Quotes & Sayings About Starting Our Lives Together

It's your action that reflects on the others' reaction. If you expect good you are forced to be good. — Mohd Riyaz Ali

Don't discount yourself, no matter what you're doing. Everyone has a unique perspective that they can bring to the world. — Mark Zuckerberg

The family stayed put for a few years, largely due to issues involving a contract with a demon, an open dimensional rift, and preschool, — Seanan McGuire

Would you kill half the population today in order to save our species from extinction? — Dan Brown

When he squirmed away from her, I felt the strangest mix of emotions. First, I wanted to jump into Joshua's arms and give him a series of grateful kisses - rewards for his apparent disinterest in her. Next, I wished I was substantial enough to tackle this stranger and pull out her pretty hair — Tara Hudson

She holds herself like she matters, laughs like she cares, smiles like she's somebody. — Robin York

It was about sharing our lives. Building a dream. Starting a family. Together. It was about life being so much richer, so fuller, just because you were at my side. — Siri Mitchell

Different ideas will capture my imagination and ask if they can be in a story. Sometimes they fit together and sometimes they don't. One notion leads to another and I might write pages that will have to go away later, but I'm sketching, getting to know a character, how he or she speaks or lives, so I just let it flow. Things start to click. I don't outline before starting, nor do I write one chapter at a time or even in chronological order. If I'm thinking about a scene, conversation, or event that will come later, I page down and write away. — Lisa Preston

'The Daily News' and 'Post' gave me my life, and I want to see them survive. — Pete Hamill

Self-consciousness is the enemy of interestingness. — Malcolm Gladwell

In a country this large and a language even larger ... there ought to be a living for somebody who cares and wants to entertain and instruct a reader. — John Updike

Mmm," said Ares, without turning his head. "This war on terror isn't producing enough casualties. Bringing in Iran is the obvious choice, but I don't think they've got enough fire power yet. I wonder if I could somehow antagonize Japan."
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"There's always Russia," said Ares, "but they've been harder to provoke since the end of the Cold War. Why are mortals so hung up on peace?" He shuffled through his papers. "Or maybe it's time to broaden out some of the African civil wars? — Marie Phillips

The specter of color is apparent even when it goes unmentioned, and it is all too often the unseen force that influences public policy as well as private relationships. There is nothing more remarkable than the ingenuity that the various demarcations of the color line reflect. If only the same creative energy could be used to eradicate the color line; then its days would indeed be numbered. — Dr. John

How about this? she retorted, her voice deceptively flirtatious, and in that small, stolen moment in his mind, he quickly spun and grasped her by the small of her back, pulled her close into to him, and made her his. And maybe she resisted at first before giving in, or maybe she didn't - maybe she'd wanted this just as long as he had. But none of that would matter, because they would finally be together, starting at that moment and for the rest of their lives. And they would love each other and raise children and make music, and life would suddenly be worth living, and Christ, how could anyone ever throw something like that away? — J. Tonzelli