Dramatique Quotes & Sayings

But I'm afraid to sleep!" Whispered Trista. "What if I fall to pieces before I wake up? What if tomorrow I'm just a pile of leaves and sticks tucked under a blanket? What if this is the last time I've got left, and I waste it all being asleep, then wake up dead?"
For a moment Violet looked conflicted. Then her jaw set, and she took Trista by the shoulders.
"You won't," she said gently but firmly. "I'll make sure you don't. I'll be watching you sleep. And if your hair starts to turn into leaves, or anything like that, I'll wake you up."
"You promise?" Trista felt the icy, titanic force of her terror recede a step or two. "You ... you won't leave me when I sleep and go out?"
"I promise," said Violet, with a firmness in her tone that allowed no doubt. Her dark grey eyes were resolute as flint. — Frances Hardinge

And to his eyes, casually glancing upward, the silver and black-stemmed birches, with their characteristic tufts, the pale grey boughs of beech, the dark-creviced elm all appeared now as black and flat outlines upon the sky, wherein the white stars twinkled so vehemently that their flickering seemed like the flapping of wings. — Thomas Hardy

They believed him out of control. What they didn't know - what nobody but me knew - was that he'd never been more in control. He knew exactly what he was doing. He was free. — Pippa DaCosta

I think that what a lot of people tell you, a lot of the job of the director is having an opinion about everything. — Etan Cohen

In his mind progress was always to be measured in inches, especially when you didn't have yards or even feet of success to show off. — David Baldacci

Watching TV is the most popular leisure activity in Britain. I find that very depressing. — Jeremy Paxman

'He is very ugly,' said his mother. — Taylor Caldwell

The key to a successful marriage is accepting that you're not going to change the other person. And the words Yes, dear. Whatever you want. — Patrick Dempsey

Heresy and progress often look much alike. — Joe Abercrombie

Love is a small price to pay for friendship. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Ha ha, imagine Winter singing! I wonder if he can scowl and sing and look darkly handsome and mortally offended all at the same time. Probably. — Tui T. Sutherland