Harte Quotes

Howbeit, though no scholar, I am not one of those who misuse the English speech, and, being foolishly led by the hasty custom of scriveners and printers to write the letters "T" and "H" joined together, which resembleth a "Y," do incontinently jump to the conclusion the THE is pronounced "Ye,"
the like of which I never heard in all England. ~ Bret Harte

Perhaps there is no gift of nature that requires as little exertion on the part of the owner as personal beauty. I am not certain but that it is this very absence of effort which excites our admiration. ~ Bret Harte

Faygne woulde I curse thee further, botte mie tyngue
Denies mie harte the favoure soe toe doe. ~ Thomas Chatterton

Zack stood, and Ace pulled him back to the bed. Zack landed with an oomph. "Sorry." Ace tried to be gentle as he pushed Zack to lie straight, the way he'd suggested. "What the fuck?" Zack's voice was muffled by the pillow Ace shoved under his face. "Just relax and enjoy. I'm not coming on to you, for Christ's sake. I'm just trying to be nice. Accept it," he barked, his glare fading when he felt Zack chuckle. "Ass." Zack sighed and settled into the bed.

-Ace & Zack ~ Marie Harte

Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'. ~ Barbara Park

I never said you were my friend. I just didn't have the guts to tell you to leave. ~ Kris Harte

Love differs from all the other contagious diseases: the last time a man is exposed to it, he takes it most readily, and has it the worst! ~ Bret Harte

It may be broadly stated that ... of all animals kept for the recreation of mankind the horse is alone capable of exciting a passion that shall be absolutely hopeless. ~ Bret Harte

She deleted the messages he continued to leave on her phone and set her ringer to identify his calls - what she should have done a week ago. The minute Loser by Beck played, she'd know it was him. ~ Marie Harte

For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies. ~ Bret Harte

Don't start telling yourself stories about me, Esta. I'm not some knight in shining armor. I don't have some hidden heart of gold. I'm a bastard, in every sense of the word."
"Who said I want you to be anything but what you are? I like your angles and your edges," she told him, hoping he could hear the truth in her words. "I have plenty of my own, you know. ~ Lisa Maxwell

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones. ~ Bret Harte

If I go to prison, will you arrange conjugal visits? ~ Jenna Harte

They were sitting on opposite sides of the board, playing each other in hopes of gaining the same prize. ~ Lisa Maxwell

If you blink enough and relax a whole new world is opened to you. ~ Kris Harte

The dominant expression of a child is gravity. ~ Bret Harte

It was as if her heart was in a vise, squeezing tighter and tighter until she couldn't breathe. The worst part was she was the one who had tightened the screws. ~ Jenna Harte

Tommy, you're a good little man, but you can't gamble worth a cent. Don't try it over again.' He then handed him his money back, pushed him gently from the room, and so made a devoted slave of Tom Simson. ~ Bret Harte

flags would be their final memory of loved ones. "Did Glen have any news?" Carolyn asked. Though the censors would not let them mention anything in their letters, men at the front sometimes heard about planned ~ Amanda Harte

Each lost day has its patron saint! ~ Bret Harte

It would seem evident, therefore, that the secret of the American short story was the treatment of characteristic American life, with absolute knowledge of its peculiarities and sympathy with its method ... ~ Bret Harte

Nellie was a good girl, and I think had a sort of quiet respect for old Fagg's unobtrusiveness. But her fancy was already taken captive by Rattler's superficial qualities, which were obvious and pleasing. I don't think Nellie was any worse than you or I. We are more apt to take acquaintances at their apparent value than their intrinsic worth. It's less trouble, and, except when we want to trust them, quite as convenient. ~ Bret Harte

Besides writing, I have been teaching myself to 'develop' my own photographic plates, and I haven't a stick of clothing or an exposed finger that isn't stained. I sit for hours in a dark-room feeling as if I were a very elderly Faust at some dreadful incantation, and come out of it, blinding at the light, like a Bastille prisoner. And yet I am not successful! ~ Bret Harte

The small words hurt the most. ~ Kris Harte

A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing. ~ Bret Harte

Wowers never speede well, that have a false harte. ~ Nicholas Udall

If he didn't get his cookie, then Harte would reacquaint himself with his hand. ~ Belinda McBride

If, of all words of tongue and pen, The saddest are, It might have been,' More sad are these we daily see: 'It is, but hadn't ought to be!' ~ Bret Harte

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. ~ Bret Harte

Those in power write the history while those who suffer write the songs. ~ Frank Harte

Are you trying to blackmail me?" she asked.
"Not trying, no. Not yet, at least." He smiled pleasantly, because he had the sense it would irritate her even more. "But give me time, and I might find something I want from you."
She let out a derisive laugh. "In your dreams."
He winked. "Every night, sweetheart. ~ Lisa Maxwell

She kept him on his toes every time they met, so it was only fair he got to do the same. Never mind how much he was growing to like their games. ~ Lisa Maxwell

Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again. ~ Bret Harte

I'm here with you. Even when you can't see me, know that I am here with you."
said by Garrett from Sacred Secrets ~ Roxy Harte

He wished . . . He didn't know what he wished. That he hadn't seen the intentions behind those honey-colored eyes of hers? That he hadn't predicted her duplicity so easily? Or maybe, stupid as he was, he wished that he could stop himself from the inevitability of hurting her? But wishes were for children, and he'd grown up a long time ago. Only one of them could win this game, and it had to be him. ~ Lisa Maxwell

When I am lonely for boys what I miss is their bodies. The smell of their skin, its saltiness. The rough whisper of stubble against my cheek. The strong firm hands, the way they rest on the curve of my back. ~ A.M. Harte

They weren't so different, the two of them. They'd both been abandoned by their parents, but at least she'd had the Professor. He'd seen something in her worth saving, but Harte never had that. She still might not trust him, but she understood him. The drive that made him who he was, the determination to prove himself - the bone-deep need to belong somewhere - those were all things she knew very well. She understood the hurt, too. The fear that there was something intrinsically wrong with you to make the people who were supposed to love you leave. The way that fear either hardened you or destroyed you. It had turned into a sort of armor for her, another weapon in her arsenal, and she suspected the same was true of Harte. ~ Lisa Maxwell

Trying to predict whether global warming will moderate the next ice age is not only impossible but irrelevant. It doesn't help us get through the next few centuries. And one can only imagine our future, shivering, ice age descendants cursing us for leaving them no fossil fuel to create a global warming "greenhouse" effect when one is really needed. ~ John Harte

But, when the goddess' work is done,The woman's still remains. ~ Bret Harte

You must be desperate if you're asking Mom for adivce. Did she sit you down on the couch ?"
"I'm not a patient of hers, asswipe. I'm her favorite son." Derrick ignored Gage's huff. The little snot. (...)
"Favorite, my ass. She pities you. Gage is nothing more than a baby-maker. I'm the favorite." Dylan preened, pulling at the cuffs on his designer shirt. "Culture, charm, good looks and a real occupation. What's not to love ~ Marie Harte

He was known to be a gambler; he was suspected to be a thief. ~ Bret Harte

He tasted like chocolate and sin. ~ Jenna Harte

The creator who could put a cancer in a believer's stomach is above being
interfered with by prayers. ~ Bret Harte

Crude at first [the short story] received a literary polish in the press, but its dominant quality remained. It was concise and condense, yet suggestive. It was delightfully extravagant - or a miracle of understatement ~ Bret Harte

Don't be too quickTo break bad habits: better stick,Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic. ~ Bret Harte

The small words hurt the most." - Kris Harte ~ Kathryn Perez

Harte sent one of her revived men after him, and Pat sent him back in boxes. ~ Rachel Caine

You know,sometimes when people leave us,they leave big holes in our hearts.Some people talk about those holes all the time,hoping words will close them up.Other people pretend the hole aren't there,so that maybe they'll heal if they aren't bothered with so much ~ Marie Harte

All you have to do is flash those blue-green eyes and show your dimple and it's all over with. ~ Jenna Harte

There is peace in the swamp, though the quiet is Death ~ Bret Harte

When your afraid of something
you hide behind a mask.
It might be to protect yourself,
But if you hide long enough
then you forget who you really are.
You must come out. ~ Kris Harte

The morning was bright and propitious. Before their departure, mass had been said in the chapel, and the protection of St. Ignatius invoked against all contingent evils, but especially against bears, which, like the fiery dragons of old, seemed to cherish unconquerable hostility to the Holy Church. ("The Legend Of Monte Del Diablo"). ~ Bret Harte