Mae Koskinen Quotes

I thought you'd forgotten," she said, legitimately surprised. it had never left her mind
especially in light of recent developments
but she'd thought it had slipped his.
"I don't forget anything," he teased. "Especially something like that. Wait for me, and we'll talk. ~ Richelle Mead

When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. ~ Mae West

She chose books because they never left her lonely the way that Kirk had left her lonely. BEcause company was often nothing of the kind, whereas a good book always was.
She chose books for the smell of fresh-pressed pages, for the yellow-brown musk of library mould, but always for the breathy kiss of paper rustling. She chose books because some of the held prose that made her weep, or poetry that winded her, and words that mae her heart skip beats.
She chose books because some came readey-made with characters that seemed like perfect versions of hrself, all of them little proofs that somehow, somewhere, it might just be possible for her to be better: to be popular, powerful, sexy and smart.
She chose books because they lied to her with more conviction than people ever had. ~ Dan Micklethwaite

Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it. ~ Mae West

Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being. ~ Rita Mae Brown

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides. ~ Rita Mae Brown

I'm not an addictive personality, I just like getting high, that's all. ~ Rita Mae Brown

Analysts say that one reason Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were privatized in the first place was to prevent political whims from dominating the mortgage marketplace. ~ Charles Duhigg

We are not meant to know everything, Mae. Did you ever think that perhaps our minds are delicately calibrated between the known and the unknown? That our souls need the mysteries of night and the clarity of day? Young people are creating ever-present daylight, and I think it will burn us all alive. There will be no time to reflect, to sleep to cool. ~ Dave Eggers

Come up and see me sometime. ~ Mae West

I believe we can find God in many ways. I believe our heavenly parents seek us out wherever we live, whether that be strictly in the mind, in despair and joy, in an office, or in nature. It is sometimes hard to recognize them or their efforts because we have already written their parts, made up our minds about what a spiritual life looks like. I know for sure, though, that when I stop and enter that space where my children are most comfortable--a space of play, imagination, and possibility--calmness enters in as I believe again that many things are possible. ~ Ashley Mae Hoiland

Mae West had it right - try anything once, do it again if you like it. ~ Sindra Van Yssel

You can love more than one person at a time, and I don't give a damn what the self-help books say. ~ Rita Mae Brown

I meet a man with a thousand dollars and leave him with two; that's the meaning of subtraction. ~ Mae West

Whenever a young thing wants to be free minus serious thought, she gets pregnant and then gets married. Voilà! ~ Rita Mae Brown

His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork. ~ Mae West

With Catty and Patrick's images in he side mirror waving from the steps of that house like Jethro and Ellie Mae, it occurred to me that something extraordinary had happened. I had effortlessly found a place of acceptance
a place where people had taken me for me, not for what I could give them
and I had left it. ~ Linda Leigh Hargrove

Don't ever make the same mistake twice unless it pays. ~ Mae West

We all want to leave our children the Garden of Eden and we wind up giving them hardscrabble. ~ Rita Mae Brown

Not to sound, you know, like a dick," Jack said carefully. "But you just dragged us out of bed to show us Jane's messy room? That's not really an emergency Mae."
"She's not here!" Mae shouted, gesturing to the mess around her. "That's the emergency."
"Again, not to be a dick, but that's not really an emergency." Jack said. ~ Amanda Hocking

I am against allowing the CIA to spend $25 million since 1947 for the express purpose, as stated before, to alter our behavior. Is the State supreme over individuals? Who owns or controls our minds? Why was CIA Director Allen Dulles allowed to order 100 million LSD tablets? Were half the U.S. population going to receive their doses? What gives the CIA and Pentagon the right to define normal, or to determine what is national security? Are we being drugged through food, water and supplied with chemicals so we become slaves and robots? Where is all the cancer coming from? Why the preoccupation with death? Why is the U.S. Government in the business of creating a "Psycho-civilized" world? Who is ordering the ultrasonic waves to lower brain waves of city populations to an alpha state, leaving citizens susceptible to mass propaganda and hypnotic suggestion? These facts have been confirmed by researcher Walter Bowart in 1977. I learned about the project years ago. ~ Mae Brussell

In America sex is an obsession. In Europe it's a fact of life. ~ Rita Mae Brown

A real farmer. He spent his childhood in the wheat, and his marriage in the hay. ~ Mae West

To have meaningful work is a tremendous happiness. ~ Rita Mae Brown

Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins. ~ Mae West

These white people think this country belongs to them - they don't realize that they are only in charge right now because there's more of them than there are of us. The whole country changed with only a handful of raggedly-ass pilgrims that came over here in the 1500s. And it can take a handful of raggedy-ass Indians to do the same, and I intend to be one of those raggedy-ass Indians. ~ Anna Mae Pictou Aquash

Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love
that's not so bad either. ~ Mae West

There's a thin line between collectivity and chaos ... ~ Rita Mae Brown

No, I'm not angry. I'm furious. Livid. I'm beyond. If anger were the circles of hell, I'd be sitting there in the ninth one with fucking Lucifer himself. No. I'd kick Lucifer out. I'd be too angry for Lucifer. For fucking Satan. Do you get me? ~ Aminah Mae Safi

Never mind about the six feet. Let's talk about the seven inches. ~ Mae West

He goes to start the car for me again, leaning so close his breath tickles my neck. My head goes fuzzy as I picture him closing the distance between our bodies, forgetting I'm supposed to be doing something. His lips form words, but I don't hear them. His scent is intoxicating, pulling me under. Holy crap! I'm going to pass out! ~ Cassie Mae

My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it. ~ Mae Whitman

I had never read a book written by an African-American. I didn't know that black people could write books. I didn't know that blacks had done any great things. I was always conscious of my inferiority and I always remembered my place - until the Civil Rights Movement came to the town where I was born and grew up. ~ Endesha Ida Mae Holland

When you stop giving attention to someone that takes you for granted, they will notice...trust! ~ April Mae Monterrosa

The human animal dances wildest on the edge of the grave. ~ Rita Mae Brown

Fear is the short road to death and this world,
Changed by the flux of decay:
Survival is the exception for weary men.

From the new book The Waning ~ Ellen Mae Franklin

Sallie Mae sounds like a naive and barefoot hillbilly girl but in fact they are a ruthless and aggressive conglomeration of bullies located in a tall brick building somewhere in Kansas. I picture it to be the tallest building in that state and I have decided they hire their employees straight out of prison. ~ David Sedaris

It's an act of faith to be a writer in a post literate world. ~ Rita Mae Brown

I think science fiction helps us think about possibilities, to speculate - it helps us look at our society from a different perspective. It lets us look at our mores, using science as the backdrop, as the game changer. ~ Mae Jemison

There are three fashion periods: the past, the present and Mae West. ~ Edith Head

I can't tell if I hear your heart beating, or if it's mine," I say against his skin.
"Aren't they the same thing? ~ Cassie Mae

Oh, you need Alan to betray Nick and then you'll steal Nick's powers and kill them both," said Mae. "Great idea. Hey, can i come? I'll bring a picnic lunch if you promise not to let blood get on the sandwiches. ~ Sarah Rees Brennan

And he goes round with a fat roll of dollar bills, and got this nice farm, and all them fancy machines, and man let his family starve.' - Louisa Mae Cardinal ~ David Baldacci

We are so rebellious that when we die our cells refuse to live a second longer. But our souls they live always ... ~ Shawna Mae Lewis