Michele Bardsley famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Acceptance. We want someone to look at us, and really see usâ€”our physical flaws, our personality quirks, our insecurities. And we want them to be okay with every square inch of who we are. Weâ€™re always afraid we might be too needy or too much work. We put all these limitations on ourselves and our relationships because weâ€™re afraid that weâ€™re not really loved. That weâ€™re not really accepted. We hide little pieces of ourselves because we think that might be the one thing that finally drives away the person whoâ€™s supposed to love us.
-- Michele Bardsley

#Acceptance #Thinking #Squares
I would rather my enemy's sword pierce my heart then my friend's dagger stab me in the back." Faustus - Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire
-- Michele Bardsley

#Heart #Enemy #Vampire
You look beautiful in this dress." "And yet you're trying to take it off." "You know that look that Jessica gets when she unwraps one of her truffles?" he asked. "Like she fell into a pool of chocolate with Keanu Reeves and Hugh Jackman swimming toward her?" He looked at me, his lips quirking. "Have that fantasy often?" Heh. Who, me? "Nope. Why would I, when I have you?" "Nice recovery.
-- Michele Bardsley

#Beautiful #Nice #Recovery
At this point, a spaceship could land on Main Street and Elvis could saunter out singing "Love Me Tender," and I wouldn't be surprised
-- Michele Bardsley

#Land #Singing #Main Street
Patrick: Is fear rith maith nÎ¬ drochseasamh. Jessica:And that means what? Patrick: A good run is better than a bad stand. Jessica: Oh. And that means what? Patrick: It means, Jessica, that life is about choices. Sometimes you fight, sometimes you flee, but you never surrender.
-- Michele Bardsley

#Running #Mean #Fighting
I had always turned to books, to knowledge, to help me get through everything in my lifeâ€”and, sometimes, to escape it. But grief was a journey through a forest of razor blades. I walked through every painful inch of itâ€”no shortcuts and no anesthesia.
-- Michele Bardsley

#Grief #Book #Journey
Hmph," said Sharon . "Did you know that the numbers three and seven are sacred to vampires? There are seven vampire sects." "Seven sacred sects," I repeated. "Say that three times fast." "How about I spank you instead?" asked Patrick in a benign tone that belied the flare of irritation in his gaze. "Only if you tie me to a bed and use a paddle." His silver eyes went molten. Uh-oh. Me and my big smart-aleck mouth. "Iâ€¦ uh, sorry. I didn't mean that. I saw Secretary a few too many times. I'm impressionable.
-- Michele Bardsley

#Sorry #Smart #Mean
Did you hear about the recently discovered temple in the Sudan ?" I stared at him. "Yeah. I'm a regular reader of National Geographic." Ol' Frankie's brows quirked. "You wield sarcasm, madam, as well as a master swordsman does." "Gee, thanks." I smiled at him and batted my lashes. Quit flirting . Patrick flicked the command into my head. He sounded half-annoyed, half-amused. I'm not flirting. Quit being cute and likeable. An impossible request. I've always been too adorable for words.
-- Michele Bardsley

#Cute #Sarcasm #Flirting
Patrick: Is fear rith maith nά drochseasamh. Jessica:And that means what? Patrick: A good run is better than a bad stand. Jessica: Oh. And that means what? Patrick: It means, Jessica, that life is about choices. Sometimes you fight, sometimes you flee, but you never surrender.
-- Michele Bardsley

#Running #Mean #Fighting

I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
Needing leads to bleeding - to almost all inevitable suffering.
Think it over, think it under.
Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.
I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.
We just bought this house. It's too big. It's like 400,000 square feet, or something. We got an indoor lake and ski slope in the house! It's just too big.
The author squares man's depravity with still being made in the image of God with this word picture. A vase that has held beautiful roses though now broken, will nevertheless hold something of the fragrance it once contained.
Why can't a woman be more like a man? Men are so honest, so thoroughly square; Eternally noble, historically fair; Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat. Why can't a woman be like that?
It followed from the special theory of relativity that mass and energy are both but different manifestations of the same thing - a somewhat unfamiliar conception for the average mind. Furthermore, the equation E = mcÂ², in which energy is put equal to mass, multiplied by the square of the velocity of light, showed that very small amounts of mass may be converted into a very large amount of energy and vice versa.
Be brave, my heart. Plant your feet and square your shoulders to the enemy. Meet him among the man-killing spears. Hold your ground. In victory, do not brag; in defeat, do not weep.

Michele Bardsley famous quotes

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