Vallance Quotes & Sayings

We waste our energy fighting one another, instead of presenting a common front to the world. — Ayn Rand

I'm about to cross a line with you ... a line there will be no hope of me ever returning from. And I'm terrified because the thought of you excites me. — J.L. Vallance

And fairy tales are make-believe. They are the stories we tell to small children to make them believe the world is a far better place than it really is. — J.L. Vallance

Eighteen months pass in a mere blink of an eye. But when you miss someone, someone that took up over half of your heart, the days seem to drag on for an eternity. Each day seems longer than the one before it. And no matter what everyone tells you, the pain that comes with losing someone you love doesn't get better. You just get better at living with it. — J.L. Vallance

I always look to the eyes; they seem to be the one honest thing about a person. — J.L. Vallance

I wanted to die. Die right there. I wanted to run to the knife drawer, grab the biggest blade I could find, and plunge it into my heart. To be exposed as never even being kissed ... it was
almost worse than being a vampire princess. The vampire thing was a ridiculous fantasy, but my total lack of experience ... that was real. "Mom! That is so embarrassing! Did you have to tell him that?"
Well, Jessica, it's true. I don't want Lucius thinking you're some sort of experienced young woman, ready for marriage. — Beth Fantaskey

Bert knows it would take more than a little row to get between us. Because friends like us, like Bert and me, we'll always be together. — Jess Vallance

There's a constant chatter in our house, whether it's giggling or screaming or crying or banging. I love it. I love it. I love it. I hate it when they're gone. I hate it. Maybe it's nice to be in a hotel room for a day - 'Oh, nice, I can finally read a paper.' But then, by the next day, I miss that cacophony, all that life. — Brad Pitt

I was a big reader. I could spend whole days absorbed in a book, whole weekends in the library or the park, completely oblivious to my surroundings. 'Escapism', I suppose they'd call it, but I never really liked that term much myself. I mean, who is it exactly who gets to decide which parts of your life are real and which parts are only allowed to count as an escape from that reality? I preferred to think that good books were my real life and all the other stuff - school, chores, all the rest of it - was just an interruption. — Jess Vallance

Even the darkest of hearts needs a little comfort from time to time. — J.L. Vallance

Love isn't for the weak, it's for those brave enough to risk it all. — J.L. Vallance

Even though he had sacrificed her and cared nothing for her, even though he was callous and unkind, she loved him. — W. Somerset Maugham

I decided that I wasn't in love with the person that she had become. — J.L. Vallance

Today I will pursue Francesca. And she will run if she knows what's good for her. — J.L. Vallance

The origin of the conflict, frustration, and anxiety we experience does not lie in the nature of the world itself but in our distorted conceptions of the world. — Stephen Batchelor

Love is ... freeing. Love is all encompassing; it has the power to save us from unimaginable forces of darkness. All we have to do is accept it, give it, live it. — J.L. Vallance

This is the mystery. When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything. When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything. The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will understand everything. So when you try hard to make your own way, you will help others, and you will be helped by others. Before you make your own way you cannot help anyone, and no one can help you. To — Shunryu Suzuki

We at the Christian Writers Guild couldn't be more proud of Brandy Vallance. Let her debut novel transport you to an entirely fresh time and place where you'll soon forget you're turning pages and find yourself riveted to the destinies of characters who'll leave a lasting impression on your heart. — Jerry B. Jenkins

Death does determine life. — Pier Paolo Pasolini

Oh, of course, I always feel unconfident. — Katherine Dunn

Yeah, sorry for not being all Betty Bad Ass; fighting isn't exactly a requirement for jazz singers. — J.L. Vallance

My computer tells me that in twenty-five years there will be no more computers. — Edward Abbey