Mr Brisbane Quotes

Come on," Cole said. He looked back over his shoulder at Mr. Brisbane, who was looking at me with a complicated expression as I left. Cole pointed at him and said, "You're a son of a bitch. He belongs here more than you do. ~ Maggie Stiefvater

Sam: "You - you greatly overestimate my self-control."
Grace: "I'm not looking for self-control. ~ Maggie Stiefvater

Misadventure was my primary compass and I followed it without caring if I pissed off one person or a whole bunch of people. ~ S.A. Tawks

What do you mean? Grace Brisbane, you do not mean that you're not going back home again. Tell me that this was just because you were momentarily angry at them for grounding you. Or even tell me it's because you could not live without The Boy's stunning Boyfruits for another night. But don't tell me you think it's forever! ~ Maggie Stiefvater

It was odd but I couldn't jump the chasm of missing evidence to the conclusion Todd was making. ~ S.A. Tawks

Among the aimless, unsuccessful or worthless, you often hear talk about 'killing time.' The man who is always killing time is really killing his own chances in life. While the man who is destined to success is the man who makes time live by making it useful. ~ Arthur Brisbane

Acting with confidence, but inside lacking certainty, I'd told her I could. ~ S.A. Tawks

If you don't hit a newspaper reader between the eyes with your first sentence, there is no need of writing a second one. ~ Arthur Brisbane

While the fool is enjoying the little he has, I will hunt for more. The way to hunt for more is to utilize your odd moments ... the man who is always killing time is really killing his own chances in life. ~ Arthur Brisbane

You live by whatever rules you need to govern your life the best you think. Let's just try not to encroach. ~ S.A. Tawks

Maybe I should have given more thought to her thoughts. ~ S.A. Tawks

But now I think he was trying to teach me to never feel entitled because life can be a cruel bitch at times. ~ S.A. Tawks

The stretch of Bruce Highway between Gin Gin and Miriam Vale was long and lonesome. ~ S.A. Tawks

If they don't board and live by themselves, even in their second year they've got no lounge or kitchen table and it's a pretty lonely existence when you get home to an empty house. Homesickness is a key issue for kids who are drafted interstate, whether they are going to Melbourne or coming to Perth or going to Brisbane. All the kids we've drafted this year will all go through periods of homesickness, which can lead to worse things. ~ Trevor Nisbett

To Grace, these were the things that mattered: my hands on her cheeks, my lips on her mouth. The fleeting touches that meant I loved her. ~ Maggie Stiefvater

We fiction writers have to preserve the right to wear many hats – including sombreros. ~ Lionel Shriver

Everyones' worst problems weigh the same, and it's up to you how heavy that weight is and how much you let it drag you down. ~ S.A. Tawks

Or even tell me it's because you could not live without The Boy's stunning Boyfruits for another night ...
Sam's face was twisted into a weird shape at the mention of his Boyfruits. ~ Maggie Stiefvater

What does a guy say to that? What does an inexperienced guy say to a beautiful, smart, proper girl who's not supposed to say things like that? ~ S.A. Tawks

You know what's the worst? Having realistic, ordinary expectations taken out of your reach by seemingly unrealistic, extraordinary circumstances. ~ S.A. Tawks

The best experiences can't be forced and they come when you least expect it. You don't find misadventure, it finds you. ~ S.A. Tawks

I broke in swiftly. "How kind of you to renew your offer, your Grace. But I am afraid I must decline. Brisbane is the man for me. ~ Deanna Raybourn

That Edison or Lincoln could have been Edison or Lincoln after four years of Harvard is improbable. ~ Arthur Brisbane

To say that I met Nicholas Brisbane over my husband's dead body is not entirely accurate. Edward, it should be noted, was still twitching upon the floor. ~ Deanna Raybourn

The situation was saved; Brisbane was going to tell a story. ~ Francis Marion Crawford

It was as if I was automatically one of them because I smoked. ~ S.A. Tawks

He poured out the wine and took a deep draught of it, then loosened his neckcloth, an act of dinner table impropriety that would have affronted most other wives, but which I strongly encouraged. Brisbane had a very handsome throat. ~ Deanna Raybourn

She loved all the wolves behind her house, but she loved one of them most of all.
And this one loved her back. He loved her back so hard that even the things that weren't special about her became special: the way she tapped her pencil on her teeth, the off-key songs she sang in the shower, how when she kissed him he knew it meant for ever.
Hers was a memory made up of snapshots: being dragged through the snow by a pack of wolves, first kiss tasting of oranges, saying goodbye behind a cracked windshield.
A life made up of promises of what could be: the possibilities contained in a stack of college applications, the thrill of sleeping under a strange roof, the future that lay in Sam's smile.
It was a life I didn't want to leave behind.
It was a life I didn't want to forget.
I wasn't done with it yet. There was so much more to say. ~ Maggie Stiefvater

I wrote my first novel-length story when I was 14 but had no idea what to do with it. Brisbane was a long way from the publishing industry then. Nowhere's a long way from the publishing industry now. ~ Nick Earls

In a world of differing opinions, mentally unstable people and complete psychopaths, it was the type of simplistic notion that some people wouldn't want to follow or ignorance would just simply not allow them to understand. ~ S.A. Tawks

People give up. People settle. People persevere. And you can do all three if you're smart enough. ~ S.A. Tawks

My anger tempted the act of delinquency and it felt good to dabble. ~ S.A. Tawks

I grew up in suburban Brisbane, so to say you wanted to be an actor was a ridiculous concept. ~ Matt Passmore

I wasn't sure if I was charmed by his reluctance to share a bed with a girl or insulted that, apparently, I wasn't hot enough for him to charge the mattress like a bull. ~ Maggie Stiefvater

I liked learning but the challenge was that my mother's need to turn education into a competition was ruining the experience for me. ~ S.A. Tawks

For the first time in ten years, the March family gathered to perform the Twelfth Night Revels for the village of Blessingstoke, just as they had done in Master Shakespeare's day. The dragon breathed fire while the Turkish Knight brandished his sword at St. George, and when it was finished, the resurrected saint and his sad dragon stood in tableau while the white-robed chorus, of which Portia and I made two, sang of the blood-berried holly and the sweetly clinging ivy. Rather like Brisbane and myself, I thought fancifully. Both evergreen and hardy, one sturdy, one tenacious, and forever undivided. But now there was a new little branch grafted to our union. ~ Deanna Raybourn

It was not mine to tell. He asked for my word I would keep silent."

"I think you might have broken it upon this occasion," Plum returned hotly.

"Then I think you know me not at all," Brisbane countered, his tone deceptively bland. He would put up with Plum's barbs only so long before he took the quarrel further, and that was not an eventuality I cared to see. "Calm yourself, Plum. If I am not upset, you have no call to be." I turned to Brisbane. "I understand why you did not tell me. You are a man of your word. And you know precisely when it is necessary to break it. This was not that time." The look he gave me was mingled gratitude and promise of a significant dose of his attentions later. I shivered a little as Portia entered. ~ Deanna Raybourn

Use a picture. It's worth a thousand words. ~ Arthur Brisbane

The false hope I filled myself with is fleeing and I'm beginning to feel scared again. ~ S.A. Tawks

My newfound motivation had me feeling confident in my ability and I headed to Mackay with a plan. ~ S.A. Tawks

This is your chance. Are you going to cower and make excuses or are you going to do what you really want to do? ~ S.A. Tawks

Five minutes later and the three of us are pushing through the heavy, swinging doors of the Brisbane Watchhouse. A place that at six on a Tuesday evening looks like Little Nimbin - we're the only ones wearing shoes. 'Remind me what we're here to get - you know, apart from head lice and maybe tinea?' I say to no one in particular.

- Cat ~ Rebecca Sparrow

I started down but Sam caught my arm and knelt down himself to look.
"For crying out loud," he said. "It's a racoon."
"Poor thing," I said.
"It could be a rabid baby-killer," Cole told me primly.
"Shut up," Sam said pleasantly. ~ Maggie Stiefvater