Quotes & Sayings About Fortunato

Truth was, I didn't really want to die today. I was in the middle of a really good book, and being alive had always worked out for me ... — Jessica Fortunato

For my days vanish like smoke;
my bones burn like glowing embers.
My heart is blighted and withered like grass;
I forget to eat my food.
In my distress, I groan aloud
and am reduced to skin and bones.
I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.
~Psalm 102 NIV Bible — Jessica Fortunato

Eventually the Collector from the prophecy would be born. — Jessica Fortunato

THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely, settled
but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong. — Edgar Allan Poe

Living on steam isn't easy. — Jessica Fortunato

He took her hand without question, without fear, and he never regretted it. — Jessica Fortunato

I was sick of the body count that existed around my family. It seemed statistically that eventually the body count would include my family. — Jessica Fortunato

Once Upon A Time I began. We made it through three stories before she was in a deep sleep. In the end, she probably didn't have a better grasp on our legal system, racism, or social complexity. However, she now knew that sometimes the most loyal friend you could have was a mouse, that sometimes people weren't always who they seemed, even if their eyes were allegedly only bigger to see you with, and that everyone had the capacity to live happily ever after. It wasn't in her lesson plan, and maybe it wasn't all true, but it was important. — Jessica Fortunato

Every part of life changes with every breath we take. If you don't like where your story is headin', you fight your fate with everything you have. — Jessica Fortunato

To call it helmet hair was an insult to my helmet. — Jessica Fortunato

Her name is Emmilina. She is quite eccentric and was Thomas's best friend. — Jessica Fortunato

Thomas looked around and tried not to let his duty turn him bitter. These were good men, and he would not leave them behind. He had chosen this, an unselfish life. — Jessica Fortunato

He held up his hands in surrender. "I'm not here to start trouble. I am just doing some research for my thesis."
"If you don't get out of this bar, you are going to be writing your thesis via Ouija board. — Jessica Fortunato

This is ridiculous! I am going to look like I just hopped out of the hooker version of Alice in Wonderland. — Jessica Fortunato

The only time you ever really lose love is when you choose to let it go. — Jessica Fortunato

I was about to run, possibly fight, definitely scream ... — Jessica Fortunato

There are no saints either. We are immortal, but not so unlike the humans as you think. We have enemies, we have duties, we hate, we struggle, and we love. — Jessica Fortunato

I was really putting a lot of pressure on this beer prop; it was going to distract me enough so that I didn't run around screaming like a lunatic on fire. — Jessica Fortunato

I have faith in us as a family, and our friends. I think we will survive because we don't wish to harm anyone. If you ever need something to believe in, believe that to stand and fight for the people you love is the most honorable thing you can do with your life. — Jessica Fortunato

The Castus had become a myth to most, a shadow, but Thomas knew that every rumor was rooted in truth. — Jessica Fortunato

Love is a fairytale blah, blah, blah. — Jessica Fortunato

After everything, you still want to believe that love prevails, that in the end there will be justice. That is an illusion, and I pity you. — Jessica Fortunato

He reminded me of one of those adventure seekers on TV. He hadn't shaved in a few days at least, and his reddish hair was suffering from intense bed head. His Hawaiian shirt and khaki shorts completed the look. I was inclined to ask him if he knew we were all marked for death or if he just thought he was taking a long cruise. — Jessica Fortunato

I thought I saw my entire future once, every moment of it, until the day of my death. I spent it in her arms. Then after twenty years, she left. — Jessica Fortunato

I jumped between them holding my hands up in front of me to stop the onslaught. We would all sit down and figure this out as rational adults. We'd been adults for a century at least, and it should not be a problem.
It appeared to be a problem. — Jessica Fortunato

You can't know how much a mother loves. — Jessica Fortunato

Interns, unite: you have nothing to lose but your unpaid positions! — Piccolo Fortunato

Cricket's voice broke through Thomas's memory. He was reading a letter, most likely from his mother. He was trying hard to hide it, but he was tearing up.
"Captain I don't want to be here," was all he could choke out. Thomas reached over and gave Cricket's shoulder a tight squeeze. — Jessica Fortunato

What kind of person would I be if I didn't fight for them, those who God deemed most precious? — Jessica Fortunato

And me all the while having to pee - coughing into the mike when my throat was tired and raw - eyes stinging and lips and chin crumpling in grief at his anger. The sweet tinkle of Electra on the bass and Iphy on the treble with Mama's voice counting, "One and two and ... " as the twins had their piano lesson inside the trailer. The gurgle and hum of the pumps that filtered my brother Arty's "Aqua Boy" tank. And the dim round moon of baby Fortunato's face peering at me from the dark of the risers above Papa. — Katherine Dunn

God will bring into judgment
both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
a time to judge every deed.
~Ecclesiastes 3:17 — Jessica Fortunato

What if he can't save me? What if trying destroys us both? — Jessica Fortunato

The Bibbidi Bobbidi Beautiful boutique, the name filled me with dread. — Jessica Fortunato

Your cell phone is on the nightstand. Call me immediately if something changes. I don't care if you are merely dizzy or if you start seeing pink dragons, do you understand?
I solemnly swear I will call you the second a pink dragon shows up. — Jessica Fortunato

You cannot have a best friend for one hundred and fifty four years without trust. — Jessica Fortunato

I screeched with frustration, which in hindsight is never okay when there are people trying to kill you. — Jessica Fortunato

Dr. Fortunato," Kristine shot back at Laurie, her resentment undisguised. "You don't know how we do things in Wright. Dr. Parrish doesn't care about hospital hierarchy. He's very accessible and he'd never let his ego get in the way of patient care. Maybe you do things differently where you work- — Lisa Scottoline

You think me noble?" She rolled to her side facing him. "Am I saint-like? Do I slay dragons and hang the moon as well? — Jessica Fortunato

Death was constant, unprejudiced to age, race, or creed. — Jessica Fortunato

I put my hand on my chest, a habit I never quite shook after losing my heart. — Jessica Fortunato