Lynette Quotes & Sayings

Duty to his wife. Duty to his children. Duty to work, to committees, to charities. Duty to Lynette. Duty to the other women. It was exhausting. It demanded stamina. At times he amazed even himself. — Richard Flanagan

Too much ambition can be the death of a man. ... Or of many, if he can persuade them to follow. — Lynette Hill

You never know what's gonna happen if you don't just jump in with open arms. — Shannon Lynette

Literature may increase one's depth of knowledge, but not all knowledge be found in literature. Only with practical experience can one truly learn and thus be considered knowledgeable. — Lynette Noni

Have you ever tried to find the words to say something, but no matter what you think of saying, you know it might come out wrong? — Lynette Ferreira

Now you watch the parades and processions of hopeful and despairing people walking outside your tomb. They are all looking for the answer to the problem you know so well. — Lynette Fromme

Now as she sat in the candlelight waiting for his reaction, her chest hurt from holding her breath, expecting the worst, hoping for the impossible; waiting for him to respond. — Lynette Chambers

We can't live in our past, it is no more. We can't live in the future, it is yet to be formed. We can only live in His grace, day by day. Who could ask for less. — Lynette Chambers

Many musicians will say they don't care about the money yet they must commit themselves to appear at given times and places, and to produce what sells, whether they believe in it or not. It depends on contracts. — Lynette Fromme

Lynette "Nettie" Curry found her husband out by the barn, talking to his crows. The crows, a long line of them, teetered on the phone line, cawing down occasionally as if conversing.
"Am I interrupting, Frank?" she asked....
The crows cawed down at her as if in greeting. Ask Frank and he'd report that's exactly what they were saying. He'd always been fascinated with the birds and clearly loved them. But even as skeptical as she'd been when she'd first moved in, Nettie now believed that they were equally as fond of him. — B. J. Daniels

Life would make sense if religion didn't exist. — Shannon Lynette

The fears and doubts I have are so real, so are they really as childish and silly as you always say they are. — Lynette Ferreira

Don't live a lie because everyone around you already knows it's not the truth. — Shannon Lynette

Scars become a reminder for hope. — Shannon Lynette

Your life is just a series of catastrophes followed by a poorly executed sword swallowing side show — Shannon Lynette

Most individuals have always thought themselves not big enough or significant enough to have an effect on the whole planet, a notion which conversely made them think they could afford big arrogance and big greed over its resources. — Lynette Fromme

I know there's a road laid out. Just need to find the trail. — Lynette Sowell

Anybody can kill anybody. — Lynette Fromme

We are silent haters
communicating through
memories and tears
We are silent lovers
communicating through
poetry and lyrics — Shannon Lynette

Oh Lord, I've been so selfish, so consumed with myself I haven't been able to see anyone else's pain but my own. I've let anger blind me. I've let self-righteousness stop me in my tracks and keep me from having the kind of relationship with you that I want. I need to let it go. — Lynette Eason

I am indebted to the following colleagues for their advice, assistance, or support: Dr. Alfred Lerner, Dori Vakis, Robin Heck, Dr. Todd Dray, Dr. Robert Tull, and Dr. Sandy Chun. Thanks also to Lynette Parker of East San Jose Community Law Center for her advice about adoption procedures, and to Mr. Daoud Wahab for sharing his experiences in Afghanistan with me. I am grateful to my dear friend Tamim Ansary for his guidance and support and to the gang at the San Francisco Writers Workshop for their feedback and encouragement. I want to thank my father, my oldest friend and the inspiration for all that is noble in Baba; my mother who prayed for me and did nazr at every stage of this book's writing; my aunt for buying me books when I was young. Thanks go out to Ali, Sandy, Daoud — Khaled Hosseini

You came into my life when I was alone, with not another person to call my own. You mended the broken shreds of my heart. — Lynette Ferreira

What if the kid you bullied at school, grew up, and turned out to be the only surgeon who could save your life? — Lynette Mather

We all came from houses with doors, doors that were supposed to be closed when there were things going on that we weren't supposed to see, and when our pants were down. — Lynette Fromme

Lynnette and me were wondering that, if it's alright with ya, since it's Thursday night, ya know, 'thirsty Thursday,' and we're kinda invited to this party, well we thought that maybe ya could close the library without us tonight, eh?" Autumn asks, standing in front of the circulation desk where I sit with a worn copy of poetry. She can't help playing with her long brown hair, nervously pulling strands from the back while straightening it out. At the same time, she is casting glances at Lynette who is watching us from the racks of current journals. I don't glance up at Autumn because I don't need — Amy A. Bartol

I am so unimaginably sorry for doing what I am going to do, but you see I have all these fears. The fears and doubts I have are so real, so are they really as childish and silly as you always say they are. Sometimes, I am sad and so bitterly lonely and at times, I feel useless, as if I cannot accomplish even the simplest task. Do not get me wrong, I do not always feel this way, because we do laugh and we do often have fun together, but always though I still have this lonely, sadness in my chest. If you looked at me, you would never know the turmoil inside of me. — Lynette Ferreira

The darkest hour is always just before dawn." Sometimes in our darkest hour we can feel so hopeless, so rejected, so unloved, unwanted and discarded, but imagine when dawn eventually arrived, how we could shine!! — Lynette Ferreira

How much will you give for the lives of your childrens children, which is yourself? How much are people willing to give up for air, earth, water, animals, and the coming generations? I think the answer to that is pretty clear. — Lynette Fromme

You have to work at it. You have to know God on a very intimate level in order to have the kind of faith that will withstand the storms life throws at you. It's a good thing that we only have to have the amount of a mustard seed. Sometimes that's about all I can find. — Lynette Eason

God can do amazing things if his people will take the time to pray about them. — Lynette Eason

Family's not just made up of people who share the same blood, it's made up of people who love you. — Lynette Eason

My father had kicked me out of his house at the height of an argument over an opinion difference. He had become so enraged. He told me never to come back, and that was all the severance it took. — Lynette Fromme

I have dreams and hopes, but sometimes I think they just are not enough. — Lynette Ferreira

I focus on the bright light, without seeing, wondering if it is just a weird coincidence that when people die they always say go towards the light, and if you are born you have to travel through a tunnel towards a light. Would this mean that moving towards the light is in actual fact being reborn, like being reincarnated? Would this possibly then mean that our souls really are recycled, and that we do come back repeatedly, until we get it right and I keep getting it wrong? — Lynette Ferreira

When Lynette described everything that had happened, the puzzle pieces fell into place from my last vision. Goddess, I hate figurative language. — P.C. Cast

Once Kimmy and Bobby walked in Taco Bell they saw their two friends already sitting at the table, and Kimmy and Bobby ordered their food before they joined them.
"What's up?" Manning asked.
"Not much, just hanging out," Bobby answered.
"And of course the two of you are always hanging out," Dave said, nodding toward Kimmy.
Kimmy smiled. "Of course we are always hanging out. That's what you do when you've got a best friend, Dave. You'll learn that maybe one day when you have a best friend. — Lynette Mather

I have enormous respect for the reader. They are able to take symbols from a page that an author has invented, and turn them into images in their minds that create an enduring story. If that's not artistry, I don't know what is. — Lynette Willows

She is here amongst us, but she is not alone," one of the pixie dust angels told the queen of the woods.
"And?" the queen demanded.
"She is with some boy. Both look strange, if you ask me."
"Strange, how?" the queen asked.
"Strange. You know they don't look as we do."
"How do they look?" The queen turned and looked at the pixie angel with her purple eye that sat in the middle of her forehead.
"I don't know. They have things like the little people in Vanduesa."
"What things might you be referring to?" the queen's voice rose impatiently.
"You know those things that the little people get around with."
The queen laughed, revealing yellowing teeth. "Oh, the things the little people in Vanduesa refer to as legs."
"That's it." The pixie angel did an excited flip, and then nodded her head. — Lynette Mather

Always know that I love you, and one day when you think back, I hope you will only have the nicest memories of me. — Lynette Ferreira

No, it is not the same, everyday is different and special, never to be taken for granted. — Lynette Ferreira

Only the poet truly understands what is written between the pregnant pauses they create. — Shannon Lynette

Is it the pauses, not the parties, that create the friendship? — Lynette Chiang

Embrace the wonder — Lynette Noni

When they find my lifeless body and they dedicate a song on the radio for me, — Lynette Ferreira

There were many women around. We all had a relationship with each other that was very strong. And all of our minds kind of hooked up. We rejected the society. We rejected marriage because we didn't like what our parents had. — Lynette Fromme

When you're a poet
you can dish out whatever's
on your mind and you don't have to
apologize for it — Shannon Lynette

I think we choose who we are and what we do about life events. Paige, isn't that what you've been doing since Kevin threw you out of the company? You've been stepping out in faith, trusting God to help you make your own life. Working at life is what matters most. What we do for a living is a component. Where we come from, who's in our lives, our families, our pets, and the people we decide we want to grow old with are all about life, but we make our own choices and build from the materials we've been given. — Lynette Endicott

I laugh when people say they don't like poetry. They listen to poetry every day, what do they think music is? — Shannon Lynette

To believe God when He said He works all things together for good for those who love Him. — Lynette Eason

Wife number three: Lynette. She looked like a horse and kind of walked like one, too. Not surprisingly, neigh was her favorite word and seven nights a week.
~Detective Mike Malone — D.B. Woodling

When there were moments when I wondered how I would get through the night, you were there to comfort me, to hold me close. One look in your eyes anchored me, made me feel safe from the turmoil surrounding me. — Lynette Ferreira

Ash? Get bent and die. — L.J.Smith

You can't write a poem until you live. — Shannon Lynette

Your presence resembles a dirty martini,
she only drinks it when she's thirsty. — Shannon Lynette

It is with regret that I have to say that I am just so tired of being here. I am only fifteen years old, and already I am exhausted. There must be something better out there, don't you think? I have so many minor wounds, little scrapes and bruises, that have become so large in my mind. I do not think I would ever be able to get over them. They say that time heals everything, but how do you erase loss? — Lynette Ferreira

SO when I got word from three different sets of people who all said Manson had cancer, I knew I couldn't get straight info from his staff and had no choice but to go over the fence for it. — Lynette Fromme

Our homes should be places of peace. They should be shelters for us in the midst of troubles in the world. — Lynette Hagin

Coming to terms with incest is not easy. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning to life — Lynette Gould

I am co-counsel and as co-counsel I have the right to represent myself, speak for myself and conduct myself and my trial by myself in my best interests in order of due process. — Lynette Fromme

I do not have the answers and as a woman I do not intend to play my own thoughts over the truth. I can clearly state the problems and tell you that I suffer from them. — Lynette Fromme

To be loved, is to be immortal. — Lynette Ferreira

Keep talking about moving toxic wastes, but never let it cross your mind to quit producing them. Keep Judging yourselves in Manson. Don't look in the mirror. You will serve the Earth as much as she serves you or you will commit suicide. — Lynette Fromme

I sacrificed for only you. I loved you from that moment I felt you flutter in my womb. — Lynette Ferreira

You opened the door
and I instantly got sucked
into your eyes like tiny vacuums. — Shannon Lynette

You have to get to know God on a very intimate level in order to have the kind of faith that will withstand the storms life throws at you. It's a good thing that we only have to have the amount of a mustard seed. Sometimes that's about all I can find. You won't find even that much, though, if you treat him as the enemy or simply a passing acquaintance. — Lynette Eason

I try to decipher if my life lives through my words or if my words become my life. — Shannon Lynette

It is sometimes difficult to motivate yourself every day, and friendships and relationships might not be in the places you want them to be. Sometimes life might not unfold as we had hoped it would, and although life can seem complicated, it can also be good. — Lynette Ferreira

When a character comes to life, it's like meeting a new friend for the first time. — Lynette Mather

I will never apologize for expressing myself. I am who I am as so is my poetry. — Shannon Lynette

Well you know when people around you treat you like a child and pay no attention to the things you say you have to do something. — Lynette Fromme

We never know the journey another person has walked, so be kind to everyone. — Lynette Mather

We're not made to say goodbye. God didn't make us that way. We're eternal beings meant to live with him and those we love forever. So when we have to part with a loved one for a while because of death, it hurts. — Lynette Eason

You will never find happiness if you search for it because it can only be experienced in the here and now. — Lynette Robinson

Many deeply hidden memories have come flooding back. The important message here though is that it is possible to heal and survive. Everyone has survived their own kind of emotional or mental trauma. We all have our inner fears and misreplaced feelings of guilt. — Lynette Gould

Poets only write the truth. — Shannon Lynette

Understanding the intricacies involved in raising someone with a physical or mental challenge for those who have never experienced it is like trying to understand anything foreign; impossible, though definitely worth doing anyway. — Lynette Louise

Life is full of crossroads, Alex. Full of choices. There are many paths we can take. It's up to us to decide which ones lead in the right direction. — Lynette Noni

Sometimes, I am sad and so bitterly lonely and at times, I feel useless, as if I cannot accomplish even the simplest task. — Lynette Ferreira

When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? All day long they twist my words; they are always plotting to harm me. — Lynette Eason

Most minds think from A to B to G to O, or hold goals and ambitions to keep them going. — Lynette Fromme

I control my fate
As I stand on the edge of the cliff of destiny and tears filled with my dreams shatter below on the rocks of fate I slowly lift my head and look out over the sea of hope to behold a sunrise. As I wipe away the the tears I realize as long as I have one more sunrise I have hope to fulfill the dreams dictating my destiny and I control my fate. — Lynette White

When the circumstances are right, everything becomes a dance. — Lynette Fromme

She had him completely lost. He couldn't focus on work. He couldn't eat. All he wanted was to be with her again. To be inside her. Waking up to Lily had been like a dream and he wanted more. — Lynette Lee

And for the record, you're worth it. I think so and so does God. One day you'll see that. — Lynette Eason

The cold bowl felt good. She'd been huddled up and crying for so long she was almost feverish. Paige took a spoonful, turned it into her mouth with the metal spoon against its roof so her tongue could capture every single drop of rich chocolate as it melted away. Good flavors and good feelings followed. She closed her eyes. Ah, comfort food. It really did its job. Paige spooned up another bite, slow and deliberate, making it last. — Lynette Endicott

I was asked once why I write poetry. I said, why do you breath? — Shannon Lynette