Kathleen Collins Quotes

He rode home with her to New Jersey and she took him into the backyard to look at her father's roses . . . to look at her childhood, to look at what pricked and stung and was difficult to forgive. He looked at the house and the yard and her family . . . And it seemed to her that everything changed. Was forgiven. The ~ Kathleen Collins

...later she would laugh when she discovered that meaninglessness came from the dark shaft of gloom that surrounded her day and night, and that ecstasy was just a sunny room away. ~ Kathleen Collins

She could feel her skin turning darker while he lay there and stared at her; her hair felt not only short but unbelievably bushy. ~ Kathleen Collins

...Juliana. Should you cease to exist, so would I. ~ Kathleen Collins

It was only sunlight she needed. Pure, delicious sunlight flooding through a room.) ~ Kathleen Collins

You thought it could wait, it was so alive you thought it could wait, that it took no effort because you could laugh, talk, go inside, find pure cream waiting for you. You turned into a dumb motherfucker and switched track, agreed to go work in Japan for six months, backed away as if every day this came your way, every day you could touch, play, connect, make dumb jokes, absurd gestures, feel the fuse between us, what are you calling me now for? I saw it way back, I saw it, I wanted it, waited around for you to see it, what are you calling me now for when i was right in the palm of your hand, damn it? ~ Kathleen Collins

Our minds are intricate. Our desires are complex. We are gorgeously contradictory in our epistemologies. We were not invented yesterday. Kathleen ~ Kathleen Collins

They will pass the winter in this desultory fashion. The ~ Kathleen Collins

Then I take a deep breath and open the door. My mother and sister are home for 18:00 - Reflection, a half hour of downtime before dinner. I see the concern on their faces as they try to gauge my emotional state. Before anyone can ask anything, I empty my game bag and it becomes 18:00 - Cat Adoration. ~ Suzanne Collins

I am 100 percent supportive of the stand-alone bill to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' that Sens. Lieberman and Collins have now proposed, and indeed I will co-sponsor that legislation. It is time for this discriminatory policy to end, and I am willing to pursue any effective legislative path that could lead to that result. ~ Carl Levin

I don't know if I necessarily fit in the action-thriller genre, but I'd love to do something where I could actually kick some butt and then tell a few jokes. That would be awesome! That would be my dream job. ~ Kathleen Rose Perkins

The idea that I've wounded the brute's tiny cat feelings just invites further taunting. But Prim's genuinely distressed for him. So instead, I visualize Buttercup's fur lining a pair of gloves, an image that has helped me deal with him over the years. ~ Suzanne Collins

I'm in a shallow hole, not filled with the humming orange bubbles of my hallucination but with old, dead leaves. ~ Suzanne Collins

In my youth, I should have chafed and fretted under the irritation of my own unreasonable state of mind. In my age, I knew better, and went out philosophically to walk it off. ~ Wilkie Collins

Ew.'
'Yeah,' Claire said. 'I need a shower.'
'I don't think a shower's going to cut it. Maybe fire hoses, and those brushes they use on elephants.' Eve stepped back and offered Shane a hand up as he finally got untangled.
'Speaking of elephants, you sounded like a herd of something coming down the stairs,' he said. 'What the hell are your shoes made of? Hooves? ~ Rachel Caine

I can hear President Snow's voice in my head. 'On the seventy-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the capital, the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors. ~ Suzanne Collins

After seeing South America, my eyes were open to the suffering and injustices in the world. I wanted to keep exploring so I could do something to make the world better. I was on a quest to change the world; I for sure changed my own world. ~ Kathleen Parisien

Does everyone look younger asleep? ~ Suzanne Collins

I'm so lonely in the world I want to peel all of my flesh off and walk, just bone and gristle, straight into the river, to be swallowed. ~ Kathleen Glasgow

What is to prevent, say, an uprising? ~ Suzanne Collins

I didn't even know what the word lesbian meant until I was called one ... and then I had to look it up in the dictionary. ~ Kathleen Hanna

If I burn, you burn with me ~ Suzanne Collins

And once we reach the city, my stylist will dictate my look for the opening ceremonies tonight anyway. I just hope I get one who doesn't think nudity is the last word in fashion. ~ Suzanne Collins

At this point, godless materialists might be cheering. If humans evolved strictly by mutation and natural selection, who needs God to explain us? To this, I reply: I do. The comparison of chimp and human sequences, interesting as it is, does not tell us what it means to be human. In my views, DNA sequence alone, even if accompanied by a vast trove of data on biological function, will never explain certain special human attributes, such as the knowledge of the Moral Law and the universal search for God. Freeing God from the burden of special acts of creation does not remove Him as the source of the things that make humanity special, and of the universe itself. It merely shows us something of how He operates. ~ Francis S. Collins

There are still women who are not living their own lives, but living through their men or their children. ~ Kathleen Turner

Shane said, "Don't worry. I'll protect you."
Claire hit him in the shoulder. "I don't need you to protect me."
"Then why am I going first?"
"So you can take the first punch while I throw the second?"
"So I'm bait? Ouch. You've been in Morganville way too long, girl. ~ Rachel Caine

If I hear the word 'retire,' it makes me want to throw up. And then do what? Sit around all day watching television? ~ Joan Collins

He shook his head. "You didn't do anything. It'd be like blaming a tornado for ripping through a trailer park. The tornado's just minding its own business. It can't help what it is."
A tornado. Something that destroyed everything in its path. A natural disaster. Me. ~ Kathleen Peacock

I'm sure they didn't notice anything but you. You should wear flames more often," he says. "They suit you. ~ Suzanne Collins

West turned his attention back to Cassandra. "Sweetheart, none of us could bear seeing you in a one-sided marriage. Don't expect Severin to change. You can't love someone into loving you back."
"I understand," Cassandra said. "But even if Tom is never able to return my feelings, he has qualities that make up for it."
"What qualities?" Devon asked, plainly bewildered. "I've always thought I understood you well, but this … you and Severin … it makes no sense to me."
As Cassandra considered how to explain, she heard Phoebe point out with a touch of amusement, "It's not that improbable, is it? Mr. Severin is a very attractive man."
Both Ravenel brothers looked at her blankly.
"Oh, yes," Kathleen agreed. "Not to mention charming."
West rolled his eyes and gave Devon a resigned glance. "He's always had it," he said flatly. "That thing women like."
"What thing?" Devon asked.
"The secret, mysterious thing I've always wished someone would explain so we could pretend to have it too. ~ Lisa Kleypas

I think my biggest fear is dying. Although sometimes my biggest fear is not dying. But yeah, I think health stuff for me is more what I'm afraid of. ~ Kathleen Hanna

When I was younger I dated women. I even got engaged. I thought I had to live a certain way. I thought I needed to marry a woman and raise kids with her. I kept telling myself the sky was red, but I always knew it was blue. ~ Jason Collins

Directing is a lot of fun, but you have to be on your toes every minute. If you zone out for even a second, you'll miss something and things will get screwed up. And here's a little secret that I'm going to let out of the bag: That is not the case with acting. ~ Misha Collins

If we burn, you burn with us. ~ Suzanne Collins

It's your own fault for being so camera-ready, I tell Gale. If looks could kill. ~ Suzanne Collins

Better not to give in to it. ~ Suzanne Collins

What are lies but attempts to conceal some sort of weakness? ~ Suzanne Collins

But earlier this week on a wooded path,
I thought the swans afloat on the reservoir
were the true geniuses,
the ones who had figured out how to fly,
how to be both beautiful and brutal,
and how to mate for life. ~ Billy Collins

Funny, though, I don't feel too bad. ~ Suzanne Collins

I just keep wishing, I could think of a way, to show to them that they don't own me. That if I'm gonna die, I wanna still be me. Does that make sense?
Yeah. I just can't afford to think that way. ~ Suzanne Collins

Why don't they leave? Why do they stay to watch? And now I know. It's because you have to. ~ Suzanne Collins

I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things. ~ Joan Collins

Don't let him take you from me. ~ Suzanne Collins

When I was a child, it was a matter of pride that I could plow through a Nancy Drew story in one afternoon, and begin another in the evening ... I was probably trying to impress the librarians who kept me supplied with books. ~ Kathleen Norris

Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to present the victors of the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark! I give you - the tributes of District Twelve! ~ Suzanne Collins

All life is a struggle, both without and within.
There are conditions against which we must
contend. Our very existence is a series of efforts
and accomplishments. Our measure of humanity
depends upon our measure for wrestling successfully with the elements of nature without, and with the enemies of virtue and truth within". ~ Louise Dando-Collins

Johanna, could you really hear him screaming?" "That was part of it," she says. "Like the jabber jays in the arena. Only it was real. And it didn't stop after an hour. Tick tock. ~ Suzanne Collins

And may the odds -" He tosses a berry in a high arc toward me.
I catch it in my mouth and break the delicate skin with my teeth. The sweet tartness explodes across my tongue. "- be ever in your favor!" I finish with equal verve. ~ Suzanne Collins

But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction. ~ Suzanne Collins

They're really competitive at drama in Texas. ~ Lynn Collins

I especially don't want men coming up to me and asking if sexism still exists. It's like, I'm seriously gonna barf a McDonald's salad on the next person to do that. ~ Kathleen Hanna

It's just something that I like, and I also don't buy into the ageism theory. ~ Joan Collins

I don't know what the explosion did, but it damaged something deep and irreparable. Never mind. If I get home, I'll be so stinking rich, I'll be able to pay someone to do my hearing. ~ Suzanne Collins

I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series. ~ Jackie Collins

Throw leaders into an extreme environment, and it will separate the stark differences between greatness and mediocrity. ~ James C. Collins

Life without love isn't living and living without loving you haven't yet truthfully been alive! ~ James Collins