Claire Abshire Quotes

Knowing the future is different from being told what I like. ~ Audrey Niffenegger

My head is throbbing. I need coffee. Leaving the marbled papers in a state of controlled chaos, I walk through the office and past the page's desk in the Reading Room. I am halted by Isabelle's voice saying, "Perhaps Mr. DeTamble can help you," by which she means "Henry, you weasel, where are you slinking off to?" and this astoundingly beautiful amber-haired tall slim girl turns around and looks at me as through I am her personal Jesus. My stomach lurches. Obviously she knows me, and I don't know her. Lord only knows what I've said, done, or promised to this luminous creature, so I am forced to say in my best librarianese, "Is there something I can help you with?" The girl sort of breathes "Henry!" in this very evocative way that convinces me that at some point in time we have a really amazing thing together. This makes it worse that I don't know anything about her, not even her name. I say "Have we met?" and Isabelle givs me a look that says You asshole. But the girl says, "I'm Claire Abshire. I knew you when I was a little girl," and invites me out to dinner. I accept, stunned. ~ Audrey Niffenegger

But I don't want to just believe it, I want it to be true. ~ Audrey Niffenegger

Trademaster," he said.....

"Who is he?" Claire asked again.
"He is Evil. I don't know how else to describe it. He is Evil, and like all evil, he has enormous power. He tempts. He taunts. And he takes. ~ Lois Lowry

I started on a very high note and I was alwasy able to choose. I want to be able to do that until my last breath. And to do that, you have to have money. ~ Claire Bloom

I've lived in pain since the moment I lost you. I've learned to live with it, but I haven't learned to accept it. ~ Claire Contreras

I love plans. Checklists, spreadsheets, timelines. I am literally passionate about that stuff. ~ Claire Kingsley

Denying someone [else] justice just because you do not yet have your own is never a good idea. I am also convinced we cannot have disability liberation without animal liberation--they are intimately tied together. What if, rather than dismissing or disassociating for the struggle of animals, we embraced what political theorist Claire Jean Kim calls an 'ethics of avowal,' a recognition that oppressions are linked, and that we can be 'open in meaningful and sustained way to the suffering and claims of other subordinated groups, even or perhaps especially in the course of political battle'? Compassion is not a limited resource. ~ Sunaura Taylor

Hold nothing back. I want to hear every sigh, every moan, every scream. Is that quite clear, young lady?" "Yes, ~ Claire Thompson

I can't imagine a society with absolutely no solidarity. For me, it's a nightmare. And I don't want to live in a place like that. ~ Claire Denis

What are you smiling about? Do you have gas?" Drew joked.
"Hey, Mommy, Carter has a HUGE wiener," Gavin said around a mouthful of cookie, holding his
hands up in the air about three feet apart, like you do when you're telling someone how big the fish is you
just caught.
Claire quickly reached over and pushed Gavin's arms down while everyone else at the table laughed.
I just sat back and smiled and tried to keep my anaconda penis tucked under the table so it wouldn't scare
anyone. ~ Tara Sivec

If you're at the other end of the chase, it would be impossible for me to be disappointed. ~ Claire Contreras

True fear is the fear of doubt; it is the mind that will not sleep, the open space at your back where the murderer stands with the axe. It is the gasp of a shadow passed whose cause you cannot see, the laughter of a stranger whose laugh, you know, laughs at you. ~ Claire North

Biographers use historians more than historians use biographers, although there can be two-way traffic - e.g., the ever-growing production of biographies of women is helping to change the general picture of the past presented by historians. ~ Claire Tomalin

If you are passed out drunk or if there is a gun to your head, it is the same crime. It is a crime where there is not consent. It is a felony. And we need to start making sure victims understand that, so they don't do the self blame. ~ Claire McCaskill

What we have done with No Child Left Behind is squeeze the creativity out of the classroom because teachers have begun to just teaching to the test. ~ Claire McCaskill

The full extent of Samuel's powers had yet to be determined because he was in a Claire Vinson daze for much of his rapid acceleration to adulthood. The combination's were endless as his father Maxwell had emerged from the union of Daniel and Nicole – vampire and protector – with a full cycle of facades, including wolf, hippopotamus, Orca killer whale and Bottlenose dolphin. But he also had the capability of copying anything he could see and he was a master of battle strategy. ~ Phil Wohl

The secret to happiness is the journey, not the destination. ~ Claire Chilton

What the hell did you see in me?"

He tilted his head to the side, studying her. It both thrilled her and made her uncomfortable, like he was looking right into her. "I saw you, Claire," he finally said. "That was all. Just you. Everything about you. And the entire package was everything I wanted. I didn't want it altered or changed one bit. I just saw…you. ~ Shelby Gates

I'm telling you, Claire. It doesn't matter. What you were wearing. What you look like. Nothing. Watch the nature channel. Predators go for the easy prey." I ~ Mindy McGinnis

That's the problem with memories - they can become skewed. So I desperately try to think about something else, which helps in the short term but doesn't deal with the root of the memory. ~ Claire Eastham

People who attack biography choose as their models vulgar and offensive biography. You could equally attack novels or poems by choosing bad poems or novels. ~ Claire Tomalin

What's possible?" - she asked "Anything," he said absently. "But that's not what I was talking about. Oh, hello, Claire. You're in good time. I need an extra pair of hands." "As long as I keep them attached," she said, which earned her a startled stare. "The things you say to me, you'd think I was some sort of monster."
Myrnin and Claire ~ Rachel Caine

My parents are Italian and British. They live in Berkeley now - we all moved there four years ago. ~ Claire Forlani

I really have never been concerned about being beautiful on-screen. That's just not my jam. ~ Claire Danes

The position of sun and moon on the Feast of Beltane is one, with a list if two hundred paired figures laid out beneath. Similar tables existed for Hogmanay and Midsummer's Day, and Samhainn, the Feast of All Hallows. The ancient feasts of fire and sun, and Beltane's sun would rise tomorrow. ~ Diana Gabaldon

I've seen 'Pride and Prejudice' about 4,000 times. I'm not joking: I know every single line. ~ Claire Foy

You know I think the president has to really focus on getting elected to a second term in 2012. And I need to focus on making sure I'm accountable to the people of Missouri. ~ Claire McCaskill

And then I got to thinking about how, if someone met me for the first time now, they would need to know about Uncle Ed and my parents in order to understand me. Sometimes it feels as though I'm defined by all the people I've lost , like one of those negative-space pictures, where what's not there is just as important as what is. ~ Claire Wong

I believe you," he said firmly. "I dinna understand it a bit - not yet - but I believe you. Claire, I believe you! Listen to me! There's the truth between us, you and I, and whatever ye tell me, I shall believe it." He gave me a gentle shake. "It doesna matter what it is. You've told me. That's enough for now. Be still, mo duinne. Lay your head and rest. You'll tell me the rest of it later. And I'll believe you. ~ Diana Gabaldon

I try to search for the light, but I know I'll never find it, because there is no light in darkness. ~ Claire Contreras

How do you know all this about me?" Helen sputtered. Claire sighed.
"After I pushed you off the roof ... " she began.
"After you WHAT?" Lucas yelled. ~ Josephine Angelini

Zane," I piped up quickly, hoping not to lose my nerve. "You can do whatever you want, but the truth is, I want you to come along. And not because I feel sorry for you. I do feel sorry for you-I'd be a total jerk if I didn't. But I want you to come because I enjoy your company, and if you don't come, I'll miss you. But I realize that's totally selfish of me, and I don't want you to come just because I asked you to." I paused for a breath, my heart racing. "Am I making any sense? ~ Edie Claire

I would sign on for projects that were meant to shoot in July, and then they would postponed and they would bleed into the following semester, and then I'd take a semester off, and then the movie would collapse. ~ Claire Danes

And then Julia's thinking about the internet and blogging; how everyone with a keyboard thinks they can just bang out articles no problem, never mind research or quality control. ~ Claire Hennessy

One day you're a college graduate, in love with Mr. Right and looking for a job. The next day, your Rambo."
"Your timeline is off. And can we lose the Rambo part? ~ Mary Abshire