Kristin Kladstrup Quotes

It was what he wanted to believe with all his heart. ~ Kristin Kladstrup

Besides, she likes my stories. They are like fairy tales, I suppose, full of kings and queens and adventures. Ma says people think fairy tales are simple stories but they are not. I guess I agree. My trouble is I have no talent for thinking up plots. The best I can do is come up with a good beginning. My book of story ideas is really just a book of story beginnings. Still and all, that is something. ~ Kristin Kladstrup

The happiest endings -- I think they're endings that feel like beginnings. ~ Kristin Kladstrup

When you're a cat, most of the time you're thinking about cat things. Little movements in the grass, cupboards that aren't quite closed, patches of sunlight on rocks, narrow places at the backs of closets - you're always noticing those things. You can't help yourself. It's boring if you think about it, but you don't think about it because you're a cat. ... sometimes you know what people want. You don't always care; but you know what they want. ~ Kristin Kladstrup

There was once a country ruled by a king and queen who loved different things. The king loved cats and the queen loved birds. And just as cats and birds never get along, so it was that the king and queen never got along. And everyone in the country suffered as a result. In short, it was not a very pretty situation. ~ Kristin Kladstrup

The sleeper dreams of an egg and knows an egg. He dreams the egg is hatched and a bird rises from the shell. Awake, he sees an egg and knows a star, and the star will shine. But how shall we wake the sleeper from his dreaming? How shall we enter his chamber and wake him to power? We can show him the door, but how shall we give him the key? ~ Kristin Kladstrup

... some people - think only the present is real. The past and the future don't even exist. ... And some people say that the future and the present are made up of a lot of different worlds. Each world comes out of a different set of circumstances that might have happened in the past. ~ Kristin Kladstrup

I have always loved the big, brick house in Iowa where my mother grew up. From its windows, you can look out and see beautiful fields and pastures. But when I was young, I was always ignoring what was in front of me and wishing for something more exciting, and from those windows I could imagine the ocean stretching out to the Iowa horizon. -Kristin Kladstrup ~ Kristin Kladstrup

I say what's on my mind. I go after what I want. ~ Kristin Cavallari

Men tell stories," I say. It is the truest, simplest answer to his question. "Women get on with it. ~ Kristin Hannah

She had fallen into the fathomless gray that warped a mind and made a mother keep holding on long after hope was gone. ~ Kristin Hannah

The father who went off to war was not the one who came home. She had tried to be loved by him; more important, she had tried to keep loving him, but in the end, one was as impossible as the other. ~ Kristin Hannah

Excuses are like a paracetamol for the soul.
They are immediately available, easy to get and fast acting. They take the pain away for a while and make you feel better, but they don't fix the cause of the pain. ~ Kristin Granger

Po's been sick, you know." "I'm sorry to hear that," he said, with no expression. "Don't be an ass. He's actually been quite unwell. ~ Kristin Cashore

We all get so caught up in our day-to-day lives and have so many gripes. But when you see the way others live and how they make the best of it, you'll realize how lucky you are. ~ Kristin Davis

Katsa sat in the darkness of the Sunderan forest and understood three truths. She loved Po. She wanted Po. And she could never be anyone's but her own. ~ Kristin Cashore

In the morning, coming awake was like drowning. ~ Kristin Cashore

Parents walk a fine line between discipline and grace - values have to hold even when circumstances change or call for compromise or compassion. It's the ultimate challenge to be both firm and fluid, soft and strong, yielding yet rock solid. ~ Kristin Armstrong

Alice started to cry. It came with no sound, no shuddering, no childlike hysterics, just a soul-deep release that turned into moisture and dripped down her puffy pink cheeks. She touched her tears, frowning. Then she looked up at Julia and whimpered two words before she fell asleep. 'Real hurts.' ~ Kristin Hannah

Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months. ~ Kristin Scott Thomas

What I know now about life is this: your mother is a part of everything you do and everything you are. ~ Kristin Hannah

According to American sociologist Kristin Park, who has reviewed most of the surveys carried out on child-free men and women in the last twenty years, the primary and most frequently cited reason for their decision (in 79 percent of surveys) is freedom. These people prized their emotional and financial autonomy, their freedom of movement, and their ability to take advantage of every opportunity for personal fulfillment. The second reason, mentioned in 62 percent of surveys, is marital happiness. After that came professional and financial considerations, fear of overpopulation, and lack of interest or a dislike of children. ~ Elisabeth Badinter

When I forget who I am, I remind myself by finding my stride. I remember that I am strong, free, and loved, and that with God's help I can weather whatever comes. ~ Kristin Armstrong

I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up. ~ Kristin Scott Thomas

I can watch endless humans get killed, but if I see a movie and they kill a dog, I practically want to walk out. ~ Kristin Bauer Van Straten

Having a leading man who is actually prettier than you are is quite upsetting. ~ Kristin Scott Thomas

I love you," he said against her lips. "I love you, too," she said but the words that always seemed so big felt small now. What was love when put up against war? ~ Kristin Hannah

The street was a living, breathing dragon of humanity, inching forward, wheezing dirt, honking horns; people yelling for help, babies crying, and the smell of sweat heavy in the air. ~ Kristin Hannah

was the fluffy wedding dress with the veil still in place, or the ~ Kristin Miller

They look at me, and they only see one part of me. One purpose. They will laugh whether I want them to or not. So I make them laugh. ~ Kristin Bailey

Whoever said that loss gets easier with time was a liar. Here's what really happens: The spaces between the times you miss them grow longer. Then, when you do remember to miss them again, it's still with a stabbing pain to the heart. And you have guilt. Guilt because it's been too long since you missed them last. ~ Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

That's my dream job, to be able to mail songs out to people who want to hear them. Paste my face on them and not travel all over the world trying to sell them. ~ Kristin Hersh

We all have bad things inside us, and we all choose either to give in to those bad things or to fight them. ~ Kristin Cast

I've had my share, less than so many though, but enough to feel empathy. It's tough and I see it so much on Earth, too much suffering. The loss of free will I find unacceptable - what most of us refer to as rights. ~ Kristin Bauer Van Straten

Stop thinking about what you've lost, and think about what you have left. ~ Kristin Hannah

I'll even let Heath help out," he really
sounded like a pompous butt.
You'll let me help out?" Heath snapped. "Your mom will let me
help out. ~ Kristin Cast

We must have a creature made of Darkness to break through the cage of Darkenss that imprisons your grandmother," Thanatos said.
"That creature is me." Aurox stepped forward.
"Oh, for shit's sake! We are absolutely fucked!" Aphrodite said.
Sadly I had to agree with her. ~ P.C. Cast

That's how memory works ... Things disappear without your permission, then come back again without your permission. ~ Kristin Cashore

A girl was like a kite; without her mother's strong, steady hold on the string, she might just float away, be lost somewhere among the clouds. ~ Kristin Hannah

Are you laughing at me?" I squawk. I laugh, too, my voice sounds so strained. Will's laughter picks up even more. "I can't help it. You make me happy. ~ Kristin Halbrook

If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are. ~ Kristin Hannah

It truly is a little intimidating to go speak at a middle school. Sure, on one hand the kids are only around 13 years old, but on the other hand, merely going back there reactivates the dorky, miserable feeling of being that age again. It isn't easy. As soon as I arrived I could almost feel the braces on my teeth, the don't-look-at-me slouch of my shoulders, the feathered wings of my bangs. ~ Kristin Armstrong

He wanted to keep things in, and all I wanted to do was get out. ~ Kristin Halbrook

For now, Lady Queen," he said, "allow us to continue to obey you. But give us honorable instructions, Lady Queen," he said, turning a flushed face to hers. "Ask us to do honorable things, so that we may have the honor of obeying you. ~ Kristin Cashore

I hate watching myself on screen! I absolutely hate it, it's so hard to watch. I can see myself in magazines, but watching on TV or movies is like, 'Ugh.' ~ Kristin Cavallari

She groped forward, hands and feet, in search of darkness, distance and solitude. ~ Kristin Cashore

I would greatly trade
... a ring for a kiss
... a sweater for a glance
... a dog for a held hand
... a tear for a dance. ~ Kristin Groulx