Purdie Quotes & Sayings

I like fiction and the kind of history that gives the grace and flavor of fiction to the past. No bloviation on current events, please. I can write that junk myself. — P. J. O'Rourke

Jesus of Nazareth ushers in not simply a new religious possibility, not simply a new ethic or a new way of salvation, but a new creation. — N. T. Wright

On a day like today,
there's no friend like a book. — Laura Purdie Salas

Prickly
When I'm feeling
porcupine-y,
I get nasty,
I get whiny.
Stay away or
I might stick you.
My sharp words are
quills to prick you. — Laura Purdie Salas

I'm not a mirror. And I don't break like glass. — Kathryn Purdie

I believe we decide our own fate. No one has the right to dictate who we are or what we become. — Kathryn Purdie

You said I was your savior," I said, "but you won't let me save you, not truly." He shrugged in misery. "I don't know how to be saved. — Kathryn Purdie

Of course people have insulted me ... that's just the reality of living a life in which you stand out. Does it bother me? No. Those people overestimate the weight I give their opinion. I'm just going to be me, unapologetically. You don't have to applaud, you don't have to cheer ... but I know you're watching. — Steve Maraboli

I've been to many countries and watched a number of conflicts or their residue, and I've served in the military. — Ralph Peters

Magic
Whatever had happened, however it had been freed, Manon didn't care.
That mortal, human weight vanished. Strength coursed through her, coating her bones like armor. Invincible, immortal, unstoppable.
Manon tipped her head back to the sky, spread her arms wide, and roared. — Sarah J. Maas

I had waited so long to touch him. I was like a kid in a candy store. I backed him into the cabinets and pressed myself against his lean body. Gabe was breathing hard and he grinned.
"Goodness, Purdie Magee."
"What?" I said.
"I'm a little surprised."
I took his hands into my own and kissed his palms then his fingers. I placed his hands on my hips and pushed a little harder against the part of him that made us significantly different and he took it from there. — Rhonda Tibbs

And she is the reader
who browses the shelf
and looks for new worlds
but finds herself. — Laura Purdie Salas

My task might be monumental, but my gift - my curse - was the only means I had of making a difference in this world. — Kathryn Purdie