toward room 126. 'No, that was very dangerous and daring, and it was only through my extreme charm that we pulled it off. — Cristin Terrill

I grew up with a piano, and my aunt taught me chords. I played with bands in high school and I could do like, C chord, G chord, D chord; really simple, rhythm piano. — Cristin Milioti

Hey, Jared." "What?" "Did I thank you for this job yet?" "Nope." "Good." "Get to work, dick." Jared coughed his equivalent to a laugh and hung up. — Cristin Harber

Not everything which comes from the birth parts of a woman is a human being. — Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

Clutter is evidence of excess. — Cristin Frank