Yves Phoenix Phee Quotes & Sayings

Xav tugged Yves off me and handed me the call button. You'll be needing this, Phee, when my irritating little squirt of a brother bothers you again. Just press and the nurses will come running. One of them looks like a pro-wrestler, so she'll make short work of him. — Joss Stirling

Nice. Like the new look. He didn't sound as if he liked it one tiny bit. He sounded fit to be tied down and given a dose of sedatives. — Joss Stirling

When the E.U. and the U.S. agree, other countries follow. — John Bruton

I'm not a little woman you need to defend.'
His face hardened. 'That's exactly what you are: you're my little woman and I'm not having you sacrifice yourself for me. — Joss Stirling

I do a lot of counting. Cigarette butts, trees, fence slats, clouds, or the number of paving stones between one phone pole and the next, the windows along the way to the bus stop in the morning, the pedestrians I see from the bus between one stop and the next, red ties on an afternoon in the city. How many steps from the office to the factory gate. I count to keep the world in order, I said. Paul — Herta Muller

Just, in future, an 'I'm-not-going-to-get-myself-killed' note would be appreciated. — Joss Stirling

I'm so pleased you're such a quick judge of character. You've got him tagged."
"Yep, toe-tagged, in the freezer, then buried six feet under. — Joss Stirling

Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit. — Stendhal

I wasn't sure, but I thought it kind of suited me. With the right shoes and everything." I displayed the new blue pumps. "I wanted to look, you know, pretty."
Yves gaped. I felt a little bit sorry for him. "Um ... Phee, I don't know what to say."
I let my bright expression dim. "You ... you think I look horrible in it?" My voice rose in a convincing squeak of distress.
He put his hands on my soulders. "No, you look great. You always look great, no matter what you're wearing."
Zed laughed. "Ouch. Wrong thing to say. — Joss Stirling

You ... you want me to argue with you? I thought you wanted me to understand you. — Joss Stirling

The simple life is an authentic life. — Kilroy J. Oldster

The circumstances of everyday life were too demanding-and in American's great cities, appalling. — Charles E. Rosenberg

How am I going to help you?"
"You are going to jump."
"Ha."
"You are."
"Have you done this before?"
"Yeah, with fruit." That was Xav.
"And why am I not reassured? — Joss Stirling

So you got Phoenix back," declared Karla, clapping her hands in delight. "That's lovely."
"I'm more on loan," I muttered.
"Yeah, my little library book. — Joss Stirling