Torrientes Quotes & Sayings

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original. — Dean Koontz

While the stories are fiction, the journey is real. — C.J. Peterson

Feminism rotates between backlash and interest. And the cool thing about the Internet is that it's allowing women more access to their own history. Part of the problem before the Internet was that we didn't know which books to read. Someone had to tell you. — Kathleen Hanna

But he hadn't appeared that night. Not the next morning, either. By the time she finally crossed paths with him the following afternoon, his mumbled "Merry Christmas" was the extent of their exchange.
It seemed they were back to silence.
I don't want you.
She tried to ignore the words echoing in her memory. They weren't true, she told herself. She was an expert at deceit; she knew a lie when she heard one.
Still. What else to believe, when he avoided her thus?
Although he rarely spoke to her over the next two days, Sophia frequently overheard him speaking of her. Even these remarks were the tersest of commands: "Fetch Miss Turner more water," or "See that her canopy doesn't go slack." She felt herself being tended, not unlike a goat. Fed, watered, sheltered. Perhaps she shouldn't complain. Food, water, and shelter were all welcome things.
But Sophia was not livestock, and she had other, more profound needs. Needs he seemed intent on neglecting, the infuriating man. — Tessa Dare

Big ideas are usually simple ideas. — David Ogilvy

The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. — H.L. Mencken

If the reason for doing something is that everyone else is doing it, it's not a good enough reason. — Warren Buffett

Sometimes you have to rely on sex and bodily functions. — Larry David

Life can only be kept by giving it away. But then it will bloom. — Anne Rivers Siddons

There can be no peace because peace is the lie. Strength comes only from conflict, and for there to be conflict there must be an enemy. — Sean Williams

As a self-respecting dude, I'd never believed in fairy tales, but in that moment, I did. I'd found my angel to live happily-ever-after with. — Katie Ashley