“And when I was in the trunk, I saw Jesus. And the Virgin Mary. And Ozzy Osbourne.” Quote by Janet Evanovich
“We were discussing a grisly double murder and Rodriguez was telling us all this in the same sort of conversational tone a person might use to pass on a favorite lasagna recipe. And I was responding with the same enthusiasm a new cook might show. I was simultaneously horrified and impressed with myself.” PersonsUseShowsMightMurderEnthusiasmCooksToneImpressedRecipesRespondingDiscussingLasagnaMight Use Author:Janet Evanovich
“Well, sure, but I don't bring God into it. I think shower massage might have been invented by the devil. God invented the missionary position.” ThinkingWellsHas BeensMightPositionDevilMissionaryShowersMight Have BeenMassage Author:Janet Evanovich
“Timmy, who made a daring escape, also made a mistake of paying the taxi driver with a check made out of toilet paper.” MadeMistakePaperChecksDriversDaringToiletsMade A MistakeTaxiToilet Paper Author:Janet Frame
“So we went to bed, assaulted by sleep that fumed at us from medicine glasses, or was wielded from small sweet-coated tablets -- dainty bricks of dream wrapped in the silk stockings of oblivion.” DreamSleepSweetBedMedicineGlassesBricksOblivionSilkTabletsStockingsDainty Author:Janet Frame
“Ideas come at any moment -- except when you demand them. Most ideas come while I'm physically active, at the gym, with friends, gardening, so I always carry pen and paper. My first draft is always written in longhand. But once the first dozen chapters, more like short stories, are written, then momentum builds until I can't leave the project until it's done.” FirstsI CanIdeasDoneMomentsStoriesWrittenDemandPaperProjectsActivePensGymShort StoryDozenGardeningChaptersMomentumPhysically Active Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.” ShouldSinExerciseCuriosityHarry PotterCautionPottersNumbingMagic Harry PotterHarry Potter SeriesHarry Potter InspiringInspirational Harry PotterDumbledore InspirationalDumbledore Book Author:J. K. Rowling
“You just don't know writers. They'll use anything, anybody. They'll eat their young.” KnowsWritingUseYoung Author:Dennis Potter
“This was her, Mick Kelly, walking in the daytime and by herself at night. In the hot sun and in the dark with all the plans and feelings. This music was her—the real plain her...This music did not take a long time or a short time. It did not have anything to do with time going by at all. She sat with her arms around her legs, biting her salty knee very hard. The whole world was this symphony, and there was not enough of her to listen... Now that it was over there was only her heart beating like a rabbit and this terrible hurt.” WorldHeartLongRealHardEnoughWholeFeelingsNightHurtDarkSunPlansArmsTerribleWalkingLong TimeHotLegsWhole WorldKneesSatRabbitsSymphonyShort TimeDaytimeBitingSaltyHeart BeatingHot Sun Author:Carson McCullers
“I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.” WantRolesModelsRole ModelsSupermodelGood Role Models Author:Queen Latifah
“And now," he continued, speaking to Milo, "where were you on the night of July 27?" "What does that have to do with it?" asked Milo. "It's my birthday, that's what," said the policeman as he entered "Forgot my birthday" in his little book. "Boys always forget other people's birthdays.” PeopleLittlesDoeSaidBookNightForgetBoysJulyPolicemenMy Birthday Book:The phantom tollbooth Source: The phantom tollbooth