C.L. Grant Quotes
I doona need my future read. I know it involves you, and that's enough for me.
I need you, lass, " he whispered. Darcy opened her eyes to find him over her. "How fast can you get out of those clothes?
Not once in her life had Darcy wanted to thumb her nose at danger and rip the clothes off a man, but she was contemplating that very thing.
Please come out so I can see your face, " Darcy said. There was a smile in Thorn's voice when he said, "I gave my jeans to Warrick. I'm no' shy, lass, but I doona want to embarrass Warrick.
Her dark eyes slid to him. "I can't remember the last time I felt so good in clothes."And he wanted to get her out of them.
She felt something missing in her soul. It wasn't until she landed in Edinburgh that she realized that missing piece was the wild, mystical land.
Straight As might improve chances for a job but talent improves chances of a promotion.
I was used to being perceived as having a good attitude. Self-control, self-effacement, self-denial. People like this, especially in girls.
No, " Lana said, "I'm not going to heal your scratch.""Good, " Sanjit said."Good? Why good?""Because when you hold my hand, I don't want it to be work for you.
But love doesn't do what's easy. Love does what's necessary and right.
Herr Schiller? Are there really any such things as ghosts?' The old man did not even show surprise at the question. He heaved a sigh. 'Yes Pia, there are. But never the ones you expect.
It's better to go out with a bang and a press release than with a whimper and a secret.
Even when he played, he made a business of it.
Seriously, that woman is so much crazy crammed into a small space that she's practically a crazy singularity.
When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls!
At night we cry sometimes, and if you think that just applies to the females then you have never been in combat, because everyone cries sooner or later. Everyone cries.
Deep down, she's a good person, Diana is, " Caine said, and sighed. "Deep down, I'm not. But she is.
If we'd done this my way, ' Garrett went on, 'We'd have been here much earlier.''And drunk, most likely, ' said Maiev.'You say "drunk, " I say "happy", ' Garrett shrugged.
I just don’t understand why anyone would want to get their caffeine in a less-efficient form.
...brains are the only things that stand between a living person and a gruesome death. Or maybe brains and Kevlar.
And to those who would choose the safety of inaction over the danger of taking a stand, I have this to say:You bloody cowards. May you have the world that you deserve.
You're different. We all are. We are each "one of a kind." This means each of us will live the Christian life differently.
You sound like a college freshman taking his first philosophy class way too seriously, but that's good.
Employment was better than idleness for men, because it kept the enemy guessing.
You're staring, " Lana said."Yes. I am. I'm a teenage boy. Beautiful girls in wet underwear have a tendency to cause staring in teenage boys.
Rather than looking outward in an attempt to predict the outcome, you turn inward to your identity. You base the decision on who you are--or who you want to be.
The wisest person is not the one who has the fewest failures but the one who turns failures to best account.
Let no guilty man escape if it can be avoided. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.
I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere or to do anything never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.
My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between I occupy myself as best I can.
Reykjavik has a mixture of southern and northern mentality. There's a laid-back, relaxed attitude but also the feeling things are going to get done.
Regardless of the obstacles or hurdles that are ahead of you, regardless of the opponent, regardless of the odds, your goal and objective always is to win. I think that's part of sports.
I never use the word 'hero' in sports. Hero is way above 'star.' I save 'star' for sports. Sports is entertainment that's all it is.
Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
From a motivation perspective, helping others enriches the meaning and purpose of our own lives, showing us that our contributions matter and energizing us to work harder, longer, and smarter.
I'm not a hopeless romantic. I'm quite the reverse. I'm a nasty piece of work, an ego maniac.
