Pakulas Quotes & Sayings

The girl entered the room, not looking at Fire, glaring mutinously at the feather duster in her own hand. Still, at least she had come. Some of them scurried away, pretending not to hear. — Kristin Cashore

Well I guess I should ask what your name is in case I slip and touch you without getting permission, I'd like to know who's punching me." She giggled and said, "Nah, you have permission but if you need a name it's Sindy, S-I-N, not like the girl next door, and what should I call you, besides the man I want to get naked?" He said "Keith, and if you want me to be the boy next door I can try, but I'll probably fail." She said- "Nope the boy next door is too much like the one whose nose I just tried to break; you can be the sexy stranger. — Sarina Asheford

Understand who you are, so that you can be the same, whether you're talking to a homeless person or the president of the United States. You're the same person. — Stedman Graham

Lupe began to recite a list of reasons. "One: love of dogs," she started. "Two: to be stars - in a circus, we might be famous. Three: because the parrot man will come visit us, and our future - " She stopped for a second. "His future, anyway," Lupe said, pointing to her brother. "His future is in the parrot man's hands - I just know it is, circus or no circus. — John Irving

She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short. — Clive James