Layne Quotes & Sayings

I don't want the guy who wanted the swan. I want the guy who wanted the duckling."
A long moment of silence passes.
Then: "Chloe, I don't know what that means."
She stomps her foot. "Seriously? Do mothers not read nursery rhymes to their sons? — Lauren Layne

Sometimes, to overcome a hurdle before us, we don't need to search for new truth or understanding of God so much as we need to live out what we already know. — Amy Layne Litzelman

Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing. — Layne Staley

Jackson was a little shocked at just how much her apology meant, and surprised them both by flipping his hand over so that they were palm to palm.

She jolted a little at the contact but didn't pull away. He didn't either.

He told himself it was just a friendly touch - a thank-you for being there. For being Mollie.

But there was nothing friendly about the way touching her made his pulse quicken and his cock harden. — Lauren Layne

I never planned out my life. Shit just happens. - Layne Staley — David De Sola

I wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna. — Layne Staley

The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and when you listen to 'em, whatever you think it's about ... THAT'S what it's about! — Layne Staley

But fear isn't a quiet pet that stays in a cage in the back room. Rather, as termites undermine the internal workings of a structure until it collapses from within, fear spreads to every part of your life unless you deal with it. — Amy Layne Litzelman

He palms my ass before his fingers explore, tracing the upper elastic of my underwear. "Georgiana. Are you wearing impractical undergarments?"
"Yes. One might even call them . . . ridiculous."
He pulls back, eyes gleaming. "I'll be the judge of that. — Lauren Layne

Go back to bed, Cowan. I want no promises from you. — Sandi Layne

It's just writing about things, feelings, not that we're dark or depressed ... just as much as anyone else is. — Layne Staley

Not exactly the manliest of confessions, but there it is. — Lauren Layne

- What do you mean, the pizza guy? When did you order pizza? I told you on my way over that I had dinner planned.
- And that's when I called the pizza guy. — Lauren Layne

I haven't even seen the guy in full light yet and I'm about fifteen seconds away from asking if his offspring would like to take up residence in my uterus. — Lauren Layne

And if she'd thought the man was dangerous in a football uniform, he was positively lethal in a tux. — Lauren Layne

I've always looked for the perfect life to step into. I've taken all the paths to get where I wanted. But no matter where I go, I still come home. — Layne Staley

He couldn't help but wonder what Hannah might have looked like if ... he'd answered that question April had asked him years ago. — Sandi Layne

They were quiet a moment longer, both staring at the mermaid and her weird water-spouting nipples. Neither moved.

Mollie knew why she didn't want the moment to end. But why was he still here? — Lauren Layne

Arnold Layne,
Don't do it again! — Pink Floyd

Someday, Mollie Carrington, men aren't going to need to be bribed to dance with you. They're going to fight for the honor. — Lauren Layne

The closed door doesn't bother me. But the sound of soft sobbing nearly kills me. — Lauren Layne

It's not so much what you do, it's just how well you do it, and that you do, do it. — Layne Beachley

If I thought Fridays were awesome when I was a full-time student, they're downright euphoric now that I'm part of the regular workforce. — Lauren Layne

We Chase misprinted lies, We face the Path of time
And Yet I fight, Yet I fight This Battle all alone
No One to cry to, No Place to call home

My Gift of self is Raped, My Privacy is Raked
And Yet I find, Yet I find Repeating in my head
If I cant be my own I'd feel better dead — Alice In Chains

Then, as now, it was just uncomfortable. Now, as then, it was a lifted chin and a crooked smile that said more than they would ever allow themselves to communicate. — Sandi Layne

This is a part of post-college life that nobody ever warns you about. Your social life is no longer dropped into your lap by virtue of shared classes and extracurricular activities. Relationships, whether with friends, family, or romantic partners - from here on out, they're going to take a lot more work. No more built-in friends at the sorority, or hollering down the stairs when I need my mom. It's certainly not going to be as easy to meet guys now that I'm done with school. It's not like I can just chat up the cute guy in econ class anymore. — Lauren Layne

You'd think they were watching gladiators," he said. "I'd be the gladiator," Sophie replied. "You'd be whatever weakling they throw in there, who gets mutilated. — Lauren Layne

I look like the troubled girl parents warn their kids away from, and Ethan looks like the homecoming king. — Lauren Layne

What exactly did you do for exercise, Georgiana?" he says, giving me a skeptical look. "Twirl your hair?"
"If I do it vigorously, it counts as cardio. — Lauren Layne

I want another chance. With you. And I don't want to just pick up where we left off, I want to start fresh. — Lauren Layne

And that was when Ryker collapsed. One second he was standing, the next second his ass was to the floor, his knees bent to the ceiling, his forearms to his knees and his head was bowed between his legs. Merry, Cal and Layne all looked down at a big man brought low by a miracle. — Kristen Ashley

Your heart of devotion and obedience is not in vain. Who knows but God how many people have come near to you and were forever changed simply by the fragrance of his love in you? Who knows but God if he will put you before kings and leaders to speak the truth, redirecting the future of nations? Who knows when that small crack in the dam of our enemy's plans will give way and God's glory will truly cover the earth as the sea? Do not become distracted or discouraged by the death around you. Death must always give way when the life of Christ enters the picture. — Amy Layne Litzelman

You've always got to be aware of why you don't win; otherwise you'll keep losing. Every mistake is a learning experience and, hopefully, you won't make the same mistake again. — Layne Beachley

There's nothing rational about love. — Lauren Layne

Stephanie, huh?" I ask, when she doesn't respond. "You go by Steph?" "No. Not Steph." she says as we cross the street to the familiar green and white Starbucks logo. "My ex-boyfriend called me that so I'm kind of over it." God, someone actually dated this cranky little midget? Then my eyes skimmed the perky cleavage beneath the tiny tank top. Right. There was that. — Lauren Layne

I rub a hand over my face. I'm an ass. A really, really confused ass. — Lauren Layne

Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that. — Layne Staley

An empty religion will betray itself in relationships. — Amy Layne Litzelman

My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title. — Layne Staley

I don't want you to go. Is that what you want to hear? You want to hear that I want you? That I need you? Because I do, Olivia. I need you. — Lauren Layne

You know, we can quote the written Word all day to our friends, but nothing will touch them like our own hunger and love for the Word himself. It is not dutiful love that attracts but love freely lavished from a heart familiar with the gardens of heaven. — Amy Layne Litzelman

Do they have exercises for personality? You should do those. — Lauren Layne

Jackson's presence in New York had everything to do with the other Carrington sister.

He'd been keeping his distance. He'd had to. But today he didn't want to. He wanted to see her. Needed to see her.

He needed Mollie. — Lauren Layne

I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think. I know I made a big mistake when I started using this sh-. It's a very difficult thing to explain. My liver is not functioning and I'm throwing up all the time and shitting my pants. The pain is more than you can handle. It's the worst pain in the world. Dope sick hurts the entire body. — Layne Staley

Sure God's all powerful, but does he have lips? — Layne Staley

I'm feeling very thin and vulnerable, in a good way. — Amy Layne Litzelman

We Die Young is about gang violence. That was something that was happening in Seattle, something that kinda opened our eyes. It just seemed like things were getting out of hand. Incidents where kids were getting shot, and getting their tennis shoes ripped off their dead bodies. It just seems like these kids are dying at younger and younger ages and getting involved in gang activity. — Layne Staley

If I find out you laid a hand on my daughter
"
"What?" said Gabriel. "You'll stand here and bitch about it?"
"Stop it!" cried Layne, dragging his coat and backpack from the kitchen. Her dad took a step forward.
"I'll have you arrested and charged with trespassing and statutory rape."
"Then I'm going to need another fifteen minutes. — Brigid Kemmerer

A cosmology that admits of only one male god limits women's capacity to envision their full potential as human beings. — Layne Redmond

You wanna beer?"
Jasper's brows shot up. "Seriously?"
"Fuck no," Layne replied. — Kristen Ashley

The Final Judgment is not just an evaluation of a sum total of good and evil acts - what we have done. It is an acknowledgment of the final effect of our acts and thoughts - what we have become. It is not enough for anyone just to go through the motions. The commandments, ordinances, and covenants of the gospel are not a list of deposits required to be made in some heavenly account. The gospel of Jesus Christ is a plan that shows us how to become what our Heavenly Father desires us to become. — Layne Packer

Put your hand on your heart and ask yourself, what do I want? The first thing that comes to mind is always the right one. — Layne Beachley

Life's not easier for any of us. The best we can do is choose to get through it with the right people. — Lauren Layne

My words shouldn't be trophies to look at, but seeds to continue the cycle of Life. — Amy Layne Litzelman

the door with a little more force than necessary and stepped inside the cool air-conditioned living room, leaving behind the — Kennedy Layne

He does tend to have that effect on people. They come in expecting to feel sympathetic but walk away wanting to strangle him. — Lauren Layne

Seriously, if it ever was in question, Layne knew for certain in that moment Jasper was definitely his son. — Kristen Ashley

I can't shake the feeling that Parker just told me goodbye. Not goodbye to our friendship, because that will always be there in some capacity. But goodbye to the way we used to be. The way we could have been. — Lauren Layne

Being me is no different than being most anyone else, I guess. — Layne Staley

Sweetheart, by the time I'm done with you, sleep will be the last thing on your mind. I guarantee it. — Lauren Layne

Jackson hesitated, licking a drop of whisky from his bottom lip with his tongue.

Mollie's stomach tightened a little, but she told herself that it hadn't. It mostly worked - she'd gotten darn good at telling her body that it had absolutely no response to Jackson Burke. — Lauren Layne

We started this band as kids, and as time has gone on, we've grown and are learning to accommodate each others' differences. — Layne Staley

You drink whisky, hon?" he asked Mollie.
"Uh, not really."
"Well, you do now." He poured a splash of amber liquid into two crystal glasses and brought one to her before holding up his own glass.
"What are we toasting to?" he asked.
"To men being shits," Riley said.
He gave his wife a look. "I'm not drinking my own whisky to that. — Lauren Layne

Music is the career I'm lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions. — Layne Staley

My only request is that I draw my last dollar and my last breath at the exact same moment. — Bobby Layne

You made me whole. You took a wretched, broken soul and showed him how to take his life back. — Lauren Layne

I fell in love with a boy - but it took me ten years to realize the boy never grew into a man. — Lauren Layne

We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves. — Layne Staley

Move from an earthly mindset that makes us bristle at the thought of submission to a joyful expectation of good, we must focus on the One who is leading. We must look at the full spectrum of His love, grace, and wisdom. — Amy Layne Litzelman

I was in a band when I was 15. We were a glam band. Then I couldn't afford to buy makeup. At the time that was the thing. — Layne Staley

I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15. — Layne Staley

All good things originate with the Creator God, he'd been taught, and the Song of Life was no exception. — Sandi Layne

By now I'm done expecting a laugh from this girl, but she suprises me, letting out a little giggle that reminds me of a rainbow escaping from a mud puddle. — Lauren Layne

Have confidence in yourself and don't let people put you down or make you feel weak or worthless, because the more they put you down, the more you need to get back up and prove how wrong they are. — Layne Beachley

We need both reverence and obedience. If we worship but do not walk in obedience and discipline, we are emotional, lacking self-control and godly character. If we obey God's commandments but are not true worshipers, we become religious and judgmental. As the Pharisees in Jesus' day, we may miss the real meaning and purpose, even God Himself. — Amy Layne Litzelman

It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play. I don't see that same intimacy happening very much today. — Layne Staley

I never really lost a game in my career, sometimes I just ran out of time. — Bobby Layne

You hurt me, I want to say. You're my best friend. The one who's supposed to tell me I'd be the best boyfriend in the world and that any girl would be lucky to have me, not the one who laughs outright at the thought that I might need someone to love. — Lauren Layne

We try to be real nice and friendly to people, but sometimes they take advantage of that. — Layne Staley

Chemistry is like anything in life. The more you look for it, the harder it is to find. — Lauren Layne

Kurt and I weren't the closest of friends, but I knew him well enough to be devastated by his death. For such a quiet person, he was so excited about having a child. — Layne Staley

A good editor is like a pair of Spanx: firming up the body, making the subject look good, and absolutely invisible. — Sandi Layne

You're one messed-up piece of work."
"Yeah, but you're starting to worry that you might like me," I say confidently. "Considering I also give you a boner, shit's gonna get reaaaaal complicated here in the next few months. — Lauren Layne

Sorry 'bout that," Pretty Boy says with a crooked grin. I don't know whether he's apologizing for our initial collision or for the humiliating near-miss of an inadvertent motorboat situation. — Lauren Layne

Sleep is like a mythical creature that lives in fairy forest and drinks rainbow water. — Layne Harper

Our perception of songs that we've written ... the meaning changes from day to day ... to whatever stage we're at in our life and careers. — Layne Staley

Instead of the carefree, find-myself summer I envisioned, I'll be spending the next three months with my own life-sized Ken doll. — Lauren Layne

You know," he said by way of greeting, "the night I caught you with Layne, I called you a future felon. I didn't realize you'd make good on that prediction so quickly."
"That night you dragged Layne out of my driveway, I called you an asshole. Guess we were both right. — Brigid Kemmerer

My bed isn't made, I'm tired, I haven't slept well for two weeks. I haven't been laid in a month. I don't have a girlfriend. I have a warrant for my arrest. — Layne Staley

That One Who is greater than us is near - nearer than we could measure. — Amy Layne Litzelman

Georgiana."
"What?" I snap, turning around. "What can you possibly say that you haven't said a million times already with every scowl, with every eye roll, with every you're ridiculous? You think I'm stupid and worthless. I get it."
The guy's expression is one tangled knot of emotional constipation. "That's not what I think. — Lauren Layne

I have a serious lady boner for the guy I'm supposed to work for. — Lauren Layne

What is your job?"

"Now that's classified information, ma'am. If I tell you, I may have to kiss you."

"Shouldn't that be, 'I'd have to kill you?'"

"No, it's definitely kiss you," he says seriously. "I think I would know." And by the look on his face, I know he really does want to kiss me. — J.B. Morgan

Ask me what else I remember."
She started to run away, but his hand touched her arm.
"Ask me," he commanded.
Emma shook her head feeling both terrified and the most alive she'd felt in years.
He waited patiently until her eyes met his. "I remember us, Emma. — Lauren Layne

At home I'm just a guy who has interests that extend far beyond music. — Layne Staley

YANNI "JOHNNY" BACOLAS: I would always tell him, "Layne [Staley], why don't you take off, go to some deserted island, hire the best counselors, and just kick this shit? Go for six months if you have to." And his rebuttal was, "Johnny, I have celebrity status and I have a lot of money. I could fly planes out to deliver me the dope if I wanted to - and that's what I would do. I can't escape. — Greg Prato

That's what we do. We sex things up. — Lauren Layne

Because drumming was recognized as an ancient source and symbol of the power of female technicians of the sacred, drumming was banned. Henceforth divinity was to be exclusively masculine. The suppression of women was directly linked to the suppression of the goddess. — Layne Redmond

I haven't read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true. — Layne Staley

He went to the window and picked up his — Layne Mosler