Quotes from Victoria Laurie

Life is full of chances -- and those times when we each trust our own guts and have a terrific outcome reaffirms our ability to make good decisions.

I had one word for him, and it started with an ass and ended in hole.

And I was fairly certain that my strong-enough-for-King-Kong-but-made-for-a-woman deodorant had utterly failed. --Doom with a View

You've missed a lot of things. But mostly I think you've missed several opportunities to leave. Let me assist you to the door so that you won't miss this next one.

I miss you when you're not around,' he said. 'I can't sleep when you're not next to me, and I worry a lot about what you're up to.

Hey," Faraday said after a few seconds. "Did you know your clock's still ten minutes fast?

I was like a whirlpool of tragedy, and anybody who dared to get too close to me could get sucked in and drown. Like I was drowning right now.

Deep down it still really bothered me, but I tried not to let it show.

I needed to accept that this was my reality, and nothing was ever going to change it.

I'm not quite sure which scout troop Heath belonged to, but it certainly wasn't the I will totally honor my previous promise of no hanky-panky in the shower troop.

When I walk the halls of my high school those smudges are a constant reminder that death is a mere squint away.

What kind of a man thinks it's appropriate to give his soon- to-be bride a lethal weapon for a wedding present?

My motto is: When in doubt, just keep lying. Even if you're terrible at it.

He'd been our center, the glue that held us together and gave us purpose.

But even if there's a chance we can save her, we have to try

Gilly Gilleshpee

Liar, liar, pants on fire…

My sister the booty police.

To add insult to injury, at that moment Cathy and a group of her friends walked by. "Ewwww," they said collectively as we sopped up the mess. I felt my cheeks sear with heat.

I realized then that thinking about what my life might have been was an impossible thing to consider, because in thinking about what my life would have been with Mama still in it, I would have to completely disregard the knowledge of what my life was now, with all its troubles and dangers but also all its miraculous gifts.

Holding up my credit card so Gilley could see, I snipped it in half. 'You act like I don't have the numbers, expiration date, and security code memorized,' he mocked.

I'd even had business cards made up reading, ABIGAIL COOPER, P.I. with teeny-weeny little letters underneath in parentheses spelling out PSYCHIC INTUITIVE. Most people think I'm trying to be clever. The truth is, I'm a chickenshit.

Wow!" Dutch exclaimed as he took a gander at me. "You are a beautiful woman, Abby." "And you have excellent taste!" I deadpanned. I'd waited for years to say that line.

In my next lifetime I wanted to come back as a guy. They seemed to always get the upper hand.