Nathaniel Cade Quotes

And when the man who commanded a nuclear arsenal and the greatest military in history was frightened, it meant that something other than human intervention was required. That, unfortunately, was part of Zach's job every day now. That was where Nathaniel Cade came in ~ Christopher Farnsworth

Zach had once heard the president described as "the most dangerous narcissist alive, because the world really does revolve around him. ~ Christopher Farnsworth

Of course, it's entirely possible the reason Cade is so formidable might simply be due to individual temperament: Cade is unusually stubborn and willful, dedicated and tough; what some people call - and I mean this with all due respect - a total bastard.

- "The President's Vampire (Nathaniel Cade Series #2)" by Christopher Farnsworth ~ Christopher Farnsworth

You have a right to your feelings. Your feelings are there to tell you something, but they are not infallible guides to behavior. ~ Nathaniel Branden

The taste forever refines in the study of women. ~ Nathaniel Parker Willis

If my aim is to prove I am "enough," the project goes on to infinity - because the battle was already lost on the day I conceded the issue was debatable. ~ Nathaniel Branden

Death is so genuine a fact that it excludes falsehoods, or betrays its emptiness; it is a touchstone that proves the gold, and dishonors the baser metal. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Plato is never sullen, Cervantes is never petulant, Demosthenes never comes unseasonably, Dante never stays too long. ~ Nathaniel Parker

In ordinary times, when a public figure is caught in a lie or simply reveals blatant ignorance of the truth, his standing is diminished. But these are not ordinary times. If a dispassionate bystander were to point out all of Cade's grotesque distortions, mistakes, and downright lies, the crowd's anger would light on the skeptic and not on Cade. ~ Stephen Greenblatt

The first act of honoring the self is the assertion of consciousness: the choice to think, to be aware, to send the searchlight of consciousness outward toward the world and inward toward our own being. To default on this effort is to default on the self at the most basic level. ~ Nathaniel Branden

We can't do this here," He said, kissing the top of my nose. "I don't want to ruin my parent's anniversary and they need you in there. You've done an amazing job so far and they're really pleased so we can't just disappear. If you keep on kissing me like that I know I'll have to kidnap you and show you a thing or two over at my place. <...Nathaniel...Incredible Dreams...> ~ S.E. Felida

His phone dinged again. "This crazy-ass voicemail. It's all jacked - Wait, when did you call me?"

"Please don't listen to that," I blurted.

He grinned. "Okay, now I have to hear it. Was this last night? Were you drunk? Did you drunk-dial me?" he teased. But it was too late, he'd already lifted the phone.

Bile rose in my throat and the room became a thousand degrees hotter. "Please. Don't."

"Why? What's wrong?" He grew quiet and listened. "I don't hear anything. Wait. You didn't mean to call, did you? Is that another guy?"

I put my face in my hands. Cade was quiet as he listened. And I prayed for a giant black hole to open and swallow me.

His phone made a soft thump as he tossed it onto the coffee table. The couch moved with him as he settled back.

"You can uncover your face now." His tone didn't sound angry but I still couldn't face him. His hands slid around my wrists and gently tugged, forcing me to lower them.

I swallowed the lump in my throat, annoyed that I didn't even have my own car to leave.

"Was that your roommate?" he asked.

I nodded, my face still tucked down.

"And…her boyfriend?"

"No, her best friend."

"So you told your roommate about me?"

I could hear the smile in his voice and looked up.

"I mean, I assume you don't know a bunch of 'therapy dog' guys named Cade, but I could be wrong."

"You ~ Renita Pizzitola

This mortal life decays apace How soon the bubble's broke Adam and all his numerous race Are Vanity and Smoke. ~ Nathaniel Philbrick

It is a very genuine admiration, that with which persons too shy or too awkward to take a due part in the bustling world regard the real actors in life's stirring scenes; so genuine, in fact, that the former are usually fain to make it palatable to their self-love, by assuming that these active and forcible qualities are incompatible with others, which they chose to deem higher and more important. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

. . it was cause enough that the world was not worthy to be any longer trodden by his feet. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Sometimes you don't know what you're looking for until it's already knocked you flat on your back. -Cade ~ Cora Carmack

I have before now experienced that the best way to get a vivid impression and feeling of a landscape is to sit down before it and read, or become otherwise absorbed in thought; for then, when our eyes happen to be attracted to the landscape, you seem to catch Nature at unawares, and see her before she has time to change her aspect. The effect lasts but for a single instant, and passes away almost as soon as you are conscious of it; but it is real for that moment. It is as if you could overhear and understand what the trees are whispering to one another; as if you caught a glimpse of a face unveiled, which veils itself from every willful glance. The mystery is revealed, and, after a breath or two, becomes just as much a mystery as before. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Yet still we hug the dear deceit. ~ Nathaniel Cotton

Dream strange things and make them look like truth. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

I've changed. I've learned a million lessons that make me a better man for you and for Cade. Not a perfect man, but you wouldn't want that for me any more than I would for you. ~ Mia Ashlinn

at sea, things appear different. ~ Nathaniel Philbrick

For people sometimes believed that it was safer to live with complaints,
was necessary to cooperate with grief, was all right to become an accomplice in self-ambush ...
Take heart to flat out decide to be well and stride into the future sane and whole. ~ Toni Cade Bambara

Wondrous strength and generosity of a woman's heart! She will not speak! ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

I don't want to be a Raven. I don't want to be Nathaniel. I want to be Neil Josten. I want to be a Fox. ~ Nora Sakavic

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

They stood in the noon of that strange and solemn splendor, as if it were the light that is to reveal all secrets, and the daybreak that shall unite all who belong to one another ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Keep your heart close, dear Nathaniel, for nothing will bring you comfort should you leave it with another ~ Freedom Matthews

Love is but a flitting shadow, a lure, a gimcrack, a kickshaw. ~ Nathanael West

Jim Crow, moreover, was seen executing his world-renowned dance, in gingerbread. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

If we do not believe in ourselves- neither in our efficacy nor in our goodness- the universe is a frightening place. ~ Nathaniel Branden

Again, after a blank moment, there would be a flickering taper-gleam in his eyeballs. It betokened that his spiritual part had returned, and was doing its best to kindle the heart's household fire, and light up intellectual lamps in the dark and ruinous mansion, where it was doomed to be a forlorn inhabitant. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

It's a very important skill set for an actor to be able to bring the humor into any moment, whether you're doing drama or comedy. ~ Nathaniel Buzolic

Last night, there came a frost, which has done great damage to my garden ... It is sad that Nature will play such tricks on us poor mortals, inviting us with sunny smiles to confide in her, and then, when we are entirely within her power, striking us to the heart. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

There are times ... when any visitor - in person, by phone, by mail - is an intruder, a burglar, a space hogger, an oxygen taker, a chaos maker, a conflict inducer, a mood chaser, and a total drag. ~ Toni Cade Bambara

The wrong-doing of one generation lives into the successive ones. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Brooke stared in surprise. "You brought me lunch?"
"I was in the neighborhood."
She checked out the label on the bag. "DMK is twenty minutes from here."
"I was in that neighborhood, and now I'm here," he said in exasperation. "Seriously, woman, you are impossible to feed." He strode over and set the bag on her desk. "One cheeseburger with spicy chipotle ketchup and a side of sweet potato fries - chosen specifically for a certain spicy and sweet girl I know - and a green dill pickle for your eyes. So there." He crossed his arms over his chest.
Brooke studied him. "You seem very ornery right now."
"As a matter of fact, I am."
"Why?"
"I don't know," he huffed. "Just ... eat your Brooke Burger. Stop asking so many questions. Sometimes a guy just wants to buy a girl lunch. Any objections to that? Good. Enjoy your Sunday, Ms. Parker."
He strode out of her office, gone as quickly as he'd appeared.
Brooke stared at the doorway and blinked. ~ Julie James

But there is a fatality, a feeling so irresistible and inevitable that it has the force of doom, which almost invariably compels human beings to linger around and haunt, ghost-like, the spot where some great and marked event has given the colour to their lifetime; and, still the more irresistibly, the darker the tinge that saddens it. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Was it possible that Ranulph, too, was a real person, a person inside whose mind things happened? He had thought that he himself was the only real person in a field of human flowers. For Master Nathaniel that was a moment of surprise, triumph, tenderness, alarm. ~ Hope Mirrlees

They sat in silence until the howl of a distant coyote made her shiver. "He sings for his mate," Cade reassured her. "Does he think the sound of his loneliness will attract her?" Lily asked wryly. "I'm sure it is the beauty of his song." His voice contained almost a hint of a chuckle. "I'm sure that's what he thinks." Her scoffing hid an undertone of bitterness, and Cade was silent for a while. "Men often hide their fears with actions," he finally said. By ~ Patricia Rice

This is not a man," Cade said, his voice like a crypt door slamming. "In almost a hundred years, I have seen it shot, stabbed, drowned, burned, decapitated, dismembered and buried. And in almost a hundred years, there's only been one thing that's ever been able to kill it."
"What?" Latham asked, his voice squeaking.
Cade's eyes speared every agent in the room as he answered: "Me. ~ Christopher Farnsworth

The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne