Brisbane Quotes
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Brisbane Quotes & Sayings
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I let my initial stance on her prettiness stand and didn't let any superficial thoughts hobble it.
— S.A. Tawks
Honestly, if I stay on this gruelling path, I'm going to end up as another suicide statistic.
— S.A. Tawks
I didn't appreciate the moment as much as I should have while living it, but I can attribute that to my poor emotional state and hindsight.
— S.A. Tawks
Being determined delinquents, Peyton and I jumped the barricades and wandered around the dilapidated interior.
— S.A. Tawks
So much to do but so many incompetent workers," I said, playing to his take-no-shit-get-in-and-fucking-do-it attitude.
— S.A. Tawks
That Edison or Lincoln could have been Edison or Lincoln after four years of Harvard is improbable.
— Arthur Brisbane
Opportunity comes like a snail, and once it has passed you it changes into a fleet rabbit and is gone.
— Arthur Brisbane
A misadventurer's greatest fear is their mother.
— S.A. Tawks
I think the last thing you should do to someone willing to put your penis in their mouth is give them criticism.
— S.A. Tawks
If you're not happy with yourself, how can you even begin to figure out if another person makes you happy, annoyed, angry, sad and so on.
— S.A. Tawks
She'd been fed anti-consumerist bullshit by her parents but didn't understand simple economics.
— S.A. Tawks
There were no snooty commuters at this late hour. They were home snug in their beds where they should be.
— S.A. Tawks
It was my duty as a mother to invade your privacy and search your room. I'm just glad you weren't hiding an illegal drug.
— S.A. Tawks
What does that quote mean to you? Can you explain the concept behind it and not just repeat the pretty phrase to me?
— S.A. Tawks
Counter Girl (in candy shop): You two are cute. Seriously. How long have you been going out?
Sam: Six years. — Maggie Stiefvater
Sam: Six years. — Maggie Stiefvater
To Grace, these were the things that mattered: my hands on her cheeks, my lips on her mouth. The fleeting touches that meant I loved her.
— Maggie Stiefvater
I grew up in suburban Brisbane, so to say you wanted to be an actor was a ridiculous concept.
— Matt Passmore
Sam: "You - you greatly overestimate my self-control."
Grace: "I'm not looking for self-control. — Maggie Stiefvater
Grace: "I'm not looking for self-control. — Maggie Stiefvater
You look like a puppy. Like I'm jingling my keys and you're jumping by the door waiting for your walk"
"Woof. — Maggie Stiefvater
"Woof. — Maggie Stiefvater
If you don't hit a newspaper reader between the eyes with your first sentence, there is no need of writing a second one.
— Arthur Brisbane
It's easy to give up at the beginning of something, but after gaining a bit of momentum it's not as tempting or easy to just give up.
— S.A. Tawks
But now I think he was trying to teach me to never feel entitled because life can be a cruel bitch at times.
— S.A. Tawks
He was the captain of the rugby team and he was built like a fucking gorilla. He had the personality of a fucking gorilla, too.
— S.A. Tawks
They have different accents in America " Brisbane smiled. "Just as we do here." I waved a hand. "They all sound alike to me.
— Deanna Raybourn
Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily.
— Arthur Brisbane
Nyree taught me not to trust anyone but Steve quickly corrected that lesson and taught me not to trust everyone.
— S.A. Tawks
What does a guy say to that? What does an inexperienced guy say to a beautiful, smart, proper girl who's not supposed to say things like that?
— S.A. Tawks
Time is the one thing we possess. Our success depends upon the use of our time, and its by-product, the odd moment.
— Arthur Brisbane
I'm not looking for self-control.
— Maggie Stiefvater
Maybe if you allowed me to blow off some steam, I wouldn't have been so frustrated when I had to find higher order fucking derivatives.
— S.A. Tawks
It was odd but I couldn't jump the chasm of missing evidence to the conclusion Todd was making.
— S.A. Tawks
People give up. People settle. People persevere. And you can do all three if you're smart enough.
— S.A. Tawks
I might grow old in Brisbane, but I would never grow up.
— David Malouf
Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting.
— Arthur Brisbane
A newspaper is a mirror reflecting the public, a mirror more or less defective, but still a mirror.
— Arthur Brisbane
The situation was saved; Brisbane was going to tell a story.
— Francis Marion Crawford
The leading characteristic of the savage state is its refusal or avoidance of industry.
— Arthur Brisbane
The best experiences can't be forced and they come when you least expect it. You don't find misadventure, it finds you.
— S.A. Tawks
This is your chance. Are you going to cower and make excuses or are you going to do what you really want to do?
— S.A. Tawks
Everyday something unexpected happened. Everyday was exciting. Everyday was a misadventure.
— S.A. Tawks
They had to be untrustworthy enough to buy a minor alcohol but trustworthy enough to not walk away with my money.
— S.A. Tawks
Writing good editorials is chiefly telling the people what they think, not what you think.
— Arthur Brisbane
You live by whatever rules you need to govern your life the best you think. Let's just try not to encroach.
— S.A. Tawks
I found that disturbing the night's calm ambience was almost as gratifying as the ambience itself.
— S.A. Tawks
Other times, when existential crisis mode kicked in, I flirted with the idea of giving up and drifting whichever way gravity and wind moved me.
— S.A. Tawks
It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are.
— Maggie Stiefvater
A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.
— Arthur Brisbane
I didn't let what I wanted to do become a made up memory that I looked back on years down the road and wished it was real.
— S.A. Tawks
I must have appeared like a real bad boy in Christy's eyes. Well, at least a bad boy by home and away standards.
— S.A. Tawks
Holding tight, denying the fact that eventually we all had to let go.
— Maggie Stiefvater
Someone who lives vicariously will never be truly happy because they're not happy with themselves.
— S.A. Tawks
Hang your idea on a peg that all can read.
— Arthur Brisbane
The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can't come out and those outside don't want to get in.
— Arthur Brisbane
Lighting a cigarette with a sense of achievement for company made the journey worth it.
— S.A. Tawks
Where's your sense of misadventure?
— S.A. Tawks
Some people clean the fridge to avoid studying. I go to Brisbane.
— Melina Marchetta
After spending the previous night the way I had, I felt I could afford to lose some of the daytime to sleep.
— S.A. Tawks
I broke in swiftly. "How kind of you to renew your offer, your Grace. But I am afraid I must decline. Brisbane is the man for me.
— Deanna Raybourn
I folded myself against her body, breathing in the smell of my new life and matching my heartbeat to hers Sam, Linger
— Maggie Stiefvater
My newfound motivation had me feeling confident in my ability and I headed to Mackay with a plan.
— S.A. Tawks
They were queen bitches and it seemed everyone and everything they knew and everyone and everything they didn't know deserved some kind of criticism.
— S.A. Tawks
Everyones' worst problems weigh the same, and it's up to you how heavy that weight is and how much you let it drag you down.
— S.A. Tawks
We smoked the joints down to the roaches and then relaxed beneath the stars to let the drug form dazzling constellations.
— S.A. Tawks
I liked learning but the challenge was that my mother's need to turn education into a competition was ruining the experience for me.
— S.A. Tawks
Misadventure was my primary compass and I followed it without caring if I pissed off one person or a whole bunch of people.
— S.A. Tawks
You know what's the worst? Having realistic, ordinary expectations taken out of your reach by seemingly unrealistic, extraordinary circumstances.
— S.A. Tawks
Besides the gifts, the only thing that gave the headstones colour were the memories family and friends had of the people they represented.
— S.A. Tawks
Grace," I said, very softly. "Say something."
Sam," she said, and I crushed her to me. — Maggie Stiefvater
Sam," she said, and I crushed her to me. — Maggie Stiefvater
I wasn't pissed off; I was just robbed of most of the cocky confidence my cunningness had created.
— S.A. Tawks
A fight needs at least two fighters. Sometimes you can win straight away by not fighting.
— S.A. Tawks
Use a picture. It's worth a thousand words.
— Arthur Brisbane