Tiffanie Quotes & Sayings

You can't judge a man solely on his actions. Sometimes actions are nothing more than re actions. - Loring Blackman — Tiffanie DeBartolo

You know what I was thinking about on my way home? How different my life would be if you'd made that gash a little deeper. Or how different yours would be if I'd vaulted myself off a roof nine years ago. Do you ever think
about things like that? Like, if either you or I wouldn't have made it, where would the other one be right now? It was something I thought about all the time: how death changes every remaining moment for those still living. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

If you want me you're going to have to come and get me. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Bargaining. An utterly useless stage. Neither God nor the Universe ever bargained with anyone. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Everyone might as well say good-bye to them now, these two aren't coming back. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I wanted to freeze the moment. Freeze it and jump inside of it and stay there until it melted into the warm, swishy liquid of happy memories. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Everyone feels that void. Everyone who has the balls to look inside themselves, anyway. It's what life's all about.. A search. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Maybe that was the key to getting rid of the loneliness, I thought. Treating love as entertainment, not as salvation. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

The question is one of faith. Faith in my talent. Faith in my decisions. And faith in the idea that the truth, even if it can't pay my bills, can still set me free. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Has the industry done to music what McDonald's has done to eating? — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I don't know anything," she said. "Except that desperation and fear make a person do really stupid things. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

It's about goddamn time! I've been sending you telepathic messages for ten minutes! — Tiffanie DeBartolo

We grew apart. The thing is, we loved each other, and on some level we always will, but when you're twenty-three and you fall in love, you tend to think that love will supercede any problems. Realizing that no matter how much you love somebody, no matter how desperately you want a relationship to work, life can act as an oxidizer and corrode it to pieces. - Loring Blackman — Tiffanie DeBartolo

No one commits suicide because they want to die. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Camp? You mean like sleep outside?" "No, I mean dress in drag," Jacob said sarcastically. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Tell me what you're afraid of,' Jacob said.
Shit, I thought, this could take all day. My life was ruled by my fears. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Did you really want to die?" "No one commits suicide because they want to die." "Then why do they do it?" "Because they want to stop the pain. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

The housekeeper had been there that afternoon. I could always tell because the sheets on the bed would be tucked in so tight, trying to get them out was like wrestling an alligator. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

When I asked Vera why Michael was so obstinate, she told me that some asshole had recently broken Eliza's heart. A drummer, no less. Hell, even I know girls should stay away from the goddamn drummers. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

The power of music rests in its ability to reach inside and touch the places where the deepest cuts lie. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

It's easy to plant a seed and sprinkle it with water, but once the sun scorches the ground, and the earth soaks up all the moisture, you're left with nothing but a thirsty little flower trying desperately to make it out of the dirt. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I could blame my existential sadness on a lot of issues, but the truth is, it's been a part of me since Day One. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Choice betrays character," I said.
"That's not true." Loring moved his finger along the
sheet as if writing his name in cursive. "Eliza, you can't judge a man solely on his actions. Sometimes actions are nothing more than reactions. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

It sounds silly, I know. But for me, the power of music rests in its ability to reach inside and touch the places where the deepest cuts lie.
Like a benevolent god, a good song will never let you down.
And sometimes, when you're trying to find your way, one of those gods actually shows up and gives you directions. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I laid it all out for him: Eliza believes in me, she moves me, and she's moved BY me. She makes me happy, she makes me sad, she makes me try harder, she makes me laugh, and she makes me feel like I can fly. Isn't that the goddamn definition of Love? — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I hoped his last sensation was the euphoria. The peace. The love. I had to believe it was the love. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Why are the ones who need the most shelter always the ones left out in the rain? — Tiffanie DeBartolo

That's the difference between the real stuff and the crap. I know which one you are and you know which one I am. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

But I guessed that no matter how strong it was, love alone couldn't turn a speck of dust into a galaxy of stars. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

When you're twenty-three and you fall in love, you tend to think that love will supersede any problems. But no matter how much you love somebody, no matter how desperately you want a relationship to work, life can act as an oxidizer and corrode it to pieces. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

For the record, if I were Superman, a pale, scrawny guy holding a guitar would be Kryptonite. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

So far, I've only discovered four things that make life worth living for me. My work is one of them." "What are the other three?" Jacob wanted to know. "Music, books, and sex," I said. "Not necessarily in that order." His eyebrows — Tiffanie DeBartolo

He isn't like most guys, you know?'
I know.'
No, but do you really know? I mean here's the deal, what do most guys want from a woman? I'll tell you what we want. We want a warm body to sleep next to, preferably one with a nice pair of tits, maybe someone who'll cook for us and fuck us on a regular basis. Pretty simple, huh? Now, what we don't want is someone who's going to come in and disrupt our lives and steal our souls. That's what we fear most. We call it our freedom, but it's our souls we're talking about. You following me?'
I nodded.
Okay, good. Now forget it. Forget all that,' Pete said. 'Because Jacob's not like that. He's never been like that. He's a damn fool and he wants the exact opposite of all that. He wants someone to obsess over, someone to possess his soul, and those are his corny words, by the way, not mine. It's what he lives for. It's what he thinks life's all about. Do you get what I'm saying?'
I nodded again. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I'd be happy to give special treatment to a dedicated school teacher, or even someone like William Faulkner if he was still alive, because despite the fact that an exegesis of his prose completely eluded me, I had to admit, especially when Jacob held me down and made me say it, that the guy was a kick-ass architect of the ever-elusive sentence. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

When I was twelve, a fortune teller told me that my one true love would die young and leave me all alone.. Everyone said she was a fraud, that she was just making it up.. I'd really like to know why the hell a person would make up a thing like that. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Talent? That's not talent. Talent is Liza Minnelli tap dancing and singing at the same time. What I just saw was devastation. Dying man on the cross. Salvation in B minor. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

And no matter what anybody says about grief and about time healing all wounds, the truth is, there are certain sorrows that never fade away until the heart stops beating and the last breath is taken. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I've got my girl and my guitar, and for me that's enough. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

How many times in your life are you allowed to say, "If only ... ?" — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Don't swear off all the fruits just because you ate one bad apple. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I nodded, refusing to consider the possibility that any of us are doomed to die the same sorry people we sometimes become. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Happiness is elusive, for sure.But like love, and music, I believe in it because I can feel it. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

We hovered above the moment like two rain clouds — Tiffanie DeBartolo

The only thing I remember about him now is that he shaved his legs. I was surprised at how much I dug the shaved legs.
"Thanks for sharing," Jacob said.
I hadn't realized I'd been thinking aloud. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I'm tempted to tell you that you think too much, but I'm not really one to talk,' Jacob said. 'Henry Miller wrote something about fear making you fearless. It's a very powerful emotion. Use it to get what you want. I mean if it's going to rule our life, it might as well rule you to freedom, right? — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Break my heart? Is that what you just said? I have news for you; you didn't break my heart. My heart's fine. My heart's in the best shape of its life. You know what you did to me? You took an AK-47 and blew my soul open. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I just want to sleep with a clear conscience and wake up with the ability to look at myself in the mirror. I also want my life to be my own. Even if it's a shitty goddamn life, it's still mine. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Across the hall, Paul was either fucking the girl or murdering her, I couldn't tell which. I smelled mothballs. The afghan was going to have to go. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

We had pathetically simple dreams:
to do meaningful work that we could be proud of, to be together, and to be happy. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Oh my God, that would be just like An Officer and a Gentleman," Kat cried. "Pick her up, Grace! Do it! — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I remember feeling it even then- the sensation that your heart weighs more than your body- that it might burst out of your chest and splatter all over the wall. I suppose it's called loneliness. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

It had to happen. It was part of the order of things. It was the way the universe was supposed to work. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

When dreams come true in reality they never feel the same as when you imagine them, and you know what that means? It means that no matter how good things are, maybe they'll never be good enough, and there's something seriously wrong with that. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Note to self: Always remember how lucky you are to wake up next to someone who thinks you're the shit. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Popular music is a microcosm of the culture, Eliza. It reflects the mentality of the population. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I was looking for someplace to store all the things I was feeling - the friction, the contradictions, the unmerciful truth - but my heart, my soul, my eyes and ears and even my toes were locking their doors. They wouldn't let me in. For safety reasons. I had no choice but the throw the feelings away. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I didn't want to go through all the shit anymore- the feeling of being so fucking in love every single day that it hurt like a gunshot in your gut. Who the hell would want to feel like that for the rest of their life? — Tiffanie DeBartolo

There's nothing more pathetic than dreaming dreams you know can never come true. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I didn't write that song to try and win you over, or to steal you away from him. I wrote it because I knew I never could. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Reach out and touch faith. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

The days will always be brighter because he existed.
The nights will always be darker because he's gone. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

As usual no one's ever around when you need them. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

There's a big difference between being alone and being lonely. And I'm guessing that once you've discovered this distinction you can't go back to solitary confinement without serious emotional repercussions. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Thoughts are king, Trixie, king! — Tiffanie DeBartolo

It's pretty simple, really, when you think about it: We all start out as little fishes in our daddy's pants, and we all end up a Thanksgiving feast for the worms, and in the meantime we have to find a couple good reasons to give a fuck. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

You can't wait forever for something, and then say it's too late when the time finally comes, even if every shred of incentive inside you has been lost. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Fate is the magnetic pull of our souls toward the people, places, and things we belong with. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I told her she was brave and she said, "I'm not brave, I'm in love." Ha. Same goddamn thing. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Forget the noose. Forget the Iron Maiden. Forget the electric chair or the guillotine. The mind was mankind's most painful torture chamber, the blessed liberty to cogitate offering either doom or salvation, depending on one's disposition. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I always felt like that myself, that I didn't marry into the landscape of the human world like others did, — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I like to say I don't believe in mystics . I don't believe in fate. I don't believe in destiny or kismet. I don't believe in God. I don't believe in anything. But I believe in the possibility of everything. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Just knowing you exist changed the world for me. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Eliza has the sky in her eyes and I've always wanted to touch the goddamn sky. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

All my life I waited for someone who would say things like that to me. And for someone I didn't feel alone in the presence of. Someone who understood. Someone who would make me feel like it wasn't just me against the world. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Two at a time, Vera ate her peanut M&Ms. Except for the red ones. These, she alleged, were made from the guts of dead bugs. She put the red ones in a pile next to the salt shaker. "I'm not here to judge you, you know that. I love you no matter what happens. I just want to make sure you're making the right decision." Vera accidentally put a red candy in her mouth. She didn't notice and I didn't know whether to tell her. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

For what it's worth, I think happiness is a fleeting condition, not a permanent state of goddamn mind. I've learned that if you chase after moments of bliss here and there, sometimes those moments will sustain you through the shit. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

If you have a desire to write, that means there's stuff in you that wants out. And if you don't write things down, you just forget them. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Maybe I'm weak for music men. Maybe I'm weak, period. But I couldn't deny I was charmed by his arrogant, fool-ish guise. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

You need faith for forgiveness, — Tiffanie DeBartolo

The concept of time, as it's commonly understood by normal
people with normal jobs and normal goddamn lives, doesn't
exist on the road. The nights spread out like the dark,
godforsaken highways that distinguish them, and the days run
together like Thanksgiving dinner smothered in gravy. You
never really know where you are or what time it is, and the outside
world starts to fade away.
It's cool. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

The music defied classification. If I had been writing a
review of the show, I would have labeled it progressive,
guitar-driven rock 'n' roll. But the guitars made sounds guitars
didn't always make. Symphonic sounds. Sacred sounds.
The music dug in so deep you didn't hear it so much as feel
it, reminding me of a dream I used to have when I was a kid,
where I would be standing on a street corner, I would jump
into the air, flap my arms, and soar up into the sky.
That's the only way I could describe the music.
It was the sonic equivalent of flight. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

He called me an asshole and said, "I'll bury you!" like some comic book villain. I wanted to fucking scream my head off - I'm not your toy! Your puppet! Your whore! I'm a human goddamn being and I expect to be treated as such! Instead I told him I didn't want to be buried, I want to be cremated. And I want my ashes stored in a disco ball he can hang over his desk. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

It was as if all the melancholy I'd ever known, all the nights I sat alone thinking life sucked, had added up to our place in the world- finally a good place- and the spirit of that rightness was meant to echo on until the end of time. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

People always ask if Burke and Caelum are brothers because they're both so tall, and neither Michael seems bothered by the question, but it drives me out of my mind because besides the height they look nothing alike. Burke's got blond hair and freckles. Caelum has a mass of dark pubic hair growing out of his head. Plus, how the hell could they be brothers when they have the same first name? That only works if your last one is Foreman. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

For me, the release was a spot in time with no past and no future. Just the extraordinary simplicity of a moment - the kind of moment that has a funny way of making a person believe that life and love can last forever. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I need to know that wherever I end up, in the stars or in the gutter, you're along for the ride. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Absorbing his words was like taking a drink of hot tea. They burned on the way down, but soothed my insides once they had time to cool off. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I instantly thought the guy was cute, in that gaunt, never-sees-the-light-of-day, New York street urchin kind of way. And he never stood still for a second. From across the tracks I read his expression as I have everything on my side except destiny, only his expression clearly hadn't informed his head or heart yet. The guy looked over and caught me staring, and once his eyes met mine they never deviated. He took several cautious steps forward, stopping abruptly at the thick yellow line you weren't supposed to cross. His arms dangled like a puppet and he seemed to skim the ground when he walked, as if suspended over the edge of the world by a hundred invisible strings. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I imagined the towns were filled with people like me - lonely people who wanted to fly away, who wanted more from life than a dreary existence of one-stop shopping, but either didn't know what that meant, or didn't have the guts to go out and find it. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I know that if I ever have the audacity to blame fate or God for holding a gun to my temple, I also have the wherewithal to remind myself that if I end up with a hole in my head, I was the one who pulled the trigger. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

This is what it means to be in the middle of love, I thought. Being in the middle of love is like being in the middle of a war zone. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I want to stumble across something on the sidewalk and pretend she dropped it: a flower petal, a scarf. And then I want to set it on fire. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I'm afraid of everything. Fear of being alone, fear of being hurt, fear of being made a fool of, fear of failure ... Still, I think all my fears bleed from one big one ... — Tiffanie DeBartolo

And if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I felt betrayed and deceived, and I feared I'd never get to be a William Eggleston character. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I was only a child
when I learned how to fly
I wanted to touch the colors of the bleeding sun and then I fell from the sky
You never saw me again
not even when I returned
you never noticed my broken heart
or how my wings were burned
But if they tell you they saw me
do a swan dive off that bridge
Remember I've always been more afraid to die than I ever was to live
And on the day I disappear
You'll all forget I was ever here
I'll float around from coast to coast And sing about how you made me a ghost.
- Douglas J. Blackman, "The Day I Became a Ghost" — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I almost died. Fortunately, my mother was a nurse. She gave me a shot of something, and things turned out brilliantly.
Lucky me, I thought. Why couldn't his mother have been a telephone operator? — Tiffanie DeBartolo

I hate that word, CAN'T. I wish it had never been dreamed
up, spoken, or defined. I wish the concept of CAN'T could be
eradicated not only from language, but more importantly from
the psyche of a girl who I know is filled with so much CAN it seeps out of her pores and scents the air. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Tell me what you listen to, and I'll tell you who you are. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Believe it or not, I have boundaries. — Tiffanie DeBartolo