C. G. D. Roberts Quotes

No, I'm not one of those guys. I'd never get anything done if I rescued everyone who needed it. But I do like to help people I care about. That's why I'm here with you right now.

I had a whole evening planned. I was hoping to sweep you off your feet. Like those guys in your stupid books.

I'm so sorry about all you're going through, but I'm not sorry that it brought you to me.

There are few things more discomfiting than a spontaneous outburst of genuine decency from someone you’re determined to dislike for no good reason.

People often believed they were safer in the light, thinking monsters only came out at night. But safety – like light – is a façade.

I looked at the people, then, and I saw how busy they were - how much industry and energy described their lives.

Anyone who said money didn't matter had never had to count the coins that fell between the cushions of the couch.

Writers don’t get time off. Every moment - waking or sleeping - a writer is working, observing, thinking and creating.

Niall: We're tossed by the winds of fate. Once we end where they blow us, we make of ourselves that we will.

I can't believe what a state I got myself into over this. Everyone was right. They said it would just happen, and it did. I guess the best things do.

He hated this feeling of free-floating, just drifting from place to place, thought to thought, without any sense of anchor or root.

Great men tell the truth and are never believed. Lesser men are always believed, but seldom have the brains or the courage to tell the truth.

Gimme an honest frown over a false smile, any day.

You must be committed to your children first. Otherwise, they will receive the leftovers.

My God, Judge, do men believe whatever lie they hear about an enemy?

When I was interviewing Beth as a potential flatmate, I asked her about her hobbies. She said she enjoyed cooking for others. I asked her when she could move in.

You need to be surrounded by people whose voices echo your soul voice.

Compromise isn't so painful if you're the one setting the terms.

...he'd been able to deal with that pain because he'd accepted his own part in causing it

It was only love, It only drove me to my knees.Rendering me hopelessLike an incurable disease.

From ashes I cameTo ashes, I'll return.But tonight I'm contentTo sit here and burn.

Mistakes are like bad loves, the more you learn from them, the more you wish they’d never happened.

I wish i were a little girl again, because skinned knees are easier to fix than broken heart.

Justice is not only the way we punish those who do wrong. It is also the way we try to save them

And I'd learned, the hard way, that sometimes, even with the purest intentions, we make things worse when we do our best to make things better.

No being has the right to say to another, "Do this, or I will hurt you".

No man is considered just and virtuous who does not know whence he came and wither he is going. – Napoleon

I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon

One of the chief values reading history, this is the author, is its capacity to "provoke renegade thoughts".

Bright light. You've always found your way.

When you swallow that pride, Eve, take care you don't choke on it.

Some stories aren’t black and white…

Life's messy, " he agreed. "But sometimes amazing things can happen, even when it seems like it's all falling apart.

Just so you're clear, that wasn't a pity kiss.

Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.

Sometimes Death lurks after them for days, weeks, or even months, waiting for their time... Sometimes it doesn’t, and I’ve often raced that omnipresent Reaper to one portion of its work.

Yes, I’ve killed! I’ve killed as indiscriminately as God! And yes, I will kill again. I must.

It's a very old idea that patience leads to skills, of course - but it seems urgent now that we go further than this and think about patience itself as the skill to be learned.

In the storm-lit darkness, the beaded sweat and raindrops on her arm were like so many glittering stars, and her skin was like a span of night sky.

Don't you want me to kiss you goodbye, sweetie?""Kiss a cow farm boy

I’d always be watching her. And she knew now that she belonged to me. Every breath she took, every step she made, every smile she faked, I’d always be there, watching her, waiting for her.

You seek havoc, but all you’ll end up finding is despair.

His fingers caressed the column of my tense throat. I shivered in fear. I hated not being able to see what was happening, it forced me to feel everything.

The only way to truly be safer, was to accept the dark, to walk in it with eyes wide open, to be a part of it. To keep your enemies close.

Mistakes are like bad loves, the more you learn from, the more you wish they'd never happened.

Tria finally slumped to the ground “I swear I'm sick of falling into pits and swamps...” “Hey, upside is you're not dead yet so win win.” Ingra said cheerfully.

This should be fun see how much we can annoy them this time.” “Annoy is such a harsh word...” Tria teased.

Agres!” she hissed again even louder this time “WHAT!” Tria smiled “Oh good you are alive.

So what have I missed.” Ingra asked Javal “Not much but hey I managed to reach your friend in Islette so all's good.” Javal sounded nervous but why would he be nervous?

And Dilmore seems to be ignoring us again.” Tria says