Schuyler Quotes & Sayings

I know you. I know this isn't you. And even if it is, I still love you. As much as I always have. You will always be mine. I will always love you, I promised you that when you left, and it's true now. — Melissa De La Cruz

Even though the Bush campaign ad tells you that Afghanistan is a new democracy at the Olympics because of Bush's efforts, Afghanistan hasn't actually had an election. — Peter Schuyler

Wait
we have one left," the runner said, bringing out what was surely the most expensive bouquet of all: a three-foot tall arrangement of two hundred white roses, in the palest ivory color. All the girls swooned. Almost no boys bought white roses ever. It was a big sign of commitment. But this one practically trumpeted a captured heart.
The runner set the bouquet in front of Schuyler.
Mimi raised an eyebrow. She had always won the roses lottery. What was this all about?
For me?" Schuyler asked, awestruck by the size of the thing.
She took the card from the tallest stem.
For Schuyler, who doesn't like love stories." It was not signed. — Melissa De La Cruz

It seems to me that readers sometimes make the genesis of a poem more mysterious than it is (by that I perhaps mean, think of it as something outside their own experience). — James Schuyler

Part of the reason that I moved to Los Angeles is that even though my mom introduced me to all kinds of music, I really wanted to work on having my own identify, on being who I am and doing what I do, and seeing how people responded. — Schuyler Fisk

Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along? — Peter Schuyler

For Schuyler who doesn't like love stories — Melissa De La Cruz

Jack leaped over the gate, his sword aflame. To vanquish his foe and rescue his love. — Melissa De La Cruz

Bush is a very poor impromptu speaker. He does fine in small groups but when speaking without a script in front of large groups or answering questions he wasn't prepped for, he has problems. — Peter Schuyler

Snow falling softly on lashes of eyes you love, and a cold cheek growing warm next to your own in hushed dark familial December. — James Schuyler

Leave it alone Schuyler. For your sake and mine. — Melissa De La Cruz

Well, if this is poetry, I'm certainly never going to write any myself. — James Schuyler

Looking at the sky last night and the moon in the first fresh dark, just a few stars, bright with their cold flares, I had a little crumpled thought, 'Oh well, the moon. It's just another place like California.' One's imagination drags its feet as we are inexorably hauled into the future. — James Schuyler

Every situation, every person has a melody playing, even if you can't hear it. — Nina Schuyler

However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it. — James Schuyler

To change your phrase somewhat, I know that I like an art where disparate elements form an entity. — James Schuyler

One tends to write beyond what's needed. — James Schuyler

Tell me, are you still hung up on that boy?' 'Excuse me?' Schuyler asked, holding a test tube. 'Nothing.' Kingsley shrugged innocently. 'If that's how you like to play it. — Melissa De La Cruz

I love going into a dive where they have no idea who I am or haven't heard my music and try to win them over. — Schuyler Fisk

I can't let you take the risk. I love you too much." -Schuyler
"Then you would rather see me bonded to a women I do not love?"
-Jack — Melissa De La Cruz

The minute I forget to balance reality with the fantasy, I'm going back to Virginia. — Schuyler Fisk

In a police state, referencing one's rights is seen as an act of aggression. — Philip Schuyler

For some reason, it never crossed any mind in this administration to ask for the money back. — Peter Schuyler

It is so hard to stay afloat in a world
that just wants to drown you. — Schuyler Peck

'm not saying I would never do acting again, because I love it, but there really is nothing compared to getting up in front of people and singing your music. — Schuyler Fisk

In and of itself, keeping the country safe for business is not a bad thing. — Peter Schuyler

I wish I wasn't so fragile / 'Cos I know that I'm not easy to handle — Schuyler Fisk

But for Jack, the sight of Schuyler Van Alen had only served to ignite a feeling he had been repressing for months. — Melissa De La Cruz

My parents wanted me to grow up around horses and open spaces. — Schuyler Fisk

Mimi knew now what she had to do. To save their bond, to save themselves. She had to destroy Schuyler Van Alen. — Melissa De La Cruz

Wit had conquered science by laughing it out of court. — Philip Schuyler Allen

And at last, the lonely young man who belonged to no one finally belonged to someone, forever, and the practical girl who would not settle for less then a love story for the ages found the life long romance she had yearned for all her life. — Melissa De La Cruz

What is the first thing we did when we took control of Iraq? Protect the oil fields. Remember the administration quote about how the oil would pay for the war. — Peter Schuyler

I'm tired of being your best friend. I'm tired of being second best. I won't settle for that anymore. It's all or nothing, Schuyler. You have to decide. Him or me.
- Oliver Hazzard-Perry — Melissa De La Cruz

Schuyler pulled Oliver close and hugged him tightly. "Thank you," she whispered. Thank you for loving me enough to let me go. — Melissa De La Cruz

Jack Force was more than she had ever dared wish for, and he was better than a dream or a fantasy because he was real. He was far from perfect, moody and distant at times, and burdened with sharp temper and an impulsiveness that was part of his dark nature. But she felt more love for him than she thought possible. He wasn't perfect, but he was perfect for her. (Schuyler Van Alen) — Melissa De La Cruz

Washington, one feels in Washington, is the spoiled child of the republic. — Montgomery Schuyler

HE was standing across the street, staring at her with a look of shock and dismay. One look in Oliver's eyes and she knew he knew. But how? How could he have known? The'd been so careful to keep their love a secret. The grief etched all over his face was too much to bear. Schuyler felt the words catch in her throat as she crossed the stree to stand in front of him. "Ollie ... it's not ... " Oliver shot her a look of pure hatred, turned on his heel and began to run away. "OLIVER, please,let me explain.. — Melissa De La Cruz

And Schuyler hoped with all her heart that he would never find out the truth. — Melissa De La Cruz

When were were cast out of Paradise, we lost part of our soul forever. As part of our punishment, we were cursed never to learn to love again. Instead, we were bound to a destiny that was set from the beginning. Azrael and I never chose each other; the choice was made for us. We never knew anything else.
The ring you hold is part of my soul that your mother helped me recover. It was she who saved us from the Dark and led us back to the Light. As her daughter, you too are an Angel of Light. The fire does not harm you. I lost the ring during the crisis in Rome. But now it has been returned to me.
This ring has been blessed by Gabrielle herself.
I have never given this ring, my soul, to anyone. Azrael has never had any part in this.
This is the only part of myself that is truly mine, and now it is yours. — Melissa De La Cruz

I wish i could press snowflakes in a book like flowers. — James Schuyler

I do not usually revise much, though I often cut, particularly the end or toward the end of a poem. — James Schuyler

They might all be drinking laced Kool-Aid in there, but she had a good head on her shoulders. Things like vampires and past lives and immortality just didn't exist in the real world. And Schuyler was a card-carrying member of the real world. She didn't want to check into CrazyTown any time soon. — Melissa De La Cruz

Responsible people work, earn, save, invest, make things better for self & family. Lefties call that "greed." — Philip Schuyler

Schuyler kept count, thinking that maybe once she hit a magical number, it would stop hurting. — Melissa De La Cruz

These martyrs of patriotism gave their lives for an idea. — Schuyler Colfax

There was so much to say that we said nothing. — Philip Schuyler Allen

Ollie I would never leave you, she whispered, and she knew she was telling the truth.
-Schuyler — Melissa De La Cruz

It's not you she hates, Schuyler. It's me. She just turned her anger outward because she couldn't bring herself to hate whom she loves. — Melissa De La Cruz

Even if they end up together, which I highly doubt, given the strength of that particular bond- ... -but even if Schuyler still loves him, or thinks she does, it doesn't matter.
Because Jack is going to leave her one day. i know he will. He's too much for Schuyler. They're wrong for each other. Anyone can see that.
And when he leaves her, I'll be there.
However long it takes, I'll still be there for her.
Waiting. — Melissa De La Cruz

Schuyler put a gentle hand on Abbadon's feathered extensions, feeling the majestic power underneath their silky weight. She had been frightened once, to see him in this light, but now that she saw his terrifying face, she found it beautiful. — Melissa De La Cruz

Once, during the Siege of Boston, when almost nothing was going right and General Schuyler had written from Albany to bemoan his troubles, Washington had replied that he understood but that "we must bear up against them, and make the best of mankind as they are, since we cannot have them as we wish." It was such resolve and an acceptance of mankind and circumstances as they were, not as he wished them to be, that continued to carry Washington through. "I will not however despair," he now wrote to Governor William Livingston. — David McCullough

If you are sorry, you will leave him. Jack will never be yours, Schuyler. Not like I am yours.
-Oliver — Melissa De La Cruz

He quickly saw that these people would believe anything that was shouted at them loudly and convincingly enough. He knew what would fetch their applause and bring in their memberships and he intended to repeat it over and over. — George S. Schuyler

But if you do love him, leave him, Schuyler. Release him. Tell him you don't want him anymore. Its the only way he'll let go. -Mimi — Melissa De La Cruz

Before and during the first phase of the war his administration repeatedly maligned the UN but now, that Iraq has turned into a quagmire, it is asking the UN for help. — Peter Schuyler

One who sees everything was looking out for Jesus. A much greater power than a mother was protecting him; as Jesus put it to Mary, he was in his Father's house. — Schuyler Peterson

Until we totally change the way we elect our leaders, until we remove private money from public campaigns, lying will be the de facto method of governance in this country. — Peter Schuyler

A nothing day full of wild beauty ... Little fish stream by, a river in water. — James Schuyler

The aim of the poet, or other artist, is first to make something; and it's impossible to make something out of words and not communicate. — James Schuyler

To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections. — Peter Schuyler

Since both Eliza and Angelica were pregnant, sister Peggy crept downstairs to retrieve the endangered child. The leader of the raiding party barred her way with a musket. "Wench, wench! Where is your master?" he demanded. "Gone to alarm the town," the coolheaded Peggy said.24 The intruder, fearing that Schuyler would return with troops, fled in alarm. — Ron Chernow

It so happens that the work which is likely to be our most durable monument, and to convey some knowledge of us to the most remote posterity, is a work of bare utility; not a shrine, not a fortress, not a palace, but a bridge. - MONTGOMERY SCHUYLER IN HARPER'S WEEKLY, MAY 24, 1883 — David McCullough

Politicians in this country have always been for sale. That is nothing new. — Peter Schuyler

However, intention needn't enter in, and if a reader sees things in a religious way, and the work is dogmatically acceptable, then I don't see why it should not be interpreted in that way, as well as in others. — James Schuyler

Race relations never improve in war time; they always worsen. And it is when the boys come home the Ku Klux Klans are organized. I believe with George Schuyler that the only really feasible way to improve the general situation of the American Negro is to convince more and more whites that he is, as men go in this world, a decent fellow, and that amicable living with him is not only possible but desirable. Every threat of mass political pressure, every appeal to political mountebanks, only alarms the white brother, and so postpones the day of reasonable justice. — H.L. Mencken

Kingsley nodded. 'Of course. Sophia always did say wisdom had to be earned. — Melissa De La Cruz

Schuyler knew that one day it would come to this. That she would have to lose one to have the other one. That this game would have consequences. — Melissa De La Cruz

In the past I have declined to comment on my own work: because, it seems to me, a poem is what it is; because a poem is itself a definition, and to try to redefine it is to be apt to falsify it; and because the author is the person least able to consider his work objectively. — James Schuyler

We both know it is too tempting
to leave a trail wherever you go:
an echo into the dark screaming
'I was here, I was here and I took in
as much as I could. — Schuyler Peck

Schuyler grasped it tightly. She would never let go. Not in this lifetime. — Melissa De La Cruz

What are the questions you wish to ask? — James Schuyler

All around the world one heard or read that there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda. — Peter Schuyler

I don't love you anymore... I love someone else. I always have." -Schuyler — Melissa De La Cruz

It is always pleasant to learn that someone takes an interest in a work which one enjoyed writing. — James Schuyler

Once the bond was sealed, it could not be broken for this cycle. Schuyler would become nothing more than a distant memory. — Melissa De La Cruz