Quotes by Christina Dodd

Only those who row the boat make waves

I want to talk to you. I want to listen to you. I want to walk with you and, yes, I want you in my bed. Thats what I want today. Thats what Ill want in a hundred years. If you promise to be my wife forever, I will pledge myself to your happiness.

Pray as if all things depend on God, and work as if all things depend on you.

I intend to marry Michael, and squander all his money and run his life, and make sure he never again consorts with wicked women or gambles with licentious men. I promise I will henpeck him until he has no life beyond what I allow him, and when we die, I will lie in his arms through all eternity.

Great minds think alike-especially when they are female.

If ye canna see the bright side o life, polish the dull side

Life is too short to dance with ugly men

A princess always takes care that her words are honeyed, for she may have to eat them

He who lies down with dogs shall rise with fleas

She had refused to draw the monster. She feared to give him form.

The thing that hunts me now thrives on terror. My terror. I fear he will come for me. I fear he will come for anyone who knows me.

I was out on a lonely road that stretched forever into the darkness. I wanted to run, to get away from him, but it was so dark, I was afraid of where I was going.

You and me-weve whored together. Weve fought together.And I still dunna understand how ye always seems to know where the money is hidden and the liquor is stored and the scandals are richest.Its a gift.

She wished she hadnt succumbed to irritation. Because she wanted to know about his inner feelings. She always thought people were like pieces of art glass-- strong enough to handle and use, delicate enough to shatter under a strong blow, and filled with swirls of color that fascinated the eye. But while most people--and most glass--allowed light through, she could discern nothing of Devlins heart and soul through the smoke and mirrors he held before him.

The way to fight a woman is with your hat. Grab it and run.The guy who said that was a wise man. He knew what most men dont - Women are powerful creatures who should be handled with care, or they can become very, very dangerous.

No matter how they fought they had always been like this: balanced between anger and passion, between hurt and glory. When they first got together, she didnt understand how two people who had so little in common could be so madly, passionately in love. When they split, she had realized madness and passion could never keep a couple together.

I thought society would do the right thing. Now I look around and I think -- society never does the right thing. Sometimes people do the right thing. Sometimes one person makes a difference. But civilization has rules, and Ive learned them well -- never be helpless, never be sick, never be poor.

I do care about real life. Its just not as interesting as whats in my books.

I realized my sorrow, the regret of a restless, doomed spirit, rang in my voice. For the first time I wondered if my fate was to helplessly watch violence until I became as mad as the men who committed the murders.

Yes, Im a man and everyone knows men are great hairy beasts scarcely tamed by civilization-Jermyn, Duke of Northcliff to Amy, Princess Beaumontaigne