D. O. Flynn Quotes

I'm a big believer in free enterprise. If people want to try it, then go for it.

A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense.

No offence Mitch, but you look like s*****." "I feel like s****

One of the most talented writers out there is Brian Haig.

I have been blessed to have the same editor and work for a great publishing house.

There's a lot more to publishing a book than writing it and slapping a cover on it.

Anybody who knew me growing up calls me Vinny.

I'm a bit of a Libertarian.

[He] saw communism for the sham that it was--a bunch of brutes who seized power in the name of the people, only to repress the very people they claimed to champion.

Love makes you want to be a better man—right, right. But maybe love, real love, also gives you permission to just be the man you are.

...and you drink a little too much and try a little too hard. And you go home to a cold bed and think, 'That was fine'. And your life is a long line of fine.

Poetry Saved Me

We can get too easily bogged down in the academic part of homeschooling, a relatively minor part of the whole, which is to raise competent, caring, literate, happy people.

By the time I'm nine I know the world is a dangerous place.  I've heard whispers about razorblades in apples, about Charlie Manson and his family.  But no one is offering any clear information.

What you mean to me is something out of the ordinary, cause even a whole of a dictionary won't be able to describe it!

If I say I don't want to read the book, I don't want to read the book.

When you find that one person who's worth taking a bullet for is the on standing behind the trigger.

Something bad was about to happen. My wife was being clever again.

Can you imagine, finally showing your true self to your spouse, your soul mate, and having him not like you?

We will have a happy marriage if it kills him.

I am not angry or sad or happy to see you. I could not give a shit. You don't even ripple.

Always move towards the light even if you stumble on your path cause it casts a shadow on the miseries of our past.

I know, I know, I'm being a girl.

I believe i am hard as a stone, but even a stone breaks if you smash it real hard.....

INFINITY is an illusion, we are just too lazy to count...

Even a life raft is only supposed to get you from the sinking ship back to land, you were never intended to live in the life raft, to drift years on end, in sight of land but never close enough.

How confusing to live in the shadow of a shadow.

Sometimes I think I won't ever feel safe until I can count my last days on one hand. Three more days to get through until I don't have to worry about life anymore.

Like walking through a door. Our relationship immediately attained a sepia tone: the past.

Our absence is what remains of us.

Compromise, communicate, and never go to bed angry - the three pieces of advice gifted and regifted to all newlyweds.

I am, after all, an adult, a grown man, a useful human being, even though I lost the career that made me all these things. I won't make that mistake again.

in these shitty plastic days ...

If I had one wish, for who I could be, I would be a fishafloat in the sea...

If he looks at me like that again Dottie will need a bucket and mop to get me back to my room.

It was one of the few stories we told the same way.

Preservation of the past has been one of humankind’s chief preoccupations for centuries, although I am not convinced much of it is worth preserving.

We were born in the '70s, back when twins were rare, a bit magical: cousins of the unicorn, siblings of the elves.

Isn't the human body a miracle

Small unexpected acts of kindness are the building blocks of greatness. Start your day with a smile and see where it takes you ...

Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it. I drank more and continued my mantra. 'Stop thinking', swig, 'empty your head', swig, 'now, seriously empty your head'.

Ever been in a spelling bee as a kid? That snowy second after the announcement of the word as you sift your brain to see if you can spell it? It was like that, the blank panic.

I trust the Universe Implicitly, therefore my experience is happening FOR me and not TO me. I trust the Universe. I trust the process.

By no longer relying on approval from others for (false) reassurance or acceptance, you access a Divine channel of freedom.

I was unable to throw myself in the ocean, ” she writes, the handwriting more erratic as the painkillers seep into every cell, shutting out lights in empty rooms.

Because you can't be as in love as we were and not have it invade your bone marrow. Our kind of love can go into remission, but it's always waiting to return. Like the world's sweetest cancer.

I promise it'll only hurt half as much as I wish it would." The words came out as smooth and sweet as if she'd just told him that mint chocolate chip was the best flavor ice cream ever.

what are you thinking, Amy? How are you feeling? Who are you? What have we ddone to each other? What will we do?

Your body is an integral part of your intuition.

I can also speak to small woodland creatures, ” he grins at me.