Wanda Quotes

And then we jerked to a stop. Jared was blocking the exit. "Have you lost your mind, Ian?" he asked, shocked and outraged. "What are you doing to her?"
"Did you know about this?" Ian shouted back, shoving me toward Jared and shaking me at him.
"You're going to hurt her!"
"Do you know what she's planning?" Ian roared.
Jared stared at Ian, his face suddenly closed off. He didn't answer. That was answer enough for Ian.
Ian's fist struck Jared so fast that I missed the blow - I just felt the lurch in his body and saw Jared reel back into the dark hall.
"Ian, stop," I begged.
"You stop," he growled back at me.
He yanked me through the arch into the tunnel, then pulled me north. I had to almost run to keep up with his longer stride.
"O´Shea!" Jared shouted after us.
"I'm going to hurt her?" Ian roared back over his shoulder, not breaking pace. "I am? You hypocritical swine!"
There was nothing but silence and blackness behind us now. I stumbled in the dark, trying to keep up.
He jerked me along faster, and my breath caught in a moan, almost like a cry of pain.
The sound made Ian stumble to a stop. His breathing was hoarse in the darkness.
"Ian, Ian, I..." I chocked, unable to finish. I didn't know what to say, picturing his furious face.
His arms caught me abruptly, yanking my feet out from under me and then catching my shoulders before I could fall. He started running forward again, carrying me now. His hand ~ Stephenie Meyer

Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker. I hope his kidneys fail. ~ Wanda Sykes

Mrs. Horowitz said, "It is inexcusable that humans think they can murder other animals because they murder themselves. I must tell you, I hate humans. They terrify me."
"They should," I continued. "I interviewed Yehudi Menuhin the other day. ~ David Dubal

Hey Wanda! Hey Ian!" Jamie was all grins, his messy hair bouncing as he moved..."Guess what? Jared was saying at lunch that he didn't think it was fair for you to have to move out of the room you were used to. He said we weren't being good hosts. He said you should move back in with me! Isn't that great? I asked him if I could tell you right away, and he said that was a good idea. He said you would be in here."
"I'll bet he did," Ian murmured.
"So, what do you think, Wanda? We get to be roomies again!"
"But Jamie, where will Jared stay?"
"Wait - let me guess," Ian interrupted. "I bet he said the room was big enough for three. Am I right?"
"Yeah. How did you know?"
"Lucky guess"
...
"Will you come back?" Jamie begged against my shoulder..."If that's what you want, Jamie. Okay."
"Woo hoo!" Jamie crowed in my ear. "Cool! I'm gonna go tell Jared! I'll get you some food, too, okay?...You want something, Ian?"
"Sure, kid. I want you to tell Jared he's shameless. ~ Stephenie Meyer

Right, different generations come along, and discover the music, I think. ~ Wanda Jackson

Many have referred to [Lewis] Carroll's rhymes as nonsense, but in my childhood world - Los Angeles in the '50s - they made perfect sense. ~ Wanda Coleman

The bottom line is that Wanda Sykes has the longest continuously documented family tree of any African-American we have ever researched. ~ Henry Louis Gates

There's joy all around, if you only look for it. ~ Wanda E. Brunstetter

Life is full of disappointments, but we have to take some risks. None of us can predict the future, for only God knows what's to come. ~ Wanda E. Brunstetter

What we love once, we love forever. Shall there be joy in heaven over those who repent, yet no forgiveness for them upon earth?
Wanda ~ Ouida

No amount of money or recognition could fill the void in a person's heart the way Jesus' love did. ~ Wanda E. Brunstetter

Listen up, Wanda. I know exactly what you don't want to be. But we're human, and we're selfish, and we don't always do the right thing. We aren't going to let you go. Deal with it. ~ Stephenie Meyer

I, the soul named Wanderer, love you, human Ian and that will never change no matter what I might become. If I were a Dolphin or a Bear or a Flower, it wouldn't matter. I would always love you, always remember you. You will be my only partner. - Wanda, The Host ~ Stephenie Meyer

It was, of course, the memory of Sophie and Nathan's long-ago plunge that set loose this flood [of tears], but it was also a letting go of rage and sorrow for the many others who during these past months had battered at my mind and now demanded my mourning: Sophie and Nathan, yes, but also Jan and Eva -- Eva with her one-eyed mis -- and Eddie Farrell, and Bobby Weed, and my young black savior Artiste, and Maria Hunt, and Nat Turner, and Wanda Muck-Horch von Kretschmann, who were but a few of the beaten and butchered and betrayed and martyred children of the earth. I did not weep for the six million Jews or the two million Poles or the one million Serbs or the five million Russians -- I was unprepared to weep for all humanity -- but I did weep for these others who in one way or another had become dear to me, and my sobs made an unashamed racket across the abandoned beach; then I had no more tears to shed, I lowered myself to the sand...and slept...When I awoke it was nearly morning...I heard children chattering nearby. I stirred...Blessing my resurrection, I realized that the children had covered me with sand, protectively, and that I lay as safe as a mummy beneath this fine, enveloping overcoat. ~ William Styron

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians. ~ Wanda Sykes

I hate the word practice. Practice breeds inurement. Instead of discovering, of distinguishing traits that are deeply hidden or merely veiled, one ends seeing nothing anymore. One ceases to be aware. ~ Wanda Landowska

There was no hatred in your heart," I whispered. "That you existed is proof that we were wrong. We had no right to take your world from you, Walter. I hope your fairytales are true. I hope you find your Gladdie. ~ Stephenie Meyer

Should I talk about [having breast cancer]? Because how many things could I have? You know black, lesbian - I'm like, I can't be the poster child for everything. At least with the LGBT issues we get a parade and a float and it's a party. ~ Wanda Sykes

Once you start making money, you can be an ass. But I am not an ass. I'm too lazy, that takes a lot of energy. ~ Wanda Sykes

We would grow tired of it, Grandpa, if it were beautiful all the time. A little change from night to night is good for us.'

'For you, because you're young, Wanda. You have many, many evenings ahead of you. I don't. I want more good ones. ~ Isaac Asimov

I don't understand why people really get upset about something that doesn't affect them at all. ~ Wanda Sykes

I can scare the pants off the holiest ghost. ~ Def Leppard

Friends and family, as well as my personal relationship with the Lord, are more important than anything else. ~ Wanda E. Brunstetter

Avoid getting wrapped up in things - especially status purchases - as these often come at the expense of people and relationships. ~ Wanda Urbanska

When my wife and I leave California, I want to have my marriage recognized in Nevada, Arizona, all the way to New York. How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving? ~ Wanda Sykes

Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire. ~ Wanda Sykes

But, we didn't have all the media that we do today. ~ Wanda Jackson

Yeah, they let me do whatever I wanted to. ~ Wanda Jackson

Things don't always go the way we want. I've come to realize that some things just aren't meant to be. ~ Wanda E. Brunstetter

Wanda was one of the sighers and moaners, the omigod-I-never-dreamed-it-could-be-like-this-types. When she wasn't purring with cinematic sincerity, she was a warm and giving bedmate with the full complement of womanly slopes and curves and warm, tender places. Sometime around dawn, she told me I looked like Harrison Ford. Or was it Henry Ford? ~ Paul Levine

Back then, I was doing more of my impression of what a comic is supposed to do. ~ Wanda Sykes

Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it. ~ Wanda Sykes

I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked - our community was attacked. Now, I gotta get in their face. I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman. And I'm proud to be gay. ~ Wanda Sykes

For the surface, I'm not interested in painterly convention. It's more interesting if it looks like it painted itself. ~ Wanda Koop

You see, one day God showed me something very important. He let me know that my bitterness and blaming myself for so many things was of my own doing. He showed me that I could shed all my doubts and hurts from the past, God can do that for you too. He wants you to be happy, and if you'll only trust Him, He can work a miracle in your life, just as He did mine. ~ Wanda E. Brunstetter

It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen. ~ Wanda Jackson

My Life story:Pleasure Pain and Prison Part-1 and 2 was mostly written during my years of incarceration. Writing my life story in it's realist form, helped heal, and strengthen me to endure the pain that I needed to overcome. Some people may relate, and some may not; but this was my life. I am a proud survivor, baby. Hope you enjoy. Read Free for 3 days on kindle. 2-14-2017 thru 2-17-2017 ~ Wanda Lynn McRoyal

Confession Who knows more of Wanda, the wan, than I do? And who knows more of Terry, the torn, than I do? And who knows more than I do of Ziggy, the Zap, fleeing the rap, using his eyes and teeth to spring the trap, than I do! Or did. Good Lord, forbid that morning's acre, held in the palm ~ James Baldwin

NO!" She shouted through my lips.
Jared caught her hands, then caught me against the wall before I could fall. I sagged, my body confused by the conflicting directions it was receiving.
"Mel? Mel!"
"What are you doing?"
He groaned in relief. "I knew you could do it! Ah Mel!"
He kissed her again, kissed the lips that she controlled, and we could both taste the tears that ran down his face.
She bit him.
Jared jumped back from both of us, and I slid to the floor, landing in a wilted heap.
He started laughing, "That's my girl. You still got her, Wanda?"
"Yes," I gasped.
What the hell, Wanda? She screeched at me.
Where have you been? Do you have any idea what I've been going through trying to find you?
Yeah, I can see that you were really suffering. ~ Stephenie Meyer

That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing. ~ Wanda Sykes

I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing. ~ Wanda Sykes

We have a blood bought covenant with God that says we are His and He is ours. We are loved, and have a right to call to Him, call on Him and have His presence in our lives through worship, bible study and prayer - p. 14 ~ Wanda L. Scott

The task of a teacher is not to work for the pupil nor to oblige him to work, but to show him how to work. ~ Wanda Landowska

Woman's fatal weakness is to desire sympathy and comprehension.
Wanda ~ Ouida

I didn't realize how many true Rockabilly fans there were here in America. ~ Wanda Jackson

I really can't pinpoint the one moment when I said I want to be a comic. ~ Wanda Sykes

God gave people tear ducts for a good reason, and folks shouldn't be too stubborn to use them. ~ Wanda E. Brunstetter

As a painter, taking photos is a form of shorthand - note-taking. ~ Wanda Koop

Sleep deficit and an anemic pocketbook dictate my erratic lifestyle. ~ Wanda Coleman

As I go back and listen, the other girls weren't singing quite like I was. ~ Wanda Jackson

In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression. ~ Wanda Sykes

Shareholders," murmured Eddie, the word echoing meaninglessly in his head. His brain had screeched to a halt in front of an earlier word in the sentence, and it now stood (in a figurative sense) stock still, with its eyes wide and its jaw open, staring at the word in awe. Lovely Wanda Kwan, the vaguely Asian-American publishing company representative, had uttered, through her lip gloss and perfect teeth, the one word that every writer secretly yearns to hear. That word is movie. "Ms. Kwan," he began. ~ Robert Kroese

What is behind you is forgotten. You can't remember danger and difficulty when it is behind you ~ Wanda Rutkiewicz

I'm really funny now. ~ Wanda Sykes

She sat for a few minutes in the company of her bitter regrets ... ~ Wanda E. Brunstetter

Now, I think the people who are still doing stand-up are doing it because they love stand-up. ~ Wanda Sykes

I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson. ~ Wanda Jackson

The president is on national TV apologizing for getting oral sex. Why didn't he just stick with his lie? You got to stick with your lie. If you lie, you have to believe that lie whole-heartedly. It has to become the truth for you. But this man, the most powerful man in the world, is on national TV apologizing for receiving oral sex. He's an idiot. There are men sitting in here right now who would gladly accept oral sex on national TV. ~ Wanda Sykes

There is nothing better for us to do than to take ourselves as we find ourselves and make the best of ourselves. If I find myself, as I did, the daughter of an artist who has left me with broadmindedness and a conveniently strong character to resist temptation, I take myself from there and accomplish what I can… I do not even deserve praise for doing my best, for that is my duty and I deserve to be blamed for not doing my best. ~ Wanda Gág

I have graded my separate works from A to D. The grades I hand out to myself do not place me in literary history. I am comparing myself with myself. Thus can I give myself an A-plus for Cat's Cradle, while knowing that there was a writer named William Shakespeare. The report card is chronological, so you can plot my rise and fall on graph paper, if you like:
Player Piano B
The Sirens of Titan A
Mother Night A
Cat's Cradle A-plus
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater A
Slaughterhouse-Five A-plus
Welcome to the Monkey House B-minus
Happy Birthday, Wanda June D
Breakfast of Champions C
Wampeters, Foma & Grandfalloons C
Slapstick D
Jailbird A
Palm Sunday C ~ Kurt Vonnegut

Real success starts with discovering the reason you have your unique life, with all its trials and circumstances - why you were gifted with it, and what you need to do with it. ~ Wanda Krause

Something I've never seen in all my lives. I'm staring at ... hope. - Wanda ~ Stephenie Meyer

Whatever I talk about is what I'm interested in at the time. Politics are big with me. But being a mom is taking up most of my time. My act is more family-oriented than it is about politics. ~ Wanda Sykes

They're monsters."
"That's what Edward thought."
"Oh, yeah? He a friend of yours?"
"No, Miss Librarian. Just a main character in a wildly popular vampire series. ~ Shannon Delany

I never kissed a bear, I've never kissed a goon, but I can shake a chicken in the middle of a room. ~ Wanda Jackson

It's a strange world"
"The strangest ~ Stephenie Meyer

We're all human and disagreements come up even between two people who are deeply in love. ~ Wanda E. Brunstetter

I love my family but my family - they're the type of people that never let you forget anything you ever did ... I was in the first grade Christmas play - I'm playing Mary. Now, during the course of the play, I dropped the baby Jesus ... They still talk about this. I go to my family reunion, and one of my cousins just had a baby. So I'm like, 'Oh, that's a cute little baby. Let me hold the baby ... ' And my aunt runs over, 'Don't you give her that baby! You know she dropped the baby Jesus!' ~ Wanda Sykes

I'll be writing as long as I can hold a pen in my curled, crimped arthritic hands and then I'll dictate it, if it comes to that. They'll have to pry my pen out of my cold, dead fingers - and even then, I'll fight 'em for it. Guaranteed. ~ Wanda Lea Brayton

Mel? Mel, I love you. Mel, come back . Mel, Mel, Mel."
It's Jared's voice, trying to call me back the way Wanda called back the Healer's host, the way she taught Kyle to call to Jodi.
I can answer him. I can speak now. I can feel my tongue in my mouth, ready to move into whatever shape I ask it to. I can feel the air in my lungs, ready to push out the words. If I want this.
"Mel, I love you, I love you."
This is Wanda's gift to me, paid for with her silver blood. Jared and I, put back together again as if she'd never lived. As if she hadn't saved us both.
If I accept this gift, I profit from her death. I kill her again. I take her sacrifice and make it murder.
"Mel, please? Open your eyes."
I feel his hand on my face, cradling my cheek. I feel his lips burn against my forehead, but I don't want them, not at this price.
Or do I? ~ Stephenie Meyer

My earliest poems appear almost skeletal to me now - it seems I've learned to add meat, muscle and a nice suit of clothes. ~ Wanda Lea Brayton

And on the wedding contract, before me and my parents and the rabbi, and Wanda and Sergey for our witnesses, in silver ink he signed his name.

But I won't ever tell you what it is. ~ Naomi Novik

It's much harder to say "I'm going to kill three of the biggest characters in your universe in a gruesome bloodbath." There can be a lot of differing opinions in a mainstream comic book, you know? "Rogue would never do this!" But I can say, "No, Rogue suffered the death of Charles Xavier and it broke her down and she stumbled into a dark place and she started fixating on the Scarlet Witch as the cause of it all" - which, there is a logical chain of events that lead to the Scarlet Witch. And in the confusion, she thought Wanda was up to doing it again and she did what she thought was best. ~ Rick Remender

I know every time I fly, I get checked twice: they stop me at security, and then, they get me again at the gate. And last time, it was so bad, they actually made me go through the machine with the luggage. ~ Wanda Sykes

I noticed recently, in the last few shows I did, that I'm starting to get people - not a large group, but quite a few people - who come to see me because they love Curb Your Enthusiasm. ~ Wanda Sykes

I feel today's society is so judgmental. ~ Wanda Sykes

I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too. ~ Wanda Sykes

I believe miracles are to be prayed for, not wished for. ~ Wanda E. Brunstetter

It wasn't until I became more confident with myself and I put myself forward instead of the jokes; at first it was put the jokes out there and I'm just behind the jokes. ~ Wanda Sykes

I'm going to leave The Wanda Sykes Show and try to get her job because $5 million ain't too bad! ~ Wanda Sykes

I sat down and wrote some jokes and went to the talent show, got up on stage, fell in love with it and never turned back. ~ Wanda Sykes

Since you can't change the past, you may as well make the best of the present. ~ Wanda E. Brunstetter

Ian squeezed my hand and leaned in to whisper through all the hair. His voice was so low that I was the only one who could hear. 'I held you in my hand, Wanderer. And you were so beautiful. ~ Stephenie Meyer

I'm a black, gay woman. I think the only way to make the GOP hate me more is if I sent them a video of me rolling around on a pile of welfare checks. ~ Wanda Sykes

Getting comments like that from even the young people at the shows who probably aren't singers, the girls who just tell me that I'm an inspiration to them, for one reason or another. ~ Wanda Jackson

If you're afraid of something, then reach deep inside and face it head-on. ~ Wanda E. Brunstetter

Laughter was good medicine for the soul, and looking for things to be joyful about had helped Emma through the worst of her grief. ~ Wanda E. Brunsetter

A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh. ~ Wanda Sykes

I did films with Wanda Ventham, Benedict's mother, and we lived in the same area, in Kensington. So I'd be out with my pram and Wanda and I would be talking and there was poor little Benedict, who I suppose was about four, standing there while we were gossiping in the high street for hours! ~ Una Stubbs

Melanie: well, tell him
wanda: what will happen then?
melanie: you know what will happen. kyle broke the rules. jeb will shoot him, or they'll kick him ou. meybe ian will beat the snot out of him first.that would be fun to watch. ~ Stephenie Meyer

Whether you have a show or not, you can still be somewhere being funny. ~ Wanda Sykes

Someone said, "Hey, Wanda," and I deduced that this was Wanda. This is why I am such a good reporter. ~ Chris Fabry

I'm still learnin'. I pick up something from every performer I watch. ~ Wanda Jackson

So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work. ~ Wanda Jackson

Going on the ship felt like 100 years or one day. Timeless. Beautiful vertigo. It will continue to show up in my work. ~ Wanda Koop

As soon as you say 'I do,' you'll discover that marriage is like a car. Both of you might be sitting in the front seat, but only one of you is driving. And most marriages are more like a motorcycle than a car. Somebody has to sit in the back, and you have to yell just to be heard. ~ Wanda Sykes

And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour. ~ Wanda Jackson

With a black president, I can relax ... I can dance in public ... I can buy a whole watermelon now. ~ Wanda Sykes

Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality for somebody else. Let's pass it on. Let's pass it on to somebody else. At the end of the day, it is all about inequality. ~ Wanda Sykes

I was really gifted at being able to construct a joke, but it's like they weren't even memorable, my first jokes, because they were so about nothing. ~ Wanda Sykes