Mangiuca Quotes & Sayings

Some people grow up gradually, the foundations of their childhood steadily sinking into the earth so slowly they barely notice the change. Until one day they're simply standing on their own two feet with little idea how they got there. Then there are people whose childhoods are smashed to bits in one blow. They topple into adulthood, flailing about for something to hold onto, and the terror of falling leaves a permanent scar on their psyche. Do those people ever end up feeling safe? — Kristen Callihan

It was like meeting someone out of your dreams, or fantasies, or a beloved character from a favorite book. — James Patterson

I want to have sex with you" he told her back. "Touch you until you squirm with pleasure."
Laurel's head shot around. "What did you say?"
Oh, shit. He had never actually verified how much or how little Laurel could hear. — Erin McCarthy

second rule, learned from a lifetime of bad luck and trouble: Maintain a little dignity. — Lee Child

A marriage is a partnership. — Eva Longoria

[On George H.W. Bush:] By 1990 I had learned that I had to defer to him in conversation and not to stint the praise. If that was what was necessary to secure Britain's interests and influence, I had no hesitation in eating a little humble pie. — Margaret Thatcher

They had kissed. He was now person who had kissed another person, and been kissed in return. He would never be the same as he was before. Kissing changed everything. — Jenn Reese

Another problem of fragmentation is that thought divides itself from feeling and from the body. Thought is said to be the mind; we have the notion that it is something abstract or spiritual or immaterial. Then there is the body, which is very physical. And we have emotions, which are perhaps somewhere in between. The idea is that they are all different. That is, we think of them as different. And we experience them as different because we think of them as different. — David Bohm