Finleigh Harper Quotes

I am a former newspaper reporter turned church secretary turned vampire novelist. I wrote my first complete novel, 'Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs,' at night while I was working as the receptionist for a Baptist church. That was an interesting conversation with the pastor. ~ Molly Harper

It's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you. ~ Harper Lee

When I pointed to him his palms slipped slightly, leaving greasy sweat streaks on the wall, and he hooked his thumbs in his belt. A strange spasm shook him, as if he heard fingernails scrape slate, but as I gazed at him in wonder the tension slowly drained from his face. His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor's image blurred with my sudden tears.
"Hey, Boo," I said.
"Mr. Arthur, honey," said Atticus, gently correcting me. "Jean Louise, this is Mr. Arthur Radley. I believe he already knows you. ~ Harper Lee

This is one good thing about life that never changes, she thought. As long as he lived, as long as she returned, Mr. Fred would be here with his . . . simple welcome. What was that? Alice? Brer Rabbit? It was Mole. Mole, when he returned from some long journey, desperately tired, had found the familiar waiting for him with its simple welcome. ~ Harper Lee

Don't be too eager to get the happy ending, Harper. Because getting there is the fun part. ~ J.A. Huss

I'm an amalgam of the 19th-century romantics and the beat poets. ~ Roy Harper

Get over here and give your man some love. ~ Harper Sloan

Isn't it about time you got over that? Bury your dead, Jean Louise. ~ Harper Lee

He has Axel's protectiveness without being over the top. If what Melissa tells us is correct, he shares Greg's bedroom skills. He has that huge heart of gold that Beck is famous for. And of course, he shares Maddox's strength and determination. ~ Harper Sloan

I ain't cynical, Miss Alexandra. Tellin' the truth's not cynical, is it?" "The way you tell it, it is. ~ Harper Lee

But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should have a position on abortion. ~ Stephen Harper

She answered: please believe me, what has happened in my family is not what you think. I can say only this - that everything I learned about human decency I learned here. I learned nothing from you except how to be suspicious. I didn't know what hate was until I lived among you and saw you hating every day. They even had to pass laws to keep you from hating. I despise your quick answers, your slogans in the subways, and most of all I despise your lack of good manners: you'll never have 'em as long as you exist. ~ Harper Lee

How much longer?"he asked, trying to be casual.
"For ever, if you keep interrupting. ~ Tom Harper

I don't have 'gears.' I play one way. That's all I've ever known. I WILL. ~ Bryce Harper

When it comes to writers and poets, for me it's Vinicius de Moraes. He's one of the greatest lyricists ever. ~ Ben Harper

Receiving is harder than giving, son. But gifts are made to be accepted. ~ Dani Harper

I wanted you see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. ~ Harper Lee

I'm sure that's what you want to here, right? ~ Lily Harper Hart

I've heard that lawyers' children, on seeing their parents in court in the
heat of argument, get the wrong idea: they think opposing counsel to be the personal enemies of their parents, they suffer agonies, and are surprised to see them often go out arm-in-arm with their tormenters during the first recess. This was not true of Jem and me. We acquired no traumas from watching our father win or lose. I'm sorry that I can't provide any drama in this respect; if I did, it would not be true. We could tell, however, when debate became more acrimonious than professional, but this was from watching lawyers other than our father. I never heard Atticus raise his voice in my life, except to a deaf witness. ~ Harper Lee

I just want to keep doing what I feel. ~ Ben Harper

There goes the meanest man ever God blew breath into, murmured Calpurnia, and she spat meditatively into the yard. We ~ Harper Lee

An old campaigner, he did not speak until we were on the sidewalk. "What's up?" "Jem's got the look-arounds," an affliction Calpurnia said all boys caught at his age. ~ Harper Lee

It's a difficult truth to face that some people choose to define themselves by the pain they feel or the wrongs they've suffered. They're not going through hard times so much as making all times hard. ~ Dani Harper

He looked all Negro to me: he was rich chocolate with flaring nostrils and beautiful teeth. Sometimes he would skip happily , and the Negro woman tugged his hand to make him stop. ~ Harper Lee

Lord knows, I need a little action tonight or my vagina might just run off and join the circus. ~ Harper Sloan

As sure as time, history is repeating itself, and as sure as man is man, history is the last place he'll look for his lessons. ~ Harper Lee

Was prepared for one baby. I don't know if I can handle two." "It's a little late for that. There's a very strict no-return policy on babies. ~ Molly Harper

I stand by your side because this is where I'm meant to be. I stand by your side because you didn't have the strength to hold yourself up. That's what you do for the person you love. ~ Harper Sloan

That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. ~ Harper Lee

Folks have a common misconception that Mississippi is strictly a rural, outdoors state. While we are famous for our hunting, sport fishing and year-round golf, we also have leading manufacturers like Peavey Electronics and Viking Range Corp. ~ Gregg Harper

Take me with you?" she asked, reaching for is arm. He looked back at were the four women stood watching them and shook his head.
"I've seen Piper ruin a whole gaming area, Harper scares me, Elli is my boss, and I want your mom to like me...Sorry babe, you're on your own. ~ Toni Aleo

Let's just wait and see if I like the girls they marry," she said. "So, that means your dress is new, and the necklace is old and blue. What can you borrow?" "A time machine ~ Molly Harper

I think that when you look at a guy like Luke Harper you can see that he does in fact smell. ~ Daniel Bryan

I say guilt, gentlemen, because it was guilt that motivated her. She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society. ~ Harper Lee

There's an inverse relationship between my temper and my ability to control my accent. If you hear me say 'Fiddledeedee', run for the hills, because I'm getting ready to take out bystanders. ~ Molly Harper

My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views. ~ Stephen Harper

But she also said that by staying strong, you can become the light for those who need you most. ~ Scott Snyder

Mark won't let me fret. He points out people driving next to us. He tells me that most of them - most everybody - is screaming almost all of the time.
"They're just screaming real quiet," he says. "It's true, you know. Look around at the faces on the bus. Look at the guy taking your order and pushing the plastic tray, the plastic-wrapped burger with plastic cheese, look at the face he's wearing under the smile. You listen and tell me he's not screaming. ~ Jordan Harper

Nothin's real scary except in books. ~ Harper Lee

Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.' Jem ~ Harper Lee

Sunshine," I murmur, "once I take you – make you mine – I won't ever let you go. You're mine, baby. This body, this heart, and damn sure this pussy. I won't take you until I know you understand what I'm saying to you."
"I thought you didn't do relationships, Ash?" she mocks.
"I didn't. You're a game changer. ~ Harper Sloan

Time is a mystery that is experienced through the inevitability of change and not a mystery to be solved> ~ Oliver Harper

Genius, that one," Harper mutters. Cotton glares at her. "Don't worry, bro," Jaxon tells Cotton. "She's spicy. That's why we make a great couple. I like my women with a little ... " He shivers to emphasize his point. ~ Victoria Scott

Because as proud as I am of you, I need to do something that makes me proud of myself (Harper) ~ Lorelei James

Obviously, this whole 'no child left behind' idea is more rhetoric than actual practice. ~ Hill Harper