Telicia Porter Quotes

The porter, meanwhile, unfastened the hatch in the wicket gate and peered out.
"Who dost knock without?" he growled.
The soldier, drenched and terrified though he was, hesitated.
"Without? Without what?" he said. ~ Terry Pratchett

When you have children, that's your main focus. ~ Gail Porter

For me, when you are talking about perfect songs, you're talking about Gershwin, 'Someone To Watch Over Me.' Or Larry Hart and Richard Rodgers. Or some of the great Cole Porter songs, whether it's 'Night and Day' or some of the comedy songs. Or Irving Berlin, of course. ~ Maury Yeston

Madoc cleared his throat. "Dr. Porter. Nate and Piper bumped into each other."
Oh, my god. I was convinced. Madoc was an idiot. ~ Penelope Douglas

It is my conviction that when events are forgotten, buried in the cellar of the page, they are no longer even history. ~ Katherine Ann Porter

In the face of impermanence, if your next thought is good, this is what we call the realization body. ~ Bill Porter

When I was bald, I went through a period where I seemed to do nothing except TV programmes about being bald. ~ Gail Porter

It's a man's world, and you men can have it. ~ Katherine Anne Porter

Your mind outwears all sorts of things you may set your heart upon; you can enjoy it when all other things are taken away. ~ Katherine Anne Porter

It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it? ~ Eleanor Porter

One day I was standing with my stage manager, Sandy Prudden, and Buddy Sheffield watching as Kermit the Frog (with the help of the late Jim Henson) sweetly sang a song. Sandy was always a big joker. He sidled up to me and said, "Isn't it amazing the way Kermit can sing like that with somebody's hand up his ass." Without missing a beat, I came back with, "Shoot, that ain't nothin'. I did that for seven years on the 'The Porter Wagoner Show. ~ Dolly Parton

I read in the paper that I'd slashed my wrists. But I didn't. ~ Gail Porter

In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking but now, God knows, anything goes. ~ Cole Porter

But here's the thing Ona. Howard wrote that song for you.' Quinn had never been more sure of anything. 'I think he wrote all his songs for you, Ona, for young and lovely you.'
'Now you're talking foolish.'
'He wrote them for you, and you refused them because he didn't know how to give them to you.' How could he, living his shadow of a life, floundering in the sludge of grief and failure?
'Have you been drinking?'
'Listen to me,' he said. 'You 're the glittering girl with the cherry-wood hair. You're the angel's breath and sunlight.'
'Oh, for heaven's sake.' She sat up crossly, her tufted hair seeming to quiver. 'Quinn Porter,' she said, 'I never took you for a romantic.'
'Howard Stanhope loved you,' he declared. 'I thought you should know.'
'Well, all right.'
'I thought you should know, Ona.'
'Thank you.'
'People should know these things ~ Monica Wood

Religion put claws on Aunt Sally and gave her a post to whet them on. ~ Katherine Anne Porter

So, I had an epiphany...but it is probably really obvious to you. I've been acting obsessed over a guy who it turns out is just that a guy and what I really need to do is just let it go. ~ Felicity Porter

Frank turned to look down at me, and he was right there, so close. Hi, he said.
I looked up at him.Now that the moment was here, it didn't feel scary. What would happen would happen, and I couldn't know or control it. But I was ready for it to begin. Hey, I said.
In a well-ordered universe, he said, and I could hear how nervous he was, I'd be able to do this. He leaned his head down and kissed me softly, then pulled back, making sure this was okay.
I smiled at him. Then we must be in one, I said. And as the sun rose behind us and he bent his head down to kiss me again, I leaned forward.
Toward him, and to whatever came next. ~ Morgan Matson

dinner." Philip leaned toward her. "May I tell you to-morrow why I came?" he asked. "I think not," replied Elnora. "The fact is, I don't care why you came. It is enough for me that we are your very good friends, and that in trouble, you have found us a refuge. I fancy we had better live a week or two before you say anything. There is a possibility that what you have to say may change in that length of time. ~ Gene Stratton-Porter

Better to be honest and direct, even if it does piss off a few people.

Jaffe, Stuart. Southern Bound - A Paranormal-Mystery (Max Porter Mysteries Book 1) (p. 48). Stuart Jaffe. Kindle Edition. ~ Stuart Jaffe

A cultivated style would be like a mask. Everybody knows it's a mask, and sooner or later you must show yourself
or at least, you show yourself as someone who could not afford to show himself, and so created something to hide behind. You do not create a style. You work, and develop yourself; your style is an emanation from your own being. ~ Katherine Anne Porter

I'd been to New York enough to know that it wasn't always easy to find a place to walk a dog in the middle of Manhattan, so I headed to the hotel's bell stand to look for some guidance. "Where can I find some grass around here?" I asked. The porter paused for a second, as he seemed to size me up. Then he replied: "Hey man, you're in the middle of Times Square. You can buy it from just about anyone out there." That was pretty funny. Dakota, I've a feeling we're not in Plano anymore, I thought. ~ Mike Lingenfelter

It was darkly rumoured that the butler, regarding him with favour such as that stern man had never shown before to mortal boy, had sometimes mingled porter with his table beer to make him strong. ~ Charles Dickens

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose ... anything goes. ~ Cole Porter

Is it life?" he answered, "I would rather be without it," he said, "for there is queer small utility in it. You cannot eat it or drink it or smoke it in your pipe, it does not keep the rain out and it is a poor armful in the dark if you strip it and take it to bed with you after a night of porter when you are shivering with the red passion. It is a great mistake and a thing better done without, like bed-jars and foreign bacon. ~ Flann O'Brien

It'll be just lovely for you to play
it'll be so hard. And there's so much more fun when it is hard! ~ Eleanor Porter

I'm not afraid of life and I'm not afraid of death: Dying's the bore. ~ Katherine Anne Porter

Just because you're working does not mean you're making money. That's two very different things in show business. ~ Billy Porter

For a souvenir, for a warning, for a lick of night in the morning. ~ Max Porter

Always stand proud in who you are,
just as you are,because you have more of a positive impact in the world and the cosmos than you could ever imagine! ~ Jan Porter

Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is to take these handfuls of confusion and disparate things, things that seem to be irreconcilable, and put them together in a frame to give them some kind of shape and meaning. ~ Katherine Anne Porter

It was great fun, But it was just one of those things. ~ Cole Porter

Much have I travelled in the realms of gold for which I thank the Paddington and Westminster Public Libraries. ~ Peter Porter

Are you done getting your head straight?"
"No," I admitted.
He nodded. "You ready to let me help you do that yet?"
I closed my eyes and breathed, "Porter. I don't--"
His deep and masculine voice became desperate. "Let me in, Charlotte. We'll take it slow band start in the dark if that's what you need. But I want you in the light, sweetheart. Whatever it takes to get you there, I'll do it. I just need you to let me in so I can try. ~ Aly Martinez