Bart Hopkins Quotes

Kane tuned up Honey for a few minutes, then he reached into his case and pulled out his ball cap with the American flag on it. He rotated it around in his hands and worked the bill a little bit. Thought about what he'd done for his country, and the friends he lost. He didn't regret any of it, even the parts that hurt. Loving his country wasn't something that required effort on his part - it came naturally. ~ Bart Hopkins

Kane had never had asthma a day in his life, but he was having a little trouble breathing with the way Lucy looked at him. ~ Bart Hopkins

In a way, for women, marriage was like an extended babysitting gig. The woman was committing herself to coddling and watching over a grown man for the rest of her life. ~ Bart Hopkins

Sometimes a beautiful woman had to do nothing more than smile to make you forget about any ugliness. ~ Bart Hopkins

Alarm clocks, I felt, were nothing more than a plague rained down by an evil force, possibly even Lucifer himself. ~ Bart Hopkins

It was nice to be around a girly girl, even if it meant there was no space for his shaving gear in the bathroom. ~ Bart Hopkins

Men everywhere were sacrificing at the altar of some beautiful woman in their life. ~ Bart Hopkins

With one Like I can say hi to a friend, support them during a crisis, share in a joke, make someone happy, or reinforce a person's self esteem. I make myself part of their world. It's like I stopped by for coffee. But, by Liking, I can also avoid talking to all the people I don't want to waste time on. Or I can check to see what my ex-girlfriend is doing seven or eight times an hour. It's a double-edged mouse click. ~ Bart Hopkins

life never comes straight at you, it sneaks up and gives you whatever it gives, not what you want. No matter what you think. ~ Bart Hopkins Jr.

He terrifies me, Aunt Peg." I don't have the backbone to say it to her face. "Oliver is such a self-contained person. He's always so calm, so at ease, so refined. I'm the one who's always losing my mind over nothing. He is unbelievably amazing in a way I don't know if I can reciprocate. His voice is calm and patient. It makes me feel like he will sit me down and tell me everything's going to be okay. And his eyes. Have you seen his eyes? They're so kind and gentle. ~ Elisa Marie Hopkins

Sometimes we fall into the negative so deeply that we do not realize our first instinctive reaction to everything is to think negatively or to "look" for the bad in every situation. The phrase "too good to be true" directly comes from this aspect of ourselves. To be cautious can be good in certain situations, but to dismiss every interaction or idea to the possibility of "bad things happening" puts us in a place where the beautiful or the divine never gets a chance to fully blossom. Mind your thoughts carefully, as you are the only one who can allow happiness to thrive in your life ~ Gary Hopkins

People often associate complexity with deeper meaning, when often after precious time has been lost, it is realized that simplicity is the key to everything. ~ Gary Hopkins

It is night at the front, a shadow, a shot. The Jew who has just fired
hears a moan ...
And then, mother, the hair stands up on his head, for only a few feet from him in the darkness the enemy voice is reciting in Hebrew the prayer of the dying. Ai, God, the soldier has cut down a Jewish brother! Ai, misery! He drops his rifle and runs into no man's land, insane with shame and grief. Insane, you understand? The enemy fires at him, his comrades shout at him to come back. But he refuses; he stays in no man's land and dies. Ai, misery, ai ... ! ~ Andre Schwarz-Bart

This is a great position to be in. I don't really believe there is any fighter, in any decade that can be in my position of luxury that I've been in for many years. ~ Bernard Hopkins

They say, when facing the onslaught of tooth and claw, a creature's heart can simply quit. ~ Ellen Hopkins

No one teaches you how to walk away from someone who you know loves you. NO one teaches you how to say good-bye. ~ Ellen Hopkins

There are very serious reasons to doubt that Jesus was buried decently and that his tomb was discovered to be empty ... Faith is not historical knowledge, and historical knowledge is not faith. ~ Bart D. Ehrman

Hastings is going to go to a half-wit," the duke moaned. "All those years of praying for an heir, and now it's all for ruin. I should have let the title go to my cousin." He turned back to his son, who was sniffling and wiping his eyes, trying to appear strong for his father. "I can't even look at him," he gasped. "I can't even bear to look at him." And with that, the duke stalked out of the room.
Nurse Hopkins hugged the boy close. "You're not an idiot," she whispered fiercely. "You're the smartest little boy I know. And if anyone can learn to talk properly, I know it's you."
Simon turned into her warm embrace and sobbed.
"We'll show him," Nurse vowed. "He'll eat his words if it's the last thing I do. ~ Julia Quinn

I don't think we'll get caught, but the very possibility is half the fun. ~ Ellen Hopkins

Don't give away your power. ~ Ellen Hopkins

We are all Masters. Every thought, word, and action creates our individual reality from one moment to the next. Each individual's creation, combines to form a shared reality that we all experience ... . Consciousness. Being Masters requires us to take responsibility and great care in all that we do, so that the greater, combined consciousness is not hindered by our individual limitations. As Masters, we all have the ability to create, and live in Nirvana. Actively engaging in this personal responsibility, gives each of us the power to live harmoniously as well as to contribute positive re-enforcement to the greater Consciousness that we all share ~ Gary Hopkins

Tears impress no one. But, oh yeah, there's no one here to impress. So I go ahead and let tears fall. Rain. Storm. Flood. My pillow soaks with the salt of regret, and I rest my head against it ... ~ Ellen Hopkins

We shoot double episodes in 15 days in Los Angeles. ~ Stephen Hopkins

Every reader of your ad is interested, else he would not be a reader. You are dealing with someone willing to listen. Then do your level best. That reader, if you lose him now, May never again be a reader ~ Claude C. Hopkins

Danger is the spice of life and you've got to take a risk now and then ... that's what makes life worthwhile. ~ Anthony Hopkins

He's solid. "You're fractured." He's hopeful. "You're hopeless." He's always there. "You're half there." He's faithful. "You're so not." He's giving. "You're afraid to give." He's honest. "You lie all the time." He's loving. "You don't know how to love. ~ Ellen Hopkins

Some people never find love at all, count yourself blessed if it ever happens your way ~ Ellen Hopkins

My students sometimes ask: what is a fundamentalist? I give them a very simple definition. A fundamentalist is no fun, too much damn, and not enough mental. ~ Bart D. Ehrman

Now that I have opened that bottle of memories they're pouring out like wine, crimson and bittersweet. ~ Ellen Hopkins

Hell isn't some fiery pit "down there." It's right here on Earth, in every dirty city, every yawning town. ~ Ellen Hopkins

Dream bigger before you can't remember to dream at all. ~ Ellen Hopkins

I'd like to cry now. Don't know how. ~ Ellen Hopkins

The Screaming flashed me back to a time when mom and dad were still together if you could call miles apart together. ~ Ellen Hopkins

The monster likes to talk; he jumps into your head and opens your mouth, making it spout your deepest darkest deceptions. Making you say all the things you'd rather not say, at least not in mixed company. (Ellen Hopkins) ~ Ellen Hopkins

We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion - no public funding for abortion. ~ Bart Stupak

Love is just another word for sex. ~ Ellen Hopkins

Puzzle pieces don't always connect do they? ~ Ellen Hopkins

Sad, that lives can be shattered, into so many pieces that they can never be put back together, the the relentless force of love. Irreparable. ~ Ellen Hopkins

I needed to see, needed to know, needed a whole lot more. ~ Ellen Hopkins

You read a book all the way through? Why? ~ Bart Simpson

I'm lining up my troops to go to battle with. Tarver is the man at light heavyweight. He has the credibility of the fans and media, and that's what counts. That's why I am taking this risk, but I am taking it by preparing myself with good people. ~ Bernard Hopkins

Must be nice to have that kind of unshakable belief in a merciful higher power. ~ Ellen Hopkins

What if we have to figure out how to live and what to believe on our own, without setting the Bible up as a false idol - or an oracle that gives is a direct line of communication with the Almighty? ~ Bart D. Ehrman

Freedom is a double-edged ideal, because true freedom comes without the protection of laws that also enslave us by defining us
female, male; Christian, Islamic; good, evil. All at the whim of a frail minority. ~ Ellen Hopkins

How can I explain purposely setting foot on a path so blatantly treacherous? Was the fun in the fall? ~ Ellen Hopkins

Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it. ~ Cathy Hopkins

I Want to Shout
Leave me alone!
What's wrong with you?
Don't you remember who I am?
Who you are?
This is not a father's love! I want to scream,
Can't you see what
you are doing to me?
What you've done to me?
What you've made of me?
I want to cry out,
I am your little girl.
I am not your girlfriend.
I am not your whore.
I am not my fucking mother! But he is on top of me and my shout is silenced.
He is inside of me and my scream stays there too.
He is finished.
And I don't cry out,
but I do cry a bucket of silent tears. He slithers
away and at last,
I quietly sob ~ Ellen Hopkins

God i've missed you. I can't wait to give you your present. He kisses me hotter this time, and beneath me, through his denim and mine. I can feel the promise of his Christmas gift soon to come. ~ Ellen Hopkins

It is not only prayer that gives God glory but work. Smitting on an anvil, sawing a beam, whitewashing a wall, driving horses, sweeping, scouring, everything gives God some glory if being in his grace you do it as your duty. To go to communion worthily gives God great glory, but a man with a dungfork in his hand, a woman with a sloppail, give him glory too. He is so great that all things give him glory if you mean they should. ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins

Built by pain and drive. ~ Ellen Hopkins