Genevieve Quotes

Just one word, infused with naked desperation; half prayer, half enchantment. It felt like a freezing charm on her soul making her his prisoner, yet setting her free all at once. ~ Genevieve Dewey

Lou had been a blur of red in Jo's memories of this
room, the bright spot of color in the endless waiting white. ~ Genevieve Valentine

You can't expect people to give you the things you love, unless you know how to ask. ~ Genevieve Valentine

I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly. ~ Genevieve Gorder

I don't like to intellectualize about my acting. I don't sit around and study the pages of a script over and over again. ~ Genevieve Bujold

Irene didn't dignify his question with an answer. Besides, he'd learn better. A Librarian's mission to seek out books for the Library developed, after a few years, into an urge to find out everything that was going on around one. It wasn't even a personal curiosity. It was a simple, impersonal, uncontrollable need to know. One came to terms with it. She lifted off the Canopic jar's stylized jackal-head lid. 'There's something in here,' she reported. ~ Genevieve Cogman

His face burst into a prism of colors and light as her eyes welled with tears and when they fell down her cheeks it felt like fire. ~ Genevieve Dewey

We both fell asleep wrapped up together with the wolves still lullaby-ing us in the background ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

global thermonuclear war ~ Genevieve Cogman

Then she set it aside.
(She set everything aside. There was some hollow place inside her that few and grew.) ~ Genevieve Valentine

In visualizing, or making a mental picture you are not endeavoring to change the laws of nature. You are fulfilling them. ~ Genevieve Behrend

Lou was last, and she stopped next to Jo long enough to pluck her cigarette holder out of her mouth.
"You meet the nicest people in the clink, Jo. I should have figured something was up. Were you planning to hit the road with him in your fancy frock after the party?"
"Oh, I don't think he'd look very good in my fancy frock," said Jo, and moved to catch up with the rest. ~ Genevieve Valentine

Like a path frequently traveled becomes clear and well-marked in the forest, so too does the path to your Soul become more clearly marked in your consciousness. ~ Genevieve Gerard

So what were you doing there?"

Here's the frustrating thing about Nate, one of those things that happy memories conveniently glossed over. A lot of times, you had to ask him a question more than once to get a straight answer. He loved to answer questions you'd never asked, or to answer a question with another question.

"Do I really have to answer that, Kyrie?"

See?

"Don't you trust me?"

See?! ~ Genevieve Pearson

Juniper began a death prayer. It was a familiar invocation, asking the sea to bring the peace of deepest sleep, and the wind to whisper the girl's name in its travels. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

When I see Peter at the bus the next morning, he's standing around with all this lacrosse friends, and at first I feel shy and nervous, but then he sees me, and his face breaks into a grin. "C'mere, Covey," he says, so I go to him and he throws my tote over his shoulder. In my ear he says, "You're sitting with me, right?"
I nod.
As we make our way onto the bus, somebody wolf whistles. It seems like people are staring at us, and at first I think it's just my imagination, but then I see Genevieve look right at me and whisper to Emily Nussbaum. It sends a chill down my spine.
"Genevieve keeps staring at me," I whisper to Peter.
"It's because you're so adorably quirky," he says, and he rests his hands on my shoulders and gives me a kiss on the cheek, and I forget all about Genevieve. ~ Jenny Han

Juniper said the gods like to humble people who dream big dreams. But the gods had never done much for me, and I wasn't afraid of them. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

She remembered the conversation in the Library, as forgetting was the last thing a fully-trained Librarian should do. Memories were as important as books, and almost as important as proper indexing. ~ Genevieve Cogman

Today, I encourage you to consider your life, your values, and your relationships and consider who you are by the test of what you do. I invite you to re-affirm the values you hold dear and decide today to stand up for what you believe is right and good in the world. ~ Genevieve Gerard

A feeling that greater possessions, no matter of what kind they may be, will of themselves bring contentment or happiness, is a misunderstanding. No person, place, or thing can give you happiness. They may give you cause for happiness and a feeling of contentment, but the JOY of Living comes from within. ~ Genevieve Behrend

It took strength to be quiet. It took strength to be kind. It took strength to let other people's cruelty bounce right off of you. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

You need to have a home to go back to, whether it's a hotel room or a barn. It's only home when he's there. ~ Genevieve Gorder

I promise not to step on you - I only look like a clodhopper," he was saying when Jo reached them. He winked at Ella, who glanced away and blinked, as if surprised that he'd come so close to guessing what she thought.
Jo slid up to the bar behind her sister, planted a stiff arm on the ledge, and raised an eyebrow at him.
He glanced up and saw her.
She expected him to blanche, or bristle, or pretend he'd just forgotten someplace else he had to be. A lot of men did that, when they realized that the girl they thought was alone had brought friends to look out for her.
But instead he only said, "Oh," softly, his smile so wide and earnest that crows'-feet appeared at the edges of his eyes; he smiled as though she was an old friend, as though he had been waiting for Jo a long time and was delighted to see her at last. ~ Genevieve Valentine

Belgium always seems to get invaded, fall prey to meteorites or get infested by alien fungus or something . . . ~ Genevieve Cogman

I am a product of Nollywood and my loyalty remains unshaken. ~ Genevieve Nnaji

I had the idea for the show like a year and a half, two years ago. And it was all about the things that I didn't like about TV. I was trying to create a positive solution for it. And it actually worked. ~ Genevieve Gorder

She did find that the books displayed prominently in every chamber had been dusted, but the spines were pristine and uncreased. They had the sad, untouched air of literature paraded for display purposes but never actually used. It was profoundly depressing. ~ Genevieve Cogman

I have spent most of my life preferring books to people,' Irene said sharply. 'Just because I like a few specific people doesn't change anything. ~ Genevieve Cogman

Irene sighed. "...But I do believe the Library wants an answer to what`s happened. Why else would they call you in?"
" An answer, certainly," Vale agreed. " But the truth? That might be a very dangerous commodity. ~ Genevieve Cogman

I used to think that I needed to be part of a story, a big story, one with trials and villains and temptations and rewards. That's how I would conquer it, conquer death."
She sighed again, and nestled in closer to me. "All that matters, in the end, is the little things. The way Mim says my name to wake me up in the morning. The way Bee's hand feels in mine. The way the sun cast my shadow across the yard yesterday. The way your cheeks flush when we kiss. The smell of hay and the taste of strawberries and the feel of fresh black dirt between my toes. This is what matters, Midnight. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

Jessica frowned at her. "It was very difficult to keep a straight face - but that wasn't the hardest part. The hardest part was - " She let out a sigh. "Oh, Genevieve. He was so adorable. I wanted to kiss him. Right on his big, beautiful nose. And then everywhere else. It was so frustrating. I had made up my mind not to lose my temper, but I did. And so I beat him and beat him until he kissed me. And then I kept on beating him until he did it properly. And I had better tell you, mortifying as it is to admit, that if we had not been struck by lightning - or very nearly - I should be utterly ruined. Against a lamppost. On the Rue de Provence. And the horrible part is" - she groaned - "I wish I had been. ~ Loretta Chase

They will never believe that an ordinary girl could do such an extraordinary thing,' Genevieve worried. 'What would I tell them?
'Tell them there is no such thing as an ordinary girl, said Bloom. ~ Doreen Cronin

And now Genevieve had taken over. He'd move the sun if that's what it took to ensure her safety and happiness. Nothing was more important than her security. His focus was and had to be solely on her, for she had no other to champion her cause. If he didn't see to her happiness, who would? ~ Maya Banks

When I was a little girl everyone made fun of me and calling me awful names.Also saying i'm ugly and now i'm starting to believe it,because I can't seem to find a man that wants me so I go around the internet with a friends spreading false dating rumors on them being with me. ~ Genevieve Cortese

Once upon a time I thought I could change stories, make them go the way I wanted, instead of where they actually went. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

I may take a while to learn from my mistakes, but I get there eventually. ~ Genevieve Cogman

In the depths of darkness the sun
never shows, cold and empty with no hope.

On the surface it warms your soul, and all the toxic energy settles below. ~ Tristesse Genevieve

She sighs, breathing smoke through her lips. "Might as well dance. ~ Genevieve Valentine

It is in the consideration of Love as the director of your behavior, that all the laws of any religion are fulfilled. ~ Genevieve Gerard

Poetry has a small audience, but a large influence. ~ Genevieve Taggard

Life was much easier before I had to worry about everyone else worrying,' Irene muttered. 'It's called growing up, dear. It comes with staying alive. ~ Genevieve Cogman

Kai's fingers bit into her shoulder hard enough to make her refocus. 'If you pass out on me now, I'm going to kill you,' he said conversationally. ~ Genevieve Cogman

I think the photographer is in love with the deaf woman, Genevieve says finally. Mercedes fingers the lip of her mug. How can you tell? He touches her the way we touch the books. ~ Lindsey Drager

Alfred was right about one ting. Ye are very beautiful when ye beg, Genevieve.

Soon, ye will never need ta beg me for anyting. I'll give ye everything. ~ Amy A. Bartol

He doesn't know it, but when Peter talks about Genevieve, he gets a certain softness in his face. It's tenderness mixed with impatience. And something else. Love. Peter can protest all he wants, but I know he still loves her. ~ Jenny Han

As trite as the thought was, even her butterflies got the butterflies with just a tilt of his lips, and it had always been so. ~ Genevieve Dewey

Here, you carry these. I may need my hands free.

Why the hell are we taking 'The Dream of the Red Chamber?' Light reading, if we get stuck on the subway?

No, in case we get stopped by some of Qing Song's minions who can't read Chinese.

Oh. Right. Hey, that's not a bad thought. Though if we're going to be throwing them away anyhow, why not take 'The Investiture of the Gods'...

Because I like 'The Investiture of the Gods' and I don't like 'The Dream of the Red Chamber'. ~ Genevieve Cogman

and the deepest, most fundamental part of her life involved a love of books. Right now, she wanted nothing more than to shut the rest of the world out, and have nothing to worry about, except the next page of whatever she was reading. ~ Genevieve Cogman

The power within you which enables you to form a thought-picture is the starting point of all there is. ~ Genevieve Behrend

Freddie often fold me that you've got to be happy when you can, because life won't wait for you to take the time. And she was right. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

It's a little mysterious to people who feel that they are unfulfilled to find that the feeling actually comes from other people's expectations. Once you discover how self-esteem works, you will begin to live your life to the full and learn to build a defense of confidence against self-esteem issues ever happening again. ~ Genevieve Amor

So I regard my part in Genevieve as a real challenge. ~ Dinah Sheridan

Once upon a time, in the final days before Salt and Marsh Witch War, four Boneless Mercies turned their backs on the death trade, and went west, seeking immortality. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

We only need to open our eyes to see the gifts that abound all around us. These are the simple joys in life. ~ Genevieve Gerard

For your sake I have braved the glen, and had to do with goblin merchant men. Eat me, drink me, love me. Hero, Wolf, make much of me. With clasping arms and cautioning lips, with tingling cheeks and fingertips, cooing all together. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

Did you think that if you created a fairy tale and made all of us play along, made me defeat a monster and become a hero ... you'd have a happy ending, like a princess in a hayloft story? ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

Before you rise every morning let your mind drift gently to the awareness of the support you can draw from this quiet moment as you align your life with your Soul purpose and gather around you and be receptive and connect to the love your Soul brings to you. ~ Genevieve Gerard

No, nothing much had changed in the old neighborhood. She was still just an actress in someone else's play. ~ Genevieve Dewey

There's truths and then there's truths, Violet. And some damn truths shouldn't be spoken out loud, or the Devil will hear, and then he'll come for you. Amen. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

Revenge. Justice. Love. They are the three stories that all other stories are made up of. It's the trifecta. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

If attics could make wishes, this one would have nothing to wish for. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

I will have some tea fetched. That is your society does drink tea? Always, Irene said. ~ Genevieve Cogman

Your life is not your own, Vi,' she said. 'Don't you know that? It belongs to the people who love you. So you need to take better care of it. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

you will never get rich if you spend your time complaining about money and being angry or jealous of those with money. You will never get a loving partner if you complain you're fat, stupid and ugly. ~ Genevieve Davis

and I would love to see them. She's really the one you should be discussing farming with." She looked up at him - finally - and the blue of her eyes ~ Genevieve Turner

one of the Library's mottos was borrowed directly from the great military thinker Clausewitz: no strategy ever survived contact with the enemy. Or, in the vernacular, Things Will Go Wrong. Be Prepared. She ~ Genevieve Cogman

The problem with paranoia was that if you let it rule all your decisions, then you would miss some perfectly good opportunities. ~ Genevieve Cogman

So much for a nice quiet evening with a good book. ~ Genevieve Cogman

I think that, in comparison, New Yorkers and Northerners are so guarded. ~ Genevieve Gorder

Love knows no time, or distance, and it certainly knows no reason. ~ Genevieve Dewey

Our town was small enough that I never developed a healthy fear of strangers. To me, they were exciting things, gift-wrapped and full of possibilities, the sweet smell of somewhere else wafting from them like perfume. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

All right, Irene thought, I have officially met someone who makes even more reckless plans than I do. 'This could indeed be the beginning of a beautiful friendship,' she agreed, and she couldn't help smiling. ~ Genevieve Cogman

Mother, please, hear me out. If there's something I've learned over the last few years, it's that everything people do is important. I happen to have chosen this particular thing to do with my life, and I was lucky enough to have the choice. ~ Genevieve Cogman

Or possibly possessiveness was a characteristic of draconic affection. They were supposed to be hoarders, after all. Not so different from Librarians. ~ Genevieve Cogman

Dear Genevieve," she would say, "I love that you are full of finer feelings and insist upon protecting me from myself, but if you do not rodger me this instant, I may perish away for the lack."
Although, did two ladies together call it rodgering? Or was there a proper, more feminine word? Gertruding, perhaps? ~ Gail Carriger

Y'ever notice that sometimes we get so focused on the path we're treadin' that we lose sight of where we're goin' in the first place? ~ Genevieve Dewey

Women were tricky creatures under the best of circumstances. This was not the best of circumstances. ~ Genevieve Dewey

The depth of my sorrow is the height of my joy. ~ Genevieve Gerard

I'm so used to talk-show hosts just giving you a sound bite and not really being interested. ~ Genevieve Gorder

Through the practice of meditation, when the mind is quieted and the emotions are calmed, the Soul shines forth in all of its glory. ~ Genevieve Gerard

And maybe then when they were all a family, Tommy would be able to see what Mary used to see, what his other children saw, not just a man who would kill for them but a man who would die for them ... the man underneath it all. ~ Genevieve Dewey

It's not about doing over the living room of someone who has bad taste in color. This is about restoring historic buildings and instilling pride in a community, which can be done through designing new public spaces and social gathering spots. ~ Genevieve Gorder

I had to tell someone that a panther-hipped boy had come to live in my backyard. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

This was like discovering your vanilla cupcake had a chocolate fudge center. ~ Genevieve Dewey

Intentions were powerful things. ~ Genevieve Dewey

Oprah has this intense curiosity that I haven't found with any interviewer. ~ Genevieve Gorder

Oh well, hindsight always had all the best ideas. ~ Genevieve Cogman

Then the howling started. It was either hellhounds or teenagers, and she suspected the former. ~ Genevieve Cogman

The perfect Librarian is calm, cool, collected, intelligent, multilingual, a crack shot, a martial artist, an Olympic-level runner (at both the sprint and marathon), a good swimmer, an expert thief, and a genius con artist. They can steal a dozen books from a top-security strongbox in the morning, discuss literature all afternoon, have dinner with the cream of society in the evening, and then stay up until midnight dancing, before stealing some more interesting tomes at three a.m. That's what a perfect Librarian would do. In practice, most Librarians would rather spend their time reading a good book. ~ Genevieve Cogman

I think he and the Princess are engaged in an unofficial game of Who Can Show They're More Important by Arriving Last, not that either of them would admit it. ~ Genevieve Cogman

Lots of people have bad stories, and if they wail and sob and tell their story to anyone who'll listen, it's crap. Or half crap, at least.The stuff that really hurts people, the stuff that almost breaks them ... that they won't talk about. Ever. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

Nothing about sex is casual. In the best situation, sex can create life, but more often it ruins lives. And so, it is a dance of trust. It is a dance of beauty and humility. ~ Genevieve Jack

All her life she had been taught that the Language allowed its users to shape reality. ~ Genevieve Cogman

The support of our Soul and the joy that it bestows is sufficient to our need and carries us forward. ~ Genevieve Gerard

When we have opened ourselves to give forgiveness or to accept forgiveness we have opened ourselves to touch the Divine. ~ Genevieve Gerard

I loved him. God help me, I loved him more than a girl has ever loved a boy. More than anyone has ever loved anyone. ~ April Genevieve Tucholke

You bring any cannoli?' Mickey whispered, trying to downplay his worry with humor.
'No, but I'm keeping my gun no matter what he says. ~ Genevieve Dewey

Oh, the sweet, painful pleasure of anticipation! ~ Genevieve Dewey

All my life I have been able to tell Ma everything. No matter how hard things got, I was always comforted by the fact that she was there for me, at our old home, keeping the fire burning in all of us, with love and advice, and meals that lasted late into the night. We didn't always get along. But she had our best interests at heart. Now I will never be able to sit with her and talk again. So I have written her this one last letter to tell her all of the things I never said when I had the chance. The most important things that I should have told her every day. ~ Genevieve Gannon

God wasn't powerful because he was right. He was right because he was powerful. ~ Genevieve