Kelley Armstrong Quotes

when times are tough, the weak bail and the tough get creative.

Wow. The guy can make me feel stupid even when he's telling me I don't have to let him make me feel stupid.

I want you to have big dreams, big goals. I want you to strive to achieve them. But I don't want to see you beating yourself up every time you make a mistake.

Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.

No. Harsh truth was better than comfortable lies. It had to be.

My past was a private obstacle, not a public excuse.

A name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did your parents pick that particular one?

If you say ‘we’re in this together,’ I’m going to hurl.

That's what we all want, isn't it? Power without price.

Remembering. Forgetting. I'm not sure which is worse.

That's what being crazy was, wasn't it? You thought you were fine. Everyone else knew better.

He was trying to tell me something.' Derek snorted. 'Aren’t they all? Must be a rule in the ghost handbook—if in danger of evaporating, make sure you’re in the middle of a dire pronouncement.

Young writers need to be encouraged to write - just write - with no restrictions on form, style or content.

Storytelling is my passion, and it rises from a love of reading.

Dearly departed, scarcely lamented, deeply demented.

Maybe my expectations for honesty are too high.

Life experience. I can talk it up, vow to broaden my horizons, but I’m still limited to the experiences with my life. How can a person understand an experience that lies completely outside her own? She can see it, feel it, imagine what it would be like to live it, but it’s no different from seeing a movie on a screen and saying, “Thank God that’s not me”.

I had to take responsibility, even if it meant saying no to an authority figure, because I was the authority on me.

It's because when we sneeze, our soul flies out our nose and if no one says 'bless you,' the devil can snatch it.

Maybe I'm being selfish, but I choose you." He leaned over, lips brushing mine as he whispered, "I always choose you.

You think I led him on? For what? Kicks? I don't have enough exictement in my life, so maybe I'll tease a nice guy, get his hopes up, then laugh and skip away?

I've spent the last decade learning to stand firm and face my problems… or at least batter them until they're unrecognizable.

You know children, always playing with the forces of darkness.

So consider your options, make your choice and call me home.

When you accept a leadership role, you take on extra responsibility for your actions toward others.