J.M. Green Quotes

Then Diana puts too many murders into [her stories]. She says most of the time she doesn’t know what to do with the people so she kills them off to get rid of them.

Follow the rules until you make them.

What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? How very odd, to believe God gave you life, and yet not think that life asks more of you than watching TV.

Not only is this not love I think it is the most diabolical unfairness that was ever taught or devised.

That’s always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people would want to be around someone because they’re pretty. It’s like picking your breakfast cereals based on color instead of taste.

I appreciate your thinking on me, marshal, but ain’t no trouble of his what ain’t trouble of mine, too.

Your transformation will begin the moment you stop worrying for someone rise to rescue you.

Was it animal pee or human pee? Someone asked.How would I know? What, am I an expert in the study of pee?

I'm telling you, Augustus Waters talked so much that he'd interrupt you at his own funeral.

AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!' he screamed.'So that's Sara, ' I said.'Yes.''She seems nice.

Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever pay attention to them and they always love you back.

Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they'll wait for you forever pay attention to them and they always love you back.

Things belong to the people that use them, not to the people who create them.

That is the fear: I have lost something important, and I cannot find it, and I need it.

He really was beautiful. I know boys aren't supposed to be. But he was.

True friends are always together in spirit. (Anne Shirley)

When I was little, my dad used to tell me, "Will, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friends nose.

Today the grass listens when I speak of love. It seems to me that this word isn't honest even with itself.

Anybody can look at you. It's quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.

If you want to talk about it with someone, then I'm happy to listen, or try and help, but you should only tell me if you want to.

That's the problem with lying. You can never remember what you've said.

You must work to live, not live to work.

That's the mark of true friends. That we might not see each other for a year but when we do it's as if we were never apart.

People say friends don't destroy each otherWhat do they know about friends?

There are so many people. It is easy to forget how full the world is of people, full to bursting, and each of them imaginable and consistently misimagined.

That’s who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of.

The longer I do my job the more I realize that humans lack good mirrors. It's so hard for anyone to show us how we look, and so hard for us to show anyone how we feel.

I’m tired of your revenge, your anger, your hate. The war is killing you.

I'm not a hero but I can end the war

Listen to the trees talking in their sleep, ' she whispered, as he lifted her to the ground. 'What nice dreams they must have!

The voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.

Never give up on things you've always dreamed of. Your dreams will become reality by your dedication and hard work.

We're all in the human race. The question is, are you running toward your dreams or just away from your fears?

He had understood long ago that the past was no better than the present. That was as plain as day. One had to try to escape, to wrestle free from every era, so as not to be devoured by it.

The champagne had been donated by one of Gus's doctors - Gus being the kind of person who inspires doctors to give their best bottles of champagne to children.

What the hell are you doing here? You weren't on the guest list. Hell, you people aren't on anybody's guest list. If you turned up at a funeral, the corpse would walk out on you.

WHAT? YOU AGAIN?' he shouted in capital letters.

When a Lady chooses to Change Her Mind, ' said the Mouse with a touch of hauteur, 'a Gentleman would consider it no more than her Privilege, and not Badger Her About It.

When I rule the world, " screamed the Bogey, "all antiques will be destroyed! Antiques will be things of the past!

People who say you can't do something should be ignored. They're probably talking to themselves.

You will realize your life is most peaceful when you actually stop caring or worrying about things and situations you can not change.

I believe in women helping each other feel good about themselves instead of trying to compete.

There no such thing as something! Why? Because everything's already turning into something else!

I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence.

Because you're beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence.

Be a girl with a mind, beauty and talents!

I had come to the canyon with expectations. I wanted to see snowy egrets flying against the black schist at dusk

She was a tragic beauty. Sadness had left its fingerprints all over her face.

in all the vastness of the world, the deepest adventure is not of war or mortal danger, but of heart, of soul, of the infinite discovery of a beloved other.

How can you read and talk at the same time?” I asked.“Well, I usually can’t, but neither the book nor the conversation is particularly intellectually challenging.