Alyssa Brooks Quotes

Supernaturals is a broad term used to classify beings that include Elementals and numerous other creatures. Like what? The list is endless. Witches, Demons, Spirits, stuff like that. Wow, I commented dryly. It's like a giant Halloween party isn't it? ~ Alessia Dickson

Foolish man, the woman spat coldly. A stronger, smarter generation is coming. They will walk the earth as the ashes of your organization rain from the skies. ~ Alessia Dickson

Fear and paranoia are similair things, he interrupted. Both of them just so happen to be in your head. ~ Alessia Dickson

Pain was an eloquent tragedy; it spiralled out of control and ignited the fiercest types of passion. ~ Alessia Dickson

Australians say 'pissed off.' Pissed means drunk. Piss is alcohol. To take the piss
that means to send someone up, make fun of them. ~ Geraldine Brooks

Thank you, Spencer," Rory said.

In a flash Jack was inches from her face, bending over her so that his breath could be felt on her lips. "You don't thank Spencer. You thank me. ~ Alyssa Turner

Risk something or forever sit with your dreams. ~ Herb Brooks

Liberals are more likely to see people as victims of circumstance and oppression, and doubt whether individuals can climb without governmental help. My own analysis using 2005 survey data from Syracuse University shows that about 90 percent of conservatives agree that "While people may begin with different opportunities, hard work and perseverance can usually overcome those disadvantages." Liberals - even upper-income liberals - are a third less likely to say this. ~ Arthur C. Brooks

How delightful is the company of generous people, who overlook trifles and keep their minds instinctively fixed on whatever is good and positive in the world around them. ~ Van Wyck Brooks

Scholars tell us that redundancy is correlated with retention. To minimize retention, a propagandist says one thing while showing the opposite. When the two differ, what we see tends to override what we hear. ~ Brooks Jackson

But Miles had always approached life differently than he, always preferring to blend in with his surroundings rather than to shape them, always preferring to make do. He just didn't understand that there were some things in life a man simply should not accept. ~ Terry Brooks

What he says may be true for English, but why should I want to go into this God's house if only English are there? If God wanted us in this house than he would have sent our ancestors such a book. ~ Geraldine Brooks

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. ~ William Shakespeare

He found his voice in the silences, where he could sing as loud and as long as he wanted with no one to complain of it. ~ Geraldine Brooks

Heaven, the seat of bliss, Brooks not the works of violence and war. ~ John Milton

It is my fault, and the fault of everyone of my generation. I wonder what the future generations will say about us. My grandparents suffered through the Depression, World War II, then came home to build the greatest middle class in human history. Lord knows they weren't perfect, but they sure came closest to the American dream. Then my parents' generation came along and f***ed it all up - the baby boomers, the "me" generation. And then you got us. Yeah, we stopped the Zombie menace, but we're the ones who let it become a menace in the first place. At least we're cleaning up our own mess, and maybe that's the best epitaph to hope for. 'Generation Z, they cleaned up their own mess. ~ Max Brooks

So robots are good at very simple things like cleaning the floor, like doing a repetitive task. Our robots have a little tiny bit of common sense. Our robots know that if they've got something in their hand and they drop it, it's gone. They shouldn't go and try and put it down. ~ Rodney Brooks

Who is Justin Bieber, and why is his hair poisonous to small girls?" It was a long time before he could stop laughing hard enough to answer her. ~ Alyssa Day

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get a hold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' ~ Earl Weaver

Sometimes you just can't be afraid to wear a different hat. If Columbus had complied, this whole world might still be flat. ~ Garth Brooks

Jeb moans, wraps my legs around his waist, and holds me tight. He breaks contact just long enough to whisper, "Where'd you learn to kiss like that?"
"You taught me." I recover my senses and realize what I said. "In my dreams."
"Oh, yeah?" He nudges the indentation on my chin with his nose. "Been dreaming of me, too, huh?"
"Ever since the day we met." Finally, the truth.
He flashes his dimples. "Guess it's time for us to make some dreams come true, skater girl." ~ A.G. Howard

Ironically, breast cancer gets so much attention partly because so many women survive it and become advocates, producing and participating in publicity-grabbing events such as the annual Race for the Cure. ~ Brooks Jackson

Men and months are interchangeable commodities only when a task can be partitioned among many workers with no communication among them. ~ Fred Brooks

You can't write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. I'm very interested in what religion does to us - its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence. ~ Geraldine Brooks

I rake my hands across his biceps and down his pecs. Water and sand crumble to shimmery, granular trails along his chest hair in my wake. As I touch him, his breath catches and his long, dark eyelashes close in exquisite agony.
I splay my fingertips and open my palm to match his cigarette burns to my scars. His muscles answer with tiny twitches, every part of him strong where I'm soft.
"Jeb."
He opens his eyes and we lock gazes.
"This is why we fit. Because we're both damaged, in a way that can't be healed. ~ A.G. Howard

Learning was a by-product of her search for pleasure ~ David Brooks

ALYSSA!" the boy screams again, and I watch Kael jolt as he turns and catches sight of our target. "I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD! ~ Lynette Noni

I have no objections to churches so long as they do not interfere with God's work. ~ Brooks Atkinson

What's your name?" he asked, a boyish grin creeping across his face.
"Henley Brooks," I murmured, tucking my hair behind my ear.
"My name's Lucas."
"I know," I replied, regretting the words as soon as they left my mouth. His grin grew larger as he ran his fingers through his dark hair.
"No wonder you look so scared. ~ Teresa Mummert

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side. ~ Van Wyck Brooks

Brooks Robinson is not a fast man, but his arms and legs move very quickly. ~ Curt Gowdy

You worked every day to earn what's on the table, literally. It was a week-to-week thing. And I wouldn't change it. I would not change it for anything. ~ Scott Brooks

If you do it responsibly, quitting something that isn't benefiting you - whether it's dance classes that "everyone is taking" or a soul-sucking job that has nothing to do with anything you're interested in - can change your life. ~ Alyssa Mastromonaco

One thing I believe completely is that the human heart remains the human heart, no matter how our material circumstances change as we move together through time. ~ Geraldine Brooks

Lucky for you, since you're the most dangerous man I've ever met. A
sane woman would run away from you, not toward you. ~ Alyssa Day