Elana Johnson Quotes

Maybe if she saw Jag again... maybe that would wake her up. But if she sees him and remembers, I'm nobody. In more than ways than one. ~ Elana Johnson

What do you have that I could possibly want?"
With a knowing smile, he pulled an envelope from his back pocket. Even from across the room, Jag's handwriting made my heart pound. I took several steps forward, never removing my eyes from the two letters of my name. Jake could have anything he wanted. Kidney, liver, whatever. ~ Elana Johnson

Lilette was like a star - full of light and distant beauty. Han was like the shadows around the stars - he let her shine. ~Jolin ~ Elana Johnson

Sometimes life doesn't allow us to be free to fly wherever we'd like. ~ Elana Johnson

Finally I knelt on the bed and placed my hand on his back. I patted awkwardly, hoping that was protocol for when someone was sobbing their eyes out. "hey." pat, pat. "It's okay. We'll bust out of here before they tag us." pat, pat, pat. I felt lame ~ Elana Johnson

Every person has a season for knowledge. ~ Elana Johnson

I miss you so much my lungs have forgotten how to breathe. ~ Elana Johnson

inspirational adult romance author under the pen name of Liz Isaacson, her work includes the young adult dystopian romance series Possession, published by Simon Pulse (Simon & Schuster), Elevated, the Elemental series, the Redwood Bay romance series, and the Amazon bestselling Three Rivers Ranch ~ Elana Johnson

He walked close enough to hold hands and far enough away that words could never repair the damage we'd done to each other. ~ Elana Johnson

Vi?" Jag's soft voice called from the other room. I'd been soaking so long, the water in the tub was cold. I stepped out, careful not to get the book wet, and wrapped a towel around myself.
"In here," I whispered. He had switched the lamp on and was rubbing his eyes when I came into the bedroom.
"Hey."
I slipped the book back onto the table next to his bed. "I didn't get it wet."
"Not. That." His eyes raked over my only-towel-covered body with a hungry expression.
"Knock it off." I pulled the towel tighter and returned to the bathroom. He followed me, putting his hand on the door before I could close it. I looked anywhere but at him. Lying fully clothed in bed with him was bad enough.
I couldn't help it when I drank him in, starting at his feet and slowly creeping up to his neck, past his chin, lips, nose to his eyes. When I finally reached them, my heart clutched almost painfully. I swallowed hard and cleared my throat, playing with the end of my towel.
"Vi, babe-"
"Don't talk like that," I said.
He smiled his Jag-winner. I took a shuddering breath and tried to focus. "Don't smile like that either. It's not fair."
"Okay, then. Let's talk about being fair." He carefully wove his fingers through mine. The way he studied the ground was adorable. He took a few slow steps back into the bedroom, pulling me with him.
"Jag- ~ Elana Johnson

Tech simulations," I said, the realization hitting me in the gut. "Jake, you're so dead! You tricked me with that purple pill!"
"But now you know you can't control the elements," he said.
Like that made me feel better. "I hope you have a will!"
"Blame Jag," he responded.
"Oh, I do," I snapped. "Trust me, he's going to die too." I imagined the way he'd smile when he saw me. He wouldn't even see my fist coming. ~ Elana Johnson

I couldn't compete with Honesty,

With her dark blonde hair streaked with auburn,
With her captivating blue eyes,
With her legs that stretched into forever.
She had the brains,
The body,
The perfect resume for girlfriend.

And me?
I had the perfect resume for
Best friend.
All the boys said so. ~ Elana Johnson

Everyone says it's going to be Snapcase at the palace. He listens to the people."
"Yeah, right," said Vimes. And I listen to the thunder. But I don't do anything about it. ~ Terry Pratchett

When I came out of college, shoe companies can identify marketable people, and I think I was identified as someone who could potentially move some units and merchandise. ~ Keyshawn Johnson

For who is pleased with himself. ~ Samuel Johnson

In bed we laugh, in bed we cry, and born in bed, in bed we die; the near approach a bed may show of human bliss to human woe. ~ Samuel Johnson

A second marriage is a triumph of hope over experience ~ Samuel Johnson

America has not always been kind to its artists and scholars. Somehow the scientists always seem to get the penthouse while the arts and humanities get the basement. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson

I believe the greater the handicap, the greater the triumph. ~ John H. Johnson

You don't have to be Magic to be special. You're already special, you're you. ~ Magic Johnson

Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach. ~ Rachel Johnson

One of the stories I love is how Gutenberg's printing press set off this interesting chain reaction, where all of a sudden people across Europe noticed for the first time that they were farsighted, and needed spectacles to read books (which they hadn't really noticed before books became part of everyday life); which THEN created a market for lens makers, which then created pools of expertise in crafting lenses, which then led people to tinker with those lenses and invent the telescope and microscope, which then revolutionized science in countless ways. ~ Steven Johnson

Every peace-filled moment you experience brings terror to the powers of darkness. ~ Bill Johnson

We have seven months before the election. Our top priority as fiscal conservatives is to make sure President Obama retires. ~ Ron Johnson

Partly by accident, partly by instinct, partly by deliberate contrivance, he was the first intellectual systematically to exploit the guilt of the privileged. And he did it, moreover, in an entirely new way, by the systematic cult of rudeness. He was the prototype of that characteristic figure of the modern age, the Angry Young Man. ~ Paul Johnson

A true revolution is about making those who are comfortable with corruption, uncomfortable. It's about pointing your fingers in the right direction and with nothing but the truth, will come power. A power not to exploit the Liberian people. But an ability to restore liberty, justice, and prosperity for all." - Henry Johnson Jr ~ Henry Johnson Jr

The testimony of revival history teaches us that very few men and women of God really learn how and when to do this. In case after case, the same person who carried a marvelous anointing that brought salvation, healing, and deliverance to thousands of people lacked the wisdom to see that he or she would not be able to sustain that ministry if he didn't learn to get away from the crowds long enough to get physical rest and to cultivate life-giving relationships with family and friends who could reaffirm his or her focus on the Kingdom. ~ Bill Johnson

It is, however, not necessary, that a man should forbear to write, till he has discovered some truth unknown before; he may be sufficiently useful, by only diversifying the surface of knowledge, and luring the mind by a new appearance to a second view of those beauties which it had passed over inattentively before. ~ Samuel Johnson

Mission Control Center (MCC) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) has got to be one of the most formidable and intellectually stimulating classrooms in the world. Everyone in the room has hard-won expertise in a particular technical area, and they are like spiders, exquisitely sensitive to any vibration in their webs, ready to pounce on problems and efficiently dispose of them. ~ Chris Hadfield

I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, 'You're famous already kid. See, they've named a hotel for you.' I looked across the street and sure enough, there was a big illuminated sign that read 'Johnson Hotel.' Well, do you know that I was so green that I actually believed the man! ~ Walter Johnson

I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church. ~ Gary Johnson

The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided me in favor of Atlanta University; so about the last of September I bade farewell to the friends and scenes of my boyhood and boarded a train for the South. ~ James Weldon Johnson

Dishonor waits on perfidy. A man should blush to think a falsehood; it is the crime of cowards. ~ Samuel Johnson

It was Abraham Lincoln who struck off the chains of black Americans, but it was Lyndon Johnson who led them into voting booths, closed democracy's sacred curtain behind them, placed their hands upon the lever that gave them a hold on their own destiny, made them, at last and forever, a true part of American political life. How true a part? Forty-three years later, a mere blink of history's eye, a black American, Barack Obama, was sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office. ~ Robert A. Caro

Chickamauga" is a Cherokee word meaning "river of death". *** ~ L.E. Johnson

When I hear health professionals suggesting that you shouldn't worry about the balance of calories in versus calories out, but rather eat clean and follow your hunger instincts, well, I really just want to pinch their heads off. That's like a millionaire suggesting that instead of worrying about that's in your bank account, just listen to your shopping instincts and buy high-quality goods ... weight loss is not magic. To a great extent, it's accounting. ~ Chalene Johnson

ANTRE (A'NTRE) [antre, Fr. antrum, Lat.]A cavern; a cave; a den. With all my travels history:Wherein of antres vast, and desarts idle,It was my hent to speak.Shakesp.Othello. ~ Samuel Johnson

There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow. ~ Samuel Johnson

Today our problem is not making miracles, but managing them. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson

In sovereignty there are no gradations. ~ Samuel Johnson

We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson

Domestic discord is not inevitably and fatally necessary; but yet it is not easy to avoid. ~ Samuel Johnson

I'd watch my parents work and think, 'Yeah, I'm going to do that.' It wasn't even a thing. It's the only thing I know how to do. ~ Dakota Johnson

They'd been here twenty seconds, and already nothing was happening. ~ Denis Johnson

Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to lie and deceive. ~ Samuel Johnson

Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale. ~ Samuel Johnson

There are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters. ~ Boris Johnson

It is not uncommon to charge the difference between promise and performance, between profession and reality, upon deep design and studied deceit; but the truth is, that there is very little hypocrisy in the world. ~ Samuel Johnson

The favor of God does not bless self-promotion ~ Bill Johnson

There was a big difference between Ron Paul and me when it came to the 'no.' His 'no' was philosophical. It was reasoned. It was right. My 'no' actually put a stop to legislation. It cut spending. Mine carried further than just no. ~ Gary Johnson

When I took office, Liberia began to recover from years of neglect. Our people have brought clean water into the heart of Monrovia to children who have never known water from a tap. Efforts are underway to expand water projects as much as possible throughout the country. ~ Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

So one of the things that happened with integration in the South is they found that the black teachers were much more educated than the white teachers. ~ Bernice Johnson Reagon

The expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting. ~ Samuel Johnson

Whatever you gain through self promotion you'll have to sustain through self promotion. When our promotion comes from God, He sustains it. ~ Bill Johnson

Admiration and love are like being intoxicated with champagne; judgment and friendship are like being enlivened. ~ Samuel Johnson

This book is dedicated to all those who fell by the airside, for nothing is wasted, and every apparent failure is but a challenge to others. ~ Amy Johnson

One should never giggle in handcuffs unless one were naked. I was sure I'd read that rule somewhere. ~ Suzanne Johnson