Nicholas Brisbane Quotes & Sayings

To say that I met Nicholas Brisbane over my husband's dead body is not entirely accurate. Edward, it should be noted, was still twitching upon the floor. — Deanna Raybourn

You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things
useful things. — Deanna Raybourn

Although it may not be a castle, [it is the] functional equivalent of a hotel room, a vacation and retirement home or a hunting and fishing cabin.. — John Paul Stevens

From Love Under a Dark Sky:
In the universe vast
We share a simple feast
Among creatures equally earthbound.
Let us raise our hearts in gratitude,
Our eyes in expectation
Of a greater supper yet
In heavenly realms. — Shellie Foltz

This is a massive world, I think, and in each centimeter of it, a different drama unfolds every second of the day. But we live on as if the next moment in our lives will be no different than the last. How foolish we all are. — Mahbod Seraji

But this month is all about CITY OF JASMINE which I hope you already have in your hot little hands. My favorite review snippet? KIRKUS REVIEWS said it's "part screwball comedy".
I can't tell you how much time I spent with Carole Lombard and William Powell and Irene Dunne when I was writing it. I adore the 30s comedies for their light-hearted take on relationships and adventure - and the glamorous settings and occasional dash of intrigue only heighten the magic. (Did you know that Nicholas Brisbane from my Lady Julia series was named for THE THIN MAN's Nick Charles? And apologies to Dashiell Hammett, but I fell in love with the film long before I read the book and appreciated how much it had been lightened in the adaptation!) So when you're reading CITY OF JASMINE, give some thought to who you'd like to see playing Evie and Gabriel - I'd love to hear who you'd cast in your own production. — Deanna Raybourn

It's a guy thing, playing the guitar. Being a female and trying to go to the same auditions as the guys, it's pretty hard. — Orianthi

Being able to say "I'll try again" is one of the deepest expressions of faith in oneself. When — Linda Myoki Lehrhaupt

In order to cease being a doubtful case, one has to cease being, that's all. — Albert Camus

Sometimes moments in life are so perfect you want to freeze frame them; capture them within your soul forever so they never fade away - they burn themselves into your being until they're a part of who you are. — Cassandra Giovanni

Do studies, not pictures. Know when you are licked - start another. Be alive, stop when your interest is lost. — Charles Webster Hawthorne

If the Creator were to bestow a new set of senses upon us, or slightly remodel the present ones, leaving all the rest of nature unchanged, we should never doubt we were in another world, and so in strict reality we should be, just as if all the world besides our senses were changed. — John Muir

I was conscious of being wordy as a child. I was a terrible talker. I memorised the Latin names of flowers at five; I was shown off as a freak. My father encouraged me to be wordier than I was: he'd been a street orator at the time of Mosley, and his ideal primary concert speech was Henry V's speech before Harfleur. — Simon Schama

Who has a right to tell me I have no gift, no talent, no passion ... ' he murmured. 'Why do people say those things to you when youre young? Doesn't seem fair, does it?'
'No, darling, it's not fair,'she said. 'But the mystery is why you listen. — Anne Rice