Trussoni Danielle Quotes & Sayings

She winced to remember herself at seventeen, in high school, how, after the first illuminating weekend, everything spoke sex to her. The way the light pulsed the leaves of the ragweed in the ditches, the way clothes teased her skin as she moved. The words leaving a person's mouth, how they were tongued, rolled, lipped before they emerged. It was as if the man had suddenly reached into her and pulled out an earthquake and set it loose on her skin. She walked the last weeks of high school wanting to eat every one of these delicious boys. If she had only been allowed, she would have swallowed them whole. She smiled at them hugely; they scurried away. She'd laughed, but felt it was a shame. — Lauren Groff

If people start pulling away the stereotypes of what angels are instead of these fluffy, teddy-bear kinds of angels, then they'll see, historically, that they were terrifying in some depictions. In the Bible, from what I remember, often the reaction to angels is one of terror. — Danielle Trussoni

Even the good angels, I think, would inspire in humans some sort of fear. — Danielle Trussoni

But, most important, we must not become as base and treacherous as our enemies. — Danielle Trussoni

I am patient with my needs, kind with my words, and respectful of my soft places. — Cheryl Richardson

Of course, there are those critics - New York critics as a rule - who say, 'Well, Maya Angelou has a new book out and of course it's good but then she's a natural writer.' Those are the ones I want to grab by the throat and wrestle to the floor because it takes me forever to get it to sing. I work at the language. — Maya Angelou

What I was reading was already part of my psyche, but finally someone else was saying it's okay to walk alone. — Charlie Trotter

The girly movie i secretly love is Pippy Longstockings. — Robert Pattinson

Reckless action is worse than wise restraint. — Danielle Trussoni

Angela believed that the Nephilistic immune system reacted negatively to human-made chemicals and pollutants. She believed that these unnatural elements worked to break down the cellular structures inherited from the Watchers, creating a form of deadly cancer. — Danielle Trussoni

Every once in awhile you find a novel so magical that there is no escaping its spell. The Night Circus is one of these rarities - engrossing, beautifully written and utterly enchanting. If you choose to read just one novel this year, this is it — Danielle Trussoni

I wanted to trust him with the best of me, the worst of me, and everything in between. — R.K. Lilley

Percival guessed that his prey preferred to listen, letting her friends carry on with whatever amusing nonsense filled their lives, while she privately assessed their habits, cataloging their strengths and faults with clinical ruthlessness. — Danielle Trussoni

Assassination creates an instant hero of its target. Any past sins are not just forgiven but utterly forgotten. — Lesley Hazleton

Stories of a mythical angel paradise called an Angelopolis are like Peter Pan's Never Never Land. — Danielle Trussoni

As a girl, I used to zip myself into a snowsuit, fall into the deepest snowdrift I could find and sweep my arms and legs into the powder, making snow angels that would crumble within minutes of their genesis. Despite their rapid disappearance, something about these frozen, evanescent angels has stayed with me ever since. — Danielle Trussoni

If there are too many cooks in the kitchen, the dish is not going to work out. — Danielle Trussoni

Dr Seraphina gazed at Gabriella with a cool, assessing eye. "What do you believe Gabriella?"
"I believe that if we do not protect our traditions from those who would destroy them, soon there will be nothing left to interpret."
"Ah, so you are a warrior, then," Dr Seraphina said, challenging Gabriella. "There are always those who would put on armour and go into battle. but the real genius is in finding a way to get what you desire without dying for it. — Danielle Trussoni

People don't actually think there is such a thing out there as angel research. — Danielle Trussoni

I started listening to the Cure around the time I discovered Joy Division and, like Joy Division, they have shaped my taste in all sorts of dark and dreary ways. — Danielle Trussoni

At once I understood how very different the lives of the victorious were from the lives of the conquered. — Danielle Trussoni

Angel and devil," he said. "One is but a shade of the other. — Danielle Trussoni

Finally (Evangeline) whispered, "I wish that I had been more prepared."
"We prepare all of our lives for such moments," Dr. Raphael said, crossing his arms and looking at me with a critical gaze. "When the time comes, we can only expect that we have learned enough to succeed. — Danielle Trussoni

I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening. — Barbra Streisand

I always knew I wanted to write really imaginative fiction - fiction that was very different from my real life. — Danielle Trussoni

These moments were wondrous and divine, instances when the gossamer curtain between heaven and earth ripped and all of humanity witnessed the marvel of the ethereal beings.
Angelology pg. 32 — Danielle Trussoni

I think angels definitely offer all the imaginative possibilities that vampires do, and I think they've actually been popular in Western culture for longer than vampires have been. I hope they become a part of the culture again in a new way. — Danielle Trussoni

Gardening is not a rational act. What matters is the immersion of the hands in the earth, that ancient ceremony of which the Pope kissingthe tarmac is merely a pallid vestigial remnant. — Margaret Atwood

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step. — Rhonda Byrne

For most of history, war has been a more or less functional institution, providing benefits for those societies that were good at it, although the cost in money, in lives, and in suffering was always significant. Only in the past century have large numbers of people begun to question the basic assumption of civilized societies that war is inevitable and often useful. — Gwynne Dyer

Since the Middle Ages, people have been writing about angels. Angelology was actually at one point a scholastic discipline. — Danielle Trussoni

One thing that I don't ever want to do is write something I don't love. — Danielle Trussoni

One is but a shade of the other. — Danielle Trussoni

I don't think there are actually any theologians practicing angelology or studying angels anymore, but it's definitely in a lot of religious literature. It's still out there, and people are still interested. Even in the more secular way, books about angels are everywhere. — Danielle Trussoni

Beautiful music plays, but not everyone with ears can hear it. — Danielle Trussoni

Walls tagged with graffiti (one such piece of tagging: a stencil of a familiar Sith Lord's helmet with the phrase beneath it reading VADER LIVES). — Chuck Wendig

I was fifteen then, too young to fall in-love. Or maybe it is only then, with dew of childhood still in my eyes, that I was capable of such love. I will never know, of course. — Danielle Trussoni

When I was little, I went to a Catholic school and was required to go to church every morning and with my parents on Sundays, so I spent a lot of time sitting on a wooden pew. Angels are sort of a relief. If you're looking around, the other imagery is so dark and heavy. Looking at the beautifully rendered pictures of angels was more uplifting. — Danielle Trussoni

Memories fade like scars but they don't disappear. — Kate Spencer

I have my small little cult following, I play random shows from house parties to opening up for rock bands. — Girl Talk