Jasper Dent Quotes

For his part, Jazz knew he was handsome. It had nothing to do with looking in the mirror, which he rarely did. It had everything to do with the way the girls at school looked at him, the way they became satellites when he walked by, their orbits contorted by his own mysterious gravity. If attention could be measured like the Doppler effect, girls would show a massive blue shift in his presence. In the last year or so, he had even remarked the scrutiny of older women - teachers, cashiers at stores, the woman who delivered UPS packages to his house. What had once been a maternal flavor in their glances had taken on a lingering, cool sort of appraisal. He could almost hear them thinking, Not yet. But soon.
Despite his upbringing, despite the infamy of his father, they still watched him. Or maybe because of it. Maybe Howie was right about bad boys. ~ Barry Lyga

Your words hurt, Jazz. They hurt like cotton balls thrown in my direction. ~ Barry Lyga

The only woman I have to be better than is the one I was yesterday...I have no competition. ~ Dawn Jasper

My Gullah grandfather is bringing a bag of dust to a vampire war. I feel better. ~ Elle Jasper

You wanna know if I'm religious? I sure haven't made a dent in the pew, but boy do I thank God. For ever morning I get to wake up and my coffee's hot and your mom's right there next to me at the breakfast table. I thank God I get to work this ranch for a living instead of having to put on a necktie and commute to some office. I get to smell sage and pinon instead of traffic exhaust. Somebody or something made a beautiful place in this ugly world, and saw fit to put me right in the middle of it. Now, whether there's some old fella with a beard floating on a cloud up there or just some...cosmic energy or whatnot, I got no idea. But whatever God is, wherever He lives, I thank Him because, I tell you what, I can look back on every minute of it, good and bad, and I can tell you that I've had one hell of a life. Pardon my French" -Walter ~ Meagan Brothers

Perhaps it was as well that she had been unconscious for four weeks. She had missed the aftermath, the SO-1 reports, the recriminations, Snood and Tamworth's funerals. She missed everything ... except the blame. It was waiting for her when she awoke ... ~ Jasper Fforde

Strive for the Long Now ~ Jasper Fforde

For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert. ~ Jasper Fforde

Live through it or grow from it. ~ Johnnie Dent Jr.

I wasn't particularly worried; running is overrated anyway, and sport only makes you sweaty and smug and wears out the knees. ~ Jasper Fforde

A strange fact of life is that usually people who are counted out somehow transform into the action figures doing the toughest of times that people can count on. ~ Johnnie Dent Jr.

Financial illiteracy is like being in a rain storm and trying to jump in between the raindrops ... eventually it all catches you at the same time. ~ Johnnie Dent Jr.

How many people want to read about three disreputable pigs and a dopey wolf with a disposition towards house demolition? ~ Jasper Fforde

We can throw all the money we want at the gates of hell, not going to make a dent. The solutions to all of our problems can be found through prayer. ~ Patrick Lai

Writing needs to be practiced; there is a limit to how much can be gleaned from a teacher or a manual. The true essence of writing is out there, in the world, and inside, within yourself. To write, you have to give. ~ Jasper Fforde

My personal definition of confidence is to keep believing that the stars in the solar system are actually watching and applauding you. ~ Johnnie Dent Jr.

Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it. ~ Jasper Johns

You have to take positions on bills. There is no button for maybe or possibly. ~ Charlie Dent

Good evening," said the barman. "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" "Because Poe wrote on both? ~ Jasper Fforde

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life. ~ Jasper Johns

Though his death would not fill me with any sense of sadness, I would probably feel the loss. Even enemies are part of one. ~ Jasper Fforde

I also read about Heathcliff's unexpected three-year career in Hollywood under the name Buck Stallion and his eventual return to the pages of Wuthering Heights. ~ Jasper Fforde

As for gun control advocates, I have no hope whatever that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking - or lack of thinking. ~ Thomas Sowell

I am just trying to find a way to make pictures. ~ Jasper Johns

London thou art a jewel of jewels, & jasper of jocunditie -- music, talk, friendship, city views, books, publishing, something central & inexplicable. ~ Virginia Woolf

Baby listen to me". He is holding me arm's length away, his eyes searching my face. I'll never leave you. I am yours forever. Losing you is not an option". ~ Monica James

We need to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy. ~ Charlie Dent

Besides, Reyna will do what she can to slow things down. She's still on our side. I know she is."
"You trust her." Piper's voice sounded hollow, even to herself.
"Look Pipes. I told you, you've got nothing to be jealous about."
"She's beautiful. She's powerful. Se's so ... Roman."
Jason put down his hammer. He took her hand, which sent a tingle up her arm. Piper's dad had once taken her to the Aquarium of the Pacific and shown her an electric eel. He told her that the eel sent out pulses that shocked and paralyzed its prey. Each time Jason looked at her or touched her hand, Piper felt like that.
"You're beautiful and powerful," he said. "And I don't want you to be Roman. I want you to be Piper. Besides, we're a team, you and me. ~ Rick Riordan

We know the soul-spirit can be injured, even maimed, but it is very nearly impossible to kill. You can dent the soul and bend it. You can hurt it and scar it. You can leave the marks of illness upon it, and scorch marks of fear. But it does not die, for it protected by La Loba... ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Bella Swan: Jasper? Are you sure there's nothing I can do to help?
Jasper Hale: Well just your presence alone, your scent, will distract the newborns. Their hunting instinct will take over, and drive 'em crazy.
Bella Swan: Good, I'm glad.
[Jasper nods and begins to walk away]
Bella Swan: .
Bella Swan: Hey,
[Jasper turns around]
Bella Swan: how do you know so much about this?
Jasper Hale: I didn't have quite the same upbringing as my adopted siblings.
[Rolls up sleeves and shows Bella his arms, which have bite marks on them]
Jasper Hale: .
Bella Swan: [Hops off Jeep] Those bites are like mine.
Jasper Hale: Battle scars
[smiles]
Jasper Hale: . All the training the Confederate Army gave me was useless against the newborns, but still, I never lost a fight.
Bella Swan: Hey, this - this happened during the Civil War?
Jasper Hale: I was the youngest major in the Texas Calvary, all without having seen any real battle.
Bella Swan: Until...?
Jasper Hale: Till I met a certain immortal... Maria ~ David Slade

Journeys up the Metaphoric River are hugely enjoyable and highly recommended. Since every genre is nourished by its heady waters, a paddle steamer can take even the most walk-shy tourists to their chosen destination. As a bonus, there is traditionally at least one murder on board each trip
a "consideration" to the head steward will ensure that it is not you. ~ Jasper Fforde

I don't think there is a good reason for an abortion, but Dr. Jasper made me really realize it was just a racket. He was just doing it for the money. He didn't care about the women. ~ Norma McCorvey

Love and magic are like oil and water
they just don't mix. ~ Jasper Fforde

Keep your small shy away from the dent you make. ~ Farrah Field

When you work you learn something about what you are doing and you develop habits and procedures out of what you're doing. ~ Jasper Johns

A - ris - ta?" Degan asked, sounding horse. "What is it?"
"A rat bit me," she said, once again shocked by her own rasping voice.
"Jasper does that if - " Gaunt coughed and hacked. After a moment, he
spoke again. "If he thinks you're dead or too weak to fight."
"Jasper?"
"I call him that, but I've also named the stones in my cell."
"I only counted mine," Arista said.
"Two hundred and thirty-four," Degan replied instantly.
"I have two hundred and twenty-eight."
"Did you count the cracked ones as two?"
"No. ~ Michael J. Sullivan

Of all the Winter Service Industries, the Winter Consul was the most dangerous. Few who joined expected to last out the decade, yet recruitment was never much of a problem. You didn't find the job, they said, it found you. No-one ever who entered the Winter voluntarily wasn't trying to leave something behind. ~ Jasper Fforde

Jasper chuckled, shaking his head. You truly are one frightening little monster. ~ Stephenie Meyer

It is a better to have your own plan to make it happen;
Since something is going to happen either way. ~ Johnnie Dent Jr.