Tanya Boteju Quotes

With each passing moment, I'd get that feeling you sometimes have the moment you're about to flip the final page of a really good book, when your anticipation for what happens next overwhelms you, but you also know that turning the page means you're closer to an end. ~ Tanya Boteju

But I told myself if I could just get past my house and hammock without being sucked in by the guaranteed comfort, something else might be waiting for me on the other side, something that might color me outside the lines and flow into other parts of my life. ~ Tanya Boteju

Don't be afraid to write. I think a lot of writers of all ages have a fear that they aren't any good at writing. That fear is normal. I feel it. Most writers who care about what they are writing feel it. When you feel like you're not good enough, write anyway. It's just a pesky bug that's whispering lies. The best way to swat the bug is with your pen. ~ Tanya Anderson

The military tends to be a traditional place. Traditional culture, traditional men are often attracted to serving in the military. ~ Tanya Biank

Because how dare we write our own stories, in our own voices?' CaZZ answers.

'True that,' Tanya says.

'Banning our books would be their way of erasing us, of making us - and the world we live in - invisible,' CaZZ says. ~ R. Zamora Linmark

Trace sighed, braced the worktable. "I said, get out."

Frozen with fear and anger, I stared at the floor.

"No."

"No?"

I elevated my chin a fraction. "That's right…no."
He twisted around. His expression made a gradual shift from vengeful to predatory. Our eyes battled in silence, then, like a prowling lion, he advanced, and I, his prey, retreated until I'd backed into a wall. When his shadow engulfed me, I had to tilt my head all the way back to stare up at him. The ice had thawed in his eyes, leaving twin pools of lava. ~ Tanya Holmes

And the politicians will note your protest, and it won't make a damned bit of difference. ~ Tanya Huff

We don't lose our loved ones when they die. We gain guardian angels. - Tanya Masse aka Comic Strip Mama ~ Tanya Masse

Experience had taught her that an enthusiastic officer was a bad thing; an enthusiastic idiot in a captain's uniform was a ~ Tanya Huff

It's not what you go through that makes you strong: it is how you handle the situation that gives you strength. ~ Tanya R. Liverman

The happiest people are the ones who can build a firm foundation of awesomeness out of the stones people have thrown at them. ~ Tanya Masse

I do enjoy making videos, even though they are long days and very hard work. ~ Tanya Tucker

When I was a kid my Dad never let me sing Patsy Cline songs for one simple reason: they've already been done. ~ Tanya Tucker

So maybe we are fearless. Fearless not in the fighting dragons sort of way, but in that way you can only be when you're seventeen and scared of everything and nothing, all at once. ~ Tanya Byrne

She dared to love again
She dared to give herself again
She lost the battle again with tears shedding down the rosy cheeks
She lost herself again~ ~ Tanya Gambhir

How is it that food STILL contains calories that make you gain weight in the 21st CENTURY?! It's like scientists aren't even trying! ~ Tanya Masse

They are not grey roots! This is my new fifty shades of grey OMBRE hairstyle! ~ Tanya Masse

If you have something genuine to say to another person that would make them feel super awesome about themselves and make their day ... SAY IT! The world needs more of that!
But no fake BS ... the world doesn't need more of that. No. ~ Tanya Masse

We are our ancestors. The spiritual umbilicus is apparent to all. The dead look upon us with the pure love of a mother's gaze. But the dead love is even more because of our flawed flesh and eternal confusion. The removal from form allows for total and complete unconditional love. We carry our dead with us like helium balloons. There is no breaking the umbilicus. ~ Tanya Tagaq

There's no way to be able to tell what it's like to be a country singer until you're walking in the shoes. ~ Tanya Tucker

It's valuable to me as an artist and actor to explore all kinds of outlets. So if a local filmmaker in Milwaukee had a good story, I'd be part of it in a second. ~ Tanya Fischer

Growing up is the dumbest thing I ever wanted to rush into. ~ Tanya Masse

2 cups unbleached flour 1 cup rolled oats 1 Tbsp baking powder ½ tsp sea salt 1 cup sliced almonds ½ cup shredded coconut ½ cup chocolate chips 2 cups maple syrup 6 oz firm silken tofu (aseptic package) 1 ripe banana ½ cup saffower or sunflower oil ½ cup vegetable shortening 1 Tbsp vanilla ~ Tanya Petrovna

We always live along side the dead. It's scary but the quiet is our true home. This is why we must make the most of our gristle and meat. ~ Tanya Tagaq

The only true disability is the inability to accept and respect differences. ~ Tanya Masse

Trains aren't a problem."
"You turn into mist?"
"No, I step out of the way. ~ Tanya Huff

Our house has its back to the sea,' writes Hester in her journal. 'Below us, the ocean spreads to the sky, twitching wide and blue and hungry. One would think it to be infinite. But we, of course, know better. ~ Tanya Moir

But I am a knight of the Round Table," he protested, weakly. "I am a protector of the realm, a slayer of evil, I defeat all those who raise their swords in opposition to Arthur, King of all Britain."
"Trust me, kid, women prefer a man who can cook. ~ Tanya Huff

If you change your way of thinking and being, you will change your way of seeing. ~ Tanya Masse

Don't overestimate everyone else and underestimate yourself ~ Tanya Burr

Isn't that just like a man. 450-fucking-years-old and he's still thinking with his balls! ~ Tanya Huff

I was never pretty, never really popular. I was lanky and funny looking. ~ Tanya Roberts

Josie

Now, I have never understood all that
he's-my-other-half
soul mate stuff
or when people sometimes talk about
having an empty pace inside
or that they're missing pieces or something.
But then
he walked over
and fit himself
right into my puzzle.

Nicolette

It never occurred to me I couldn't change
the way things are
whenever I wanted to.
I mean, I've always been the one calling the shots…

Avivia

He has a way of sliding out of trouble,
plays the innocent really well.
Grown-ups seem to think he's such a good boy.
They are so wrong.
This boy gets any girl he wants.
Why does he want me? ~ Tanya Lee Stone

A wise man once said NOTHING ... He just let her vent, nodded his head and live happily ever after! ~ Tanya Masse

Raising a child is a time of RAPID CHANGE! From the ages of 0 to 19, a PARENT can age over 30 years! ~ Tanya Masse

Your RELIGION does not make you a good person. Your BEHAVIOR does. ~ Tanya Masse

Toronto's already ass-deep in cockroaches and conservatives; what's one more lower life-form? ~ Tanya Huff

At the very same time that we witnessed the explosion of white celebrity moms, and the outpouring of advice to a surveillance of middle-class mothers, the welfare mother, trapped in a "cycle of dependency," became ubiquitous in our media landscape, and she came to represent everything wrong with America. She appeared not in the glossy pages of the women's magazines but rather as the subject of news stories about the "crisis" in the American family and the newly declared "war" on welfare mothers. Whatever ailed America--drugs, crime, loss of productivity--was supposedly her fault. She was portrayed as thumbing her nose at intensive mothering. Even worse, she was depicted as bringing her kids into the realm of market values, as putting a price on their heads, by allegedly calculating how much each additional child was worth and then getting pregnant to cash in on them. For middle-class white women in the media, by contrast, their kids were priceless, these media depictions reinforced the divisions between "us" (minivan moms) and "them" (welfare mothers, working-class mothers, teenage mothers), and did so especially along the lines of race. For example, one of the most common sentences used to characterize the welfare mother was, "Tanya, who has_____ children by ______ different men" (you fill in the blanks). Like zoo animals, their lives were reduced to the numbers of successful impregnations by multiple partners. So it's interesting to note that someone like Christie Brinkley, ~ Susan J. Douglas

We were magical and alive - we cared about music and conversation, sex and spit and blood, holding on tight to the space between youth and adulthood. When I look back at that time, my nostalgia can be blinding. Because we weren't night dwellers, vampires who would live forever. We were a bunch of kids playing at being Lost Boys, looking for our version of Neverland. ~ Tanya Marquardt

Let me introduce you to my wife." It was the first time Edward had said that word since it was officially true; he seemed like he would explode with satisfaction saying it now. The Denalis all laughed lightly in response. "Tanya, this is my Bella. ~ Stephenie Meyer

Some men are terrified by the dark nature of the Moon, but not the Devil. The Devil is afraid of nothing he can fuck. And there's very little the Devil won't stick his dick in. He'll bugger the Priest, orgy with Art, and rape the shit out of Justice. The whole of the Universe is the only hole he won't try to fill. ~ Tanya Thompson

We'll have to see if CSI picked up anything from the scene,' says Nelson. 'Are they finished?' 'Yes,' says Tanya. 'Shall I liaise with them?' Tanya loves liaising, it sounds so much more important than keeping in touch. 'If ~ Elly Griffiths

Stay positive, stay strong, stay together and just keep going! ~ Tanya Masse

There's Ambien-in-alcohol weird and then there's Ambien-mistaken-for-cocaine weird. ~ Tanya Thompson

People used to recordings believed every piece of music had a definitive sound, its emotional context trapped in amber, a butterfly pinned to a board; beautiful, but dead. Live music was just that. Alive. ~ Tanya Huff

Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well. ~ Tanya Tucker

Like two sparrows in a hurricane trying to find their way. ~ Tanya Tucker

What about some kind of an ancient curse?'
Ancient Curse Kills Two. He could see the headlines now. 'Don't be an asshole.'
The reporter snatched the microphone to safety just in time and, smiling pleasantly, asked, ' Can I quote you on that, Detective?'
Celluci's smile was just as sincere. 'You can tattoo it on your chest. ~ Tanya Huff

You get callbacks, and they either give it to what they call a 'name' performer, or they decide to go in an entirely different direction. ~ Tanya Fischer