Galbreath Pickard Quotes

He'd been inside of a storm, all right. He'd been swept up in a tornado of sex and memory, naked regret and short-lived ecstasy. Now he felt tossed out of it onto the hard, prickly ground. He felt bruised and used. ~ Nancy Pickard

It was at our library that I found Nancy Drew and fell in love with the genre. I've been grateful ever since for those tolerant, book-loving librarians who allowed a child like me to read what I wanted to read. ~ Nancy Pickard

If you have a dream of writing, that's wishful thinking. If you have a commitment to writing, that's the way to make your dreams come true. ~ Nancy Pickard

I want that child around for the rest of its life to remind Tom what a fool he is. ~ Nancy Pickard

New York City was the world's biggest vibrator. Everything vibrated above, and below the streets. ~ Nancy Pickard

...in a county where romantic partners were as scarce as yaks. ~ Nancy Pickard

Good ol' Rex, always the bridesmaid, never the bride. ~ Nancy Pickard

It's dangerous to start attributing your fortunes to luck and your misfortunes to fate. ~ Nancy Pickard

He pointed to the newborn.'This way he'll have a home, he'll have parents, he'll have a brother.'
'And a rapist for a father. ~ Nancy Pickard

He didn't try to explain ozone to her, or how raindrops hit rocks, releasing the fragrance of oils that plants had rubbed on them, or how spores in the ground give up their own earthy scent in the rain. He just took her out and let her sniff and sniff until she admitted that, yes, it smelled good outside after a thunderstorm. ~ Nancy Pickard