Stradling Quotes & Sayings

Take risks. Take chances. Don't be afraid. You gotta go into life brave. — Billy Joel

crystals that stung your — Emily Vogel

As the sweaty, alcohol fuming bodies press in on me from all directions I decide that my ideal of a good time is reading a good novel, alone — Rita Stradling

A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck. — Sophocles

Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable, but her story and mine are different now. It wasn't easy for me to accept this simple truth, because there was a time when our stories were the same, but that was six years and two lifetimes ago. — Nicholas Sparks

Some people are worth the world — Rita Stradling

I never gave him a chance to decide if I was worth loving. I'd taken that choice away from him - because I feared what it would be. — Rebecca Donovan

We both know that if any one of our lives was simplified into a paragraph, we'd all come out sounding pretty bad. No one is easy or simple, or good or bad, we all feel too much for that. — Rita Stradling

He did not fail in love, but he lost the joy of it [...] — Evelyn Waugh

Death. Now, that was an interesting notion. One that, perhaps, he should have been more familiar with than any other being, but the truth was, he knew nothing about it at all. The Jaghut went to war against death. So many met that notion with disbelief, or confusion. They could not understand.
Who is the enemy? The enemy is surrender. Where is the battlefield? In the heart of despair. How is victory won? It lies within reach. All you need do is choose to recognize it. Failing that, you can always cheat. Which is what I did. How did I defeat death? By taking its throne. — Steven Erikson

A chair is not a caste. — Victor Hugo

Misgive that you may not mistake. — Richard Whately

Love didn't seem like something that could be organized or contained; it should be messy and emotional, like exploding and imploding with someone at the exact same time. — Rita Stradling

I wish his music came out of the closet and admit that it sucks. — Natasha Leggero

Why is it that when we get older, we get more fearful? — Sandra Bullock

It's almost as if all the sleazy men in this country attended the same seminar, where they learned that all American women go to Italy to sleep with them. The teacher at the seminar told them, "You don't need to learn English to seduce an American woman, you only need to learn one word: 'bella.' If you say it, their belts will snap and pants fall from their hips.If I ever find that seminar teacher, I'm going to kick him in the shin. — Rita Stradling

There are times when the ocean is not the ocean - not blue, not even water, but some violent explosion of energy and danger: ferocity on a scale only gods can summon. It hurls itself at the island, sending spray right over the top of the lighthouse, biting pieces off the cliff. And the sound is a roaring of a beast whose anger knows no limits. Those are the nights the light is needed most. — M. L. Stedman - The Light Between Oceans

I don't agree. The morning fog makes the graveyard beautiful, soft and sad as a voice humming a lullaby, but I don't tell her what I think. She'd call me a weirdo.
- Raven Smith — Rita Stradling

When you've crawled through the darkness, the light is so much more glorious. — Rita Stradling

Going insane would be worse than dying. At least death is clear and final — Rita Stradling

Nothing helps a broken heart like having someone wonderful give you theirs. — Rita Stradling

A few years ago, a friend said to me: "You do realize, Ian, when X-Men and Lord of the Rings come out, your life will totally change?" I didn't know what he was talking about, but he was right. My life has totally changed - but in a good way. Unbeknownst to me, it's given me a lot more confidence. — Ian McKellen

The means are inconsequential, only the ens matter — Rita Stradling

I'm tied up, gagged and about to be bludgeoned to death by a lawn ornament. Jeez, that's depressing.
- Raven Smith — Rita Stradling