Taryn Quotes

Photography's history is bound to the mistake, to the accident. ~ Taryn Simon

My work is drawn to the political but avoids an agenda. There is no inherent critique or support. ~ Taryn Simon

If he could bottle her strength
and vitality, he would. He would take everything that
was Tessa and lock it into a corner of his heart, to take
out when the emptiness got too overwhelming. ~ Taryn Elliott

I write--because I must write. ~ Taryn A. Taylor

Can we kick some vampire ass already? ~ Taryn Browning

I feel the craziest people are sometimes the most intelligent. ~ Taryn Manning

It kind of sucked when she had to take a break from fighting evil to use her inhaler. ~ Taryn Browning

I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town. ~ Taryn Manning

My dad died when I was 14. It was very sudden, traumatic, and confusing. I always felt I could have gone down a bad road at that point, but I made a choice to be a winner. ~ Taryn Manning

His hair was especially mussed. So much so that her fingertips tingled with the need to grab and plunder the curls and let her mouth work the wicked quirk of his lips that verged on a smile. But it was his eyes that hit her the hardest. A settled gray that would forever be stamped Happy Place in her mind. ~ Taryn Elliott

With acting, I get to escape into this character and embody it. With music it's like, "Hey guys, this is my diary, here's all my feelings." ~ Taryn Manning

I DJ very often. I'll probably do it more. I'm not available during the week because of the show but I travel most weekends to DJ. I've been doing it for about six years. ~ Taryn Manning

Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting world. ~ Taryn Manning

So ... am I to understand that you're mine"" I asked teasingly.
"I can be yours if you want me to be, Taryn," he whispered. ~ Tina Reber

Taryn, are you even listening to me?
I pretended to, so let that be enough ~ Suzanne Wright

Every time I'm not on a project, I'm writing or in the studio or doing gigs DJing. ~ Taryn Manning

Can't you nudge her into submission? (Taryn)
Are you kidding? As stubborn as she is? I'd fry my brain trying. (Sphinx) ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

Everybody thinks because of my character that I'm this wild girl and I am, I'm an actor, and I have that in me - but I'm actually very calm and mellow. ~ Taryn Manning

It's time to go big or go home. I want everyone to know you're mine, Taryn. ~ Tina Reber

Taryn marvelled at how all the males could walk at such a leisurely pace yet look extremely menacing at the same time. Each of them suddenly seemed two inches taller than what they truly were and had the most sinister look. Trey ... well that was another matter altogether. Scarp hostile and sinister, the guy looked like he needed a rabies shot. ~ Suzanne Wright

Don't let your 'future success' dim the beauty and light that's in front of you right now. ~ Taryn Garland, Love Sum (theLOVESUM.com)

Do you need me to come pick you up? (Janine)
No. I appreciate the thought, but I have to wait on the tow truck, which seems to be the only thing moving slower than my DOA Firebird. (Taryn) ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

I like to contribute. Even in my bands, I can't really just be the singer. ~ Taryn Manning

His barely there smile warmed me. "You try really hard to hide behind that Ice Queen disguise, but that's not who I see. I see a girl who had to grow up fast, and a mom who would sacrifice everything for her son. You're beautiful, Taryn, inside and out, and I want to get to know the woman you keep hidden away." He lowered his hand and my body ached at the loss. "If you're willing, I'll walk through the fire with you. ~ Lisa Kessler

Acting, I love it and I feel that I'm good at it, but the thing that makes me feel most alive is when I'm playing guitar and singing. ~ Taryn Manning

Trust me, today not even my Timex could take a licking and keep on ticking. Give me a Tonka truck and I'll squash it with my ink pen. (Taryn) ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

It couldn't be true. She'd finally put her guard down, tried to trust in someone other than her mother and Abram. She'd finally found someone to love. It couldn't be. God couldn't be so cruel. ~ Taryn Browning

Simulations directly relate to the process of and complications in photography. They also overtly create layers of fantasies, myths and interventions ... The simulation confuses the idea of a truth. I've always been interested in this kind of theater and illusion at the foundation of belief. ~ Taryn Simon

He cupped her cheek, the muscles of his forearm burning with the slow thrusts inside her. "You're beautiful." Unable to have even a few inches between them, he caught her mouth, swallowing her moans. Cheek to cheek, he dragged in her scent. Murmuring her name, he held her as she broke. ~ Taryn Elliott

It wasn't like being face to face with a human. He didn't need air to breathe. She noticed sometimes he did, an instinct left over from his human years. Janie paused to feel his heartbeat under her chest. It sped quickly, in equal rhythm with hers. She counted the beats to make certain his heart really beat. It did. ~ Taryn Browning

Are all knights so gentle? (Taryn)
I know not, Taryn, since I don't make it my habit to lie abed with other knights. (Sparhawk) ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

There's really nothing else I'm going to do with my life. I'd be useless if I weren't singing or acting. ~ Taryn Manning

I'm more like an animalistic rock chick. ~ Taryn Manning

I won't even take jobs where you get paid to sit with a group of friends and party. That's never been my vibe. ~ Taryn Manning

She twisted her hips in time to his rhythm, riding his hand. He couldn't stop himself from dipping inside her heat, groaning when she coated his fingers, his palm - just, God, he wanted all that around him again. ~ Taryn Elliott

What are the funniest famous last words you've ever heard?" Lost, Ryan just stared at her. Why did her brain constantly spit out nonsensical questions? "Fine be boring." She turned to Jaime, who was sprawled on the neighboring blanked, and repeated the question.

"Lightning never hits the same spot twice," said Jaime. Everyone laughted. "You know any"" she asked her mate.

"Pull the pin out and count to what?" said Dante.

Dominic plopped himself on the ground next to Zac. "I got one: Hold my beer while I do this."

Taryn raised her hand. "Hey, what does this button do?"
"This doesn't taste right," said Marcus.
Bracken, a Mercury Pack enforcer spoke. "It's just a flesh wound."
Ally offered, "No dummy, that's a dolphin fin."
"What's that red dot on your forehead?" said McKenna.
Amused in spite of himself - it was after all, a completely pointless conversation - Ryan kissed her temple. ~ Suzanne Wright

Is that what this is about? You think I'm sleeping with Taryn?"
"Of course I do! I'm sure it's no secret !"
"Why do you say that?"
"Well, first of all she's gorgeous and--"
"You're gorgeous."
"And she flirts very openly with you."
"I wish you'd flirt very openly with me. ~ Michelle Leighton

I'm pretty hard on myself. Every now and again I'll go on my IMDB or update my resume and I'm like, "man, I've done a lot of work." ~ Taryn Manning

I don't need words, I just need you to come back. - Taryn ~ Suzanne Wright

I want to see everything. I guess the positive version of not seeing or not knowing would be preservation of fantasy. ~ Taryn Simon

I'm not a part of any organized practices, but I believe heavily on love and the universe and what you give is what you get. ~ Taryn Manning

There is no truth in photography. One can't reproduce an absolute truth. That said, I don't see [my photographs] as being any less truthful than any other photographs. ~ Taryn Simon

You don't think that perhaps you have anger management issues?"
"Punching people is managing my anger. ~ Suzanne Wrightt

I'm designing a seductive frame to attract an audience to a subject they would otherwise ignore. And that's what I do in all of my photography - give a stage to things that wouldn't normally receive that stage. ~ Taryn Simon

I looked up and our eyes locked. I could see the longing in his eyes. I had never kissed a boy before, and I had never wanted to as much as I did right now. ~ Taryn Plendl

I've had an interesting time adjusting to New York. I'm from California and I'm very much a California girl. I feel lucky to officially say I'm bi-coastal. ~ Taryn Manning

When I was younger, I never thought there could be anything better than the glory of battle. (Sparhawk)
And now? (Taryn)
Now I would much rather coax a smile from your face. (Sparhawk) ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

Documentary photography is becoming more illustrative as people become more familiar with photography's limitations and vulnerabilities. Reality has always been interpreted through layers of manipulation, abstraction, and intervention. But now, it is very much on the surface. I like this honesty about its dishonesty. Every photograph has many truths and none. Photographs are ambiguous, no matter how seemingly scientific they appear to be. They are always subject to an uncontrollable context. This is a tired statement, but worth repeating. ~ Taryn Simon

There isn't a man alive who doesn't have the potential to philander, given the right material to philander with. Taryn in A Meeting of a Different Kind ~ Linda MacDonald

You're all there is for me, Taryn. I'm broken baby. You know that. Before you ... it was like those bits of me were just scattered all over the place. I've never felt whole. Not until you. You hold those pieces together. It's not an exaggeration when I say you hold my sanity in your hands. Without you, I'd fall apart. ~ Suzanne Wright

It could be fun to sing with Prince or Michael Jackson. Justin Timberlake has an amazing new sound now. ~ Taryn Manning

Nice things don't happen in storybooks," Taryn says. "Or when they do happen, something bad happens next. Because otherwise the story would be boring, and no one would read it. ~ Holly Black

Now you're just being selfish," Dominic said to Jaime, shaking his head. "You have that body for the rest of your life. I only want it for one night."
Not in the mood to hear his packmate making moves - no matter how playful - on the female he intended to claim, Dante growled. "Dominic, no. Not to Jaime."
"But - "
"No."
Dominic sighed in resignation. "Okay, fine."
Noticing that Trey seemed to find the whole thing extremely amusing, Dante raised a brow at him. "It's funny now that he's not saying this shit to Taryn?"
Trey smiled. "Of course."
"I've always got some stored up for my gorgeous Alpha female," said Dominic with an impish grin.
Instantly Trey's smile fell from his face. "Dom, don't do it."
Dominic held his hands up, pleading innocence. "I was just going to ask her if she went to Boy Scouts ... because she has my heart all tied in knots."
Taryn groaned and chuckled at the same time. ~ Suzanne Wright

As soon as you put an actor to a person who is real, that person comes to life through another person. ~ Taryn Manning

There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears. ~ Taryn Manning

Schiffer recoiled: "Oh, Jesus Christ, Taryn, don't give me a heart attack," she said, clutching at her chest. "Remember: no sense of humor. How many times do I have to tell you that: No sense of humor. Humor can get you in all kinds of shit and we've got this won, if we don't get funny. ~ John Sandford

I've had ups and downs but always maintained I was a working actor, which is a beautiful thing. ~ Taryn Manning

There wasn't anything that I didn't love about her. Her sarcasm and wit were so much fun. She was strong and driven and so good with her creative thinking. She was so caring, and a good friend - she was everything I'd been looking for, when I wasn't even looking. But as strong as she tried to be, there was a vulnerability about her that made me feel so protective of her. I couldn't help that I went all alpha male anytime a man approached her. She had no idea how attractive she is. ~ Taryn Plendl

I'm definitely the worker. My brother is the jokester. ~ Taryn Manning

Richard laughed at Caleb's obvious attempt to not tell them what to do and piss
Taryn off again. ~ K.B. Alan

In my martial arts days. I was taught a lot of discipline that probably rolls over into other parts of my life. You're not supposed to attack back until you're attacked. You never take your skills and abuse them. I knew I could be lethal to someone my size. ~ Taryn Manning

I love you, Taryn," sobbed Greta. "I really do. I should have told you that before." A loud voice overrode the recording. "That is not me." "Greta, it's a video," said Taryn. "We can all see you on it, clear as day." "It's not me," Greta insisted. "Woman, we know what you look like. ~ Suzanne Wright

I would go visit my mom on Sundays, and my brother was working on stuff. I'd go in there and sing a little melody, then we started working with words and the next thing you know it was just born organically without really trying. ~ Taryn Manning

I guess they didn't have those in the Middle Ages, did they? (Taryn)
Middle Ages? Lady, you use very strange words. (Sparhawk)
Yeah, okay, let me not tarry. I shall dress forthwith and hasten myself back to thee or thou or whatever it is. (Taryn)
She's a strange demoiselle, but a highly amusing one. (Sparhawk) ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

Normally I wouldn't spoil anything because I love surprises - I don't even shake my presents at Christmas. ~ Taryn Manning

Aisling tumbled out, his gold eyes going wild about the room to take in all of them. His beak clicked as he worked it in silence. Then, as the breaking of ice may bring a cascade of water from winter's falls, the griffin's voice - no longer that small shrill copy of Taryn's, but his own true voice - poured plaintively from him. "Mom!"
Taryn jerked around, her mouth dropping open.
Aisling bounded toward her and she swept him up into a tight embrace. He clutched at her shoulders with his talons, burying his head under her chin, and cried, "Mom! Yoo…rrrrr…oh…kay!"
"Great gods," Antilles heard himself say and he shot Tonka a startled glance. "He cannot be speaking?!"
The horseman merely smiled. "And why not?" he murmured, resettling himself on his padded bolster. "For has he not been a miracle from the very first?"
"You're talking," Taryn cried, true delight painting itself over the grief that had seemed to mask her since the dawning of this terrible day. She was radiant once more, burning with a joy and a healing light all its own as she hugged her griffin close. "Oh, my fierce prince! My big boy!"
"Yoo…rrrr…Ai-sing," whispered the griffin. His raptor's eyes flicked to Antilles and his naked wings fluttered. "Tilly. Yoo…rrrr…sun-shy?"
Taryn giggled, her face pressed to fur.
"Aye, lad," Antilles said, tossing his broken horn. "My sun and my moon and all my starry skies. ~ R. Lee Smith

I have played some very kind and loving character. I don't know why I'm so good at playing bad. I really don't. ~ Taryn Manning

Alison Lohman is an amazing actress. I was so proud to work with her. ~ Taryn Manning

Just about killed ourselves out there in the dark," Carver said. "He's gone. Put a few concrete blocks on top of him, just in case." "In case of what?" Taryn asked, fascinated in spite of herself. "Well . . . body gases," Carver said. "The ground was a little wet, you wouldn't want him popping up. ~ John Sandford

He smiled, immediately making Janie forgive him for lurking like a stalker in her bedroom. ~ Taryn Browning

I don't ever want to leave this bed, my lady Taryn. (Sparhawk)
Me either. But if we don't, it could get ugly after a few days. We'd shrivel up from lack of water. (Taryn) ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

I write most of my stuff. When I'm rejected in music, it hurts worse than when I don't get a role, because that's someone else's vision. If they don't see me as that part, even if I believe I'm the perfect person for it, that's their vision. The music is my vision. ~ Taryn Manning

Through teaching myself how to be happy and get through things, I hope I can also do that for other people. ~ Taryn Manning

A long, low moan reverberated through her chest and into him. He sucked harder, flicking his tongue around the tiny pink tip. She was in the shadows cast by the late-day sun, leaving him little choice but to learn her by touch. He found the water-soft curve of her breast, running his tongue along the heaviest part of her until she filled his mouth. "More," he murmured, shifting her higher until his teeth scraped along her ribs. ~ Taryn Elliott

Archives exist because there's something that can't necessarily be articulated. Something is said in the gaps between all the information. ~ Taryn Simon

A sober heart conceals, what a drunken mouth reveals, or in your case, a drunken body and lips. ~ Taryn Plendl

I think I've had a shit, Shaya." The poor woman sounded distressed and mortified. "Have I, Grace? Don't lie to me."
"No, you haven't."
"I have, you're lying. Is she lying, Lydia?"
"No," Lydia quickly said, "you haven't, I promise. ~ Suzanne Wright

He was talking. I tried not to think of how he looked and instead of what he was telling me. Once I accomplished that, my brain couldn't get past the 'running' part.
"I don't run." I walked the mile run at school. True story.
I abhorred any kind of physical exercise. I wasn't good at it. I was skinny, but I was soft; had absolutely no muscle mass at all. That's the way I liked it. Who was he to try to change that, change me? I wouldn't let him. No way, no how.
One half of his mouth lifted. He seemed to be enjoying this a little too much. "You do now. You have to be fit, you have to be strong, Taryn, if you're to stand any chance of surviving this. Come on, we'll start with stretching."
He forced me to twist my body into unimaginable positions. I even had to touch my toes. The agony. Luke took pleasure from my pain; even laughing as I moaned and groaned through it all.
Then, the worst came about. He. Made. Me. Run. ~ Lindy Zart

I play, in real life, Kim, who is actually Marshall Mathers ex-wife as of now. She lies and says she is pregnant because she really wants to keep him and he figures her out. ~ Taryn Manning

The reason I love acting is because I feel like acting is all about listening. ~ Taryn Manning

In the end, we only regretted the chances we didn't take, the relationships we were afraid to have, and the decisions we waited too long to make. ~ Taryn Plendl

Pride is the community coming together and showing that love is real. ~ Taryn Manning

Oh Mom, it turns out my knight in shining armor was just some liar in tinfoil. ~ Taryn Plendl

There's the rebel," he said with a dramatic sigh. "Do I at least get to see it in person?"
"Of course, silly!" she smiled as she passed him and opened the door. "You get to help me take off this bandage."
"Oh, goody! I'm trembling with antici - Wait for it." Aiden held up a finger.
"Get in here and shut up," Taryn preempted him.
" - pation," he said dryly. "Fi-i-ine. You never let me have any fun. ~ Megan Bailey

Well, you see, Mr. Martson," Tray began, flashing a charming smile, "this isn't what it looks like." "It isn't? he asked skeptically. "No, you see Taryn thought it'd be a good idea to practice her climbing skills." "On you?" Mr. Martson supplied dryly. "Yeah, ~ Tijan

After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life. ~ Taryn Manning

You're pathetic. You screwed your best friend's boyfriend. Congratulations. You got into a guy's pants. Wonderful achievement for you. Revel in it. It'll last a week. He's going to drop you." I glanced at him, saw he was already uncertain, and rolled my eyes. "She's already dropped you and you're now known as the friend who sleeps with her friend's boyfriends. Congratulations on your new reputation. The only people who will want to be your friend will be people like you. You'll never get the good friends, the ones who are actual friends." I never looked away. I never faltered. The longer I talked, the more she withered beneath me. I was finished. "I've kept quiet, but I'm done. Mess with Mandy again and you will be messing with me." I stepped closer. "That's not a threat. It's a fact. Ball's in your court if you decide to take me on and with that said, get out of my house. ~ Tijan

Some people might say I need to learn how to relax. ~ Taryn Manning

I never wanted to stop. I feel like to the day I die I'll play guitar and sing. ~ Taryn Manning

I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day. ~ Taryn Manning

He was her worst nightmare and fondest wish all wrapped up in a damn Boy Scout. ~ Taryn Elliott

I am falling in love with you."My knees felt weak. I hadn't expected
that
response from him."With you, Taryn!" he stressed, looking directly into my eyes. "I don't want
anyone
else - just you. And no matter where I am, wherever I go, you're the only one who is holding my heart. ~ Tina Reber

I meditate twice a day. I chant. I lean more towards Buddhist practices. ~ Taryn Manning

After we wrote The Wreckoning, our record label did listen. ~ Taryn Manning

I've seen a lot in my life. My dad was pretty gnarly but I loved him and I wouldn't change it for the world. My mom's a survivor. ~ Taryn Manning

It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage. ~ Taryn Manning

Sparhawk just sounded too ludicrous for words when spoken out loud. What had the writer been thinking? Oh, do me, great big Sparhawk. You the man.' (Taryn) ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

My singing is my hobby. It's me and my brother. We just enjoy writing music. ~ Taryn Manning

She wondered how long it had been since someone had really cared about him, and showed it. ~ Taryn Browning

Taryn? Are you all right?" I nodded, pushing away the doubt. My fingers laced with his. "I've never been swept off my feet before. Sounds a little ... terrifying."
He laughed, and I drank in the sound. "Terrifying is not what I'm shooting for." He kissed me, his lips caressing mine over and over until my pulse was thrumming, warming my whole body. He stared into my eyes. "Breathless maybe ... ~ Lisa Kessler