Kate Shugak Series Quotes

We need more bodies, 'cause it's not looking enough like the last scene in Hamlet already.
Chopper Jim Chopin ~ Dana Stabenow

The blogosphere rewards no-holds-barred smartassery. ~ Dana Stabenow

Once in a while, I like to polish my halo by taking on a case pro bono. ~ Dana Stabenow

To be a writer is to embrace rejection as a way of life. ~ Dana Stabenow

Could I be brave enough to look lower? I could. His black tee shirt licked his hard body and I could only guess what was hidden underneath it. His faded jeans hung dangerously low, revealing a slice of his narrow hips, and I could easily imagine the rest. ~ Jennifer Loiske

I - I mean," Kate stumbled on, "that with us there is a time past and time present, and time future, and with your gods perhaps there is time forever; but God in Himself has the whole of it, all times at once. It would be true to say that He came into our world and died here, in a time and a place; but it would also be true to say that in His eternity it is always That Place and That Time - here - and at this moment - and the power He had then, He can give to us now, as much as He did to those who saw and touched Him when He was alive on the earth. ~ Elizabeth Marie Pope

Moments like this should have been glorious, and they never were. The monsters always looked so ordinary and pathetic, in the flesh. ~ Kate Quinn

A series of prohibitions called the Law - I had already heard them recited - battled in their minds with the deep-seated, ever-rebellious cravings of their animal natures. This Law they were perpetually repeating, I found, and - perpetually breaking. ~ H.G.Wells

I'm really sorry," I whispered. "I can't do this."
"Can't do what?"
"Life," I muttered under my breath. "It wasn't meant for me. ~ Kate McCarthy

I love films, I love movies, I love television, I love television series, I love the internet, I love anything that enhances images. But most of all, I love, love movies. ~ Nicolas Winding Refn

Hannah Rose Brown was not quite 13 years old when she discovered her family was cursed. THE PUZZLE RING ~ Kate Forsyth

All those people - poor Sr. Marquez, Ana-Letitia, Sergio - they died because of me? I brought that down on them? Oh, God!"
Then she turned and fled up the stairs.
"Well, I'd say you handled that with great sensivity."
"Go to hell, Hunter!" Zach stood there, staring after her.
"Your first. ~ Pamela Clare

Experiencing those moments of being alone ... is a very, very weird flooring and exposing position to be in when you're just not used to it ... But I've never been lonely. And with my kids Mia and Joe that remains the case. ~ Kate Winslet

Perhaps the so-called civilized world was a great noisy burden beneath all its wonders, and it was a relief to let go of it for a while. ~ Dani Harper

In many cases it is not one series of consequences will serve the turn, but many different and opposite deductions must be examined and laid together, before a man can come to make a right judgment of the point in question. What then can be expected from men that neither see the want of any such kind of reasoning as this, nor, if they do, know they how to set about it, or could perform it? ~ John Locke

God is that force that drives us to really see each other and to really behold each other and care for each other and respond to each other. And for me, that is actually enough. That cultivating it, that thinking about it, worshipping it, working towards it, taking care of it, nurturing it in myself, nurturing it in other people, that really is a life's work right there, and it doesn't have to be any bigger than that. God doesn't have to be out in the next solar system over bashing asteroids together. It's plenty, just the God that I work with. Kate Braestrup ~ Krista Tippett

We've a bond, haven't we, Goaty? Fellow victims. Partners in survival. Though God knows what my mum will say If I try and take him home... ~ Kate Cann

I suddenly remember an old game I used to play when I was nine or ten, and I was allowed to ride my bike until it got dark. I used to make little bets with myself as I watched the sun getting lower and lower on the horizon: If I hold my breath to twenty seconds, the night won't come. If I don't blink. If I stand so still a fly lands on my cheek. Now, I find myself doing the same thing, bargaining to keep Kate, even though that isn't the way it works. ~ Jodi Picoult

I find it very difficult to say no when I'm in Ireland. You do end up going around doing lots of events and things and not getting work done, and it's not just a question of having hours at the desk. ~ Kate Thompson

Do we miss out on love because we are working so hard? Or are we working so hard because we missed out on love? ~ Kate McGahan

Her room only really provided a safe space to fall apart. The falling apart was inevitable. With the door closed against the outside world she could stop pretending that she was any good at basic functioning. She and life didn't always seem to like each other much. But her room only really provided a safe space to fall apart. The falling apart was inevitable. With the door closed against the outside world she could stop pretending that she was any good at basic functioning.

She and life didn't always seem to like each other much. It was nice to be able to admit it. ~ Kate Scelsa

Let me get you all some punch," I said.
"You're leaving us?" said Isabel, sounding panicky.
"I'll be right back," I promised. "If anyone comes near you, just scream and run. ~ Kenneth Oppel

But aren't all of us like a fine weaving? The pattern the world sees often hides the threads." Tess ~ Kate Elliott

Angel clicked on a few more pictures on the screen, and Alex made small talk about the place. Then he finally walked away. He stopped just before walking out.

"Did Valerie say anything else to Sarah?"
Angel glanced back at him. "About what?"
"You know about that guy she's seeing."

Angel turned his attention back to the computer. "No, not really."

Alex frowned. He wasn't one of those guys, so he wasn't about to keep asking. If Angel knew anything, he'd tell him. He'd just have to wait until the rehearsal dinner.

He started back out when Angel spoke up. "I'm not sure, because she didn't actually tell me, but I overheard Sarah on the phone last night. It sounded like Valerie was telling her about him."

"Yeah, what did you hear?"

Angel looked up trying to remember. Something seemed to come to him but he hesitated. "I don't think you wanna hear it, Alex. I know I wouldn't."

Alex squeezed the doorway with his hand. What the hell could he have heard? "Tell me."

Angel shook his head and looked back at the monitor. "Only reason I caught my attentions was because I overheard Sarah ask her something about wearing lingerie."

Alex felt the hair on the back of his neck rise and his gut tightened. He banged his fist against the doorway. He didn't need to hear any more. Angel had been right that's the last thing he needed right now. He charged back out of the office, infuriated wi ~ Elizabeth Reyes

How calm the house was. How deceptive that could be. One could lose everything in the blink of an eye, the slip of a foot. "One must avoid dark thoughts at all costs," she said to Ursula. ~ Kate Atkinson

'Holy Smoke' is very brave because I don't think it's easy to watch. ~ Kate Winslet

Sharon spoke slowly and carefully. It was, she'd found, the best way to create an illusion of shamanly wisdom, as people often mistook cautious speech for being thoughtful instead of panic-struck. ~ Kate Griffin

I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which is limited to a kind of mediocrity that sponsors are just dying to have right now, and the public, for some reason, is unconsciously demanding. ~ Jackie Cooper

The delicous breath of rain was in the air. ~ Kate Chopin

I see you as series of gestures, a palette of colors -all these tiny tiles pixelate, and then coalesce ... into the idea of you ... ~ John Geddes

It should have been awkward. They'd taken their relationship from casual to over-the-top intimate in six-point-two seconds, without all the typical steps in between.
But all Dani could think, wrapped in Carter's arms, was that finally she was right where she was supposed to be. ~ Kate Davies

What can I do?" Klaus asked.
"You can pray this works," Violet said, but the Baudelaire sisters were so quick with their tasks that there was no time for even the shortest of religious ceremonies. ~ Lemony Snicket

People aren't daft, ... give 'em a bit of love and they'll never stray. ~ Kate Morton

There is nothing more profound, nor will there ever be, than your place in the heart of the woman you love. ~ Kate Stewart

Have you called the alphas?"
"Yes."
"The rats, too?"
He bristled. "What about the rats?"
"They think you're hiding information from them"
"I hide information from everyone. Do they think they're special? ~ Ilona Andrews

He thought about her laughter. The sunshine. He lived in a dark place. Just listening to the sound of her voice took him out of it. ~ Christine Feehan

Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous. ~ Kate McKinnon

He held her, his arms tight around her, trying to tell her without words, that no matter what, he would be there for her ~ Christine Feehan

Love and loss come in equal measure. ~ Kate Lord Brown

I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing. ~ Kate Grenville

Sexism is hence to bad science as misogyny is to moralism. Sexism wears a lab coat; misogyny goes on witch hunts. ~ Kate Manne

Life is a series of lessons in which there is never enough learned. ~ Diamond Ryan

In each age there is a series of pressing questions which must be asked and answered. On the correctness of the questions depends the survival of those who ask; on the quality of the answers depends the quality of the life those survivors will lead. ~ Margaret Mead

I feel like I'm exactly where I should be. ~ Kate Mara

It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true - to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this. ~ Kate Christensen