Gottwald Crane Quotes

I kinda like it that I can stand on my own," I said with a smirk.
"Let's not make it a habit, ok? I'm not thrilled with this discovery of yours." He cracked a playful smile. "I much prefer to order you around and you just do whatever I say."
"Your high handedness is impressive," I mused. ~ Shelly Crane

Every sin is the result of collaboration. ~ Stephen Crane

What made pigs different? Why were they bred for food and held in captivity, while dogs and cats were welcomed into our homes and treated like family? Aside from physicality, we could see no difference between her and our dogs. ~ Caprice Crane

I love you with all that I am, ~ Shelly Crane

Because that's how memories work. They come back to you, knock you down, and beg you to surrender. ~ Rebekah Crane

Do you still want this?" she asked in a whisper.
"More than I want to breathe," he said in a groan. ~ Shelly Crane

Most of the time, I feel like a total fraud. Like I have no idea how I've made it this far without the world figuring out that I have no idea what I'm doing or that I'm relying on some sign or the fact that I glanced at the clock at 11:11 or the fact that Paul McCartney's "With a Little Luck" was playing on the radio when my alarm woke me up to give me a little extra confidence that "we can make this whole damn thing work out." This "whole damn thing" being my life. ~ Caprice Crane

Sometimes, knowing when to let go is just as important as knowing when to hold tight. ~ Shelly Crane

Hearing my name reminds me of rejection, hope, and tears all masked with a smile. ~ E.M. Crane

A path. A career. Maybe even ... a purpose," Ariadne said. "Something you can do that you can believe in, that will challenge you, that won't leave you hating your life and questioning why you're even doing what you're doing." She laughed, a low, quiet laugh that had no real mirth behind it. "Unless you'd like to get to age forty and wake up to wonder where your life went. ~ Robert J. Crane

Tabloid photos capture people at their most self-conscious and disoriented; in real life, Paris Hilton is like an elegant paper crane. ~ Diablo Cody

Tell it, Fanny. About the crowds, streets, buildings, lights, about the whirligig of loneliness, about the humpty-dumpty clutter of longings. And then explain about the summer parks and the white snow and the moon window in the sky. Throw in a poignantly ironical dissertation on life, on its uncharted aimlessness, and speak like Sherwood Anderson about the desire that stir in the heart. Speak like Remy de Gourmont and Dostoevsky and Stevie Crane, like Schopenhauer and Dreiser and Isaiah; speak like all the great questioners whose tongues have wagged and whose hearts have burned with questions. He will listen bewilderedly and, perhaps, only perhaps, understand for a moment the dumb pathos of your eyes. ~ Ben Hecht

I've only met Reed twice," I said. Kind of sad, but that made him my oldest friend. "And I have no idea who this new guy is. Just for the record, I'm calling him 'Full Metal Jackass' because he's a sucker-punching douchebag, and I hop you'll join me in that by putting it on his official file or threat designator or whatever you use to keep track of metas that cross you."
"Duly noted. We have concerns." She folded her hands again.
"So do I," I agreed. "Most of them involve your fashion sense, with a few left to spare for the armor-clad whackjob that b**** slapped me around a parking lot this morning. ~ Robert J. Crane

Lo and behold! God made this starry wold, The maggot and the mold; lo and behold! He taught the grass contentment blade by blade, The sanctity of sameness in a shade. ~ Nathalia Crane

We wanted to create an environment where if a game player enjoyed the 'writing style' of a particular game designer, he or she could look for the next game by that same author and not be disappointed. ~ David Crane

Are you sure we shouldn't have the cops or more guys or something?"
"Don't you worry, buttercup," Francis says. "Anything more is extra time and a herd of elephants. ~ Carolyn Crane

Time stops for no one, no matter how unsure we are of the future. ~ Rebekah Crane

How does someone domesticate a horse?" "They break it," I said with a hint of defiance. "Do I look broken to you?" "Looks ~ Robert J. Crane

Thus is the blessing of Chi-Ji," the crane said. "No more shall die this day. Take this second chance, and use it wisely. ~ Christie Golden

Give me the breath in your lungs, all the steps you took to get here, the only heart you got, your very soul. I want all there is, Soph. ~ Shelly Crane

Jason: I'm all for hobbies, but you think this is the time for origami? Whatcha making, a crane? ~ Rachel Caine

If I am going to be drowned - if I am going to be drowned - if I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and trees? ~ Stephen Crane

Share toothbrush with him? I'd never even thought about this before. Did married people share their toothbrush normally? His mocking voice belted over the waterfall,'don't overthink this, baby'.He poaked his head out once more.'My tounge has been in your mouth ~ Shelly Crane

I worked with a man named Patty Crane who was Errol Flynn's stand-in back in the '30s in Hollywood. ~ David James Elliott

A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself. ~ Frank Crane

I have consumed more drink than the first
one hundred men you will pass
on the street
or meet in the madhouse.
I scratch my belly and dream of the
albatross.
I have joined the great drunks of
the centuries:
Li Po, Toulouse-Lautrec, Crane, Faulkner.
I have been selected
but by whom? ~ Charles Bukowski

I looked up, but had to crane my head back, leaving the features above me wrong-side up. The clear green eyes were the same, and, unfortunately, so was the spiky blond hair. It didn't look any better from this angle, I decided. ~ Karen Chance

You can have one of mine," he says. "i'll yank one out right now."
no, that won't count. It has to be the lash that naturally falls out. "
He gets on his knees and starts looking for my lash. ~ Caprice Crane

It was easier to be a leader when you weren't surrounded by total idiots. ~ Robert J. Crane

Every sin is the result of a colaboration ~ Stephen Crane

Tolstoi made the writing of Stephen Crane on the Civil War seem like the brilliant imagining of a sick boy who had never seen war but had only read the battles and chronicles and seen the Brady ~ Ernest Hemingway,

You are the light in a dark place. You are the water to my drought. You are everything I never knew existed and everything I wanted all at the same time. ~ Shelly Crane

Because the things you do for blood - for family - well, I think they cause most of us more problems than can be fairly called our share. And the things you do for the people you call family who aren't blood ... some of them are even worse. ~ Robert J. Crane

Love is pretty much a decision anyway. Just like happiness. You can decide to either love someone or not, be happy or not. The rest is just commitment to the idea. ~ Caprice Crane

To remain in love for a lifetime : listen actively to your partner, ask questions, give answers, appreciate, stay attractive, include your partner, give him/her privacy, be honest and trustworthy, tell your mate what you need, accept his/her shortcomings as who they are, give respect in all things, never threaten to leave, say 'no' to adultery, and cultivate variety in your activities to keep things fresh. You can never say 'I love you' too many times and you should say it every day. Even though you've been together forever it seems, you should still continue to 'date' your mate and find new ways to fall in love with them every. Single. Day. ~ Shelly Crane

Once upon a time there was a beautiful Indian maiden, of course. ~ Stephen Crane

I felt it in my head, in my heart, and on my lips, and it was beautiful; a breath of hope for someone who'd been hopeless for far too long. ~ Robert J. Crane

Wendy warmed my heart, earned my trust, touched my soul, and then touched me in a lot of other places. And right after we'd slept together for the very first time she looked up at me with her chocolate-brown, trustworthy doe eyes and said, I've got herpes. I thought you should know. ~ Caprice Crane

I lowered onto the sweetest mouth I'd ever tasted and I never wanted to taste another for, God, thank you, she was the only thing that kept me from falling over the edge to the end of me. ~ Shelly Crane