Quotes from Cathy Yardley

Yeah," he said, rolling his eyes. "Because when I think 'game architect' and 'engineering,' I think 'extrovert.

If the shoe fits," she ground out, "lace up that bitch and wear it!

You can fuck all the way off.

If Enron and Walmart got drunk in Vegas and had an evil corporate love child, Fiendish would be their rebellious teenage son." ~Kate

I hate when instruction books, blogs or well-meaning friends tell you "just get over it!" or "just write!"   Like that didn't occur to you. Like all it would take is someone pointing out that say, you should just stop doing that thing you've been doing all your life.   "You mean I should just sit down and write? My God, that's brilliant! Why have I not thought of this before? Thank you, oh sage guru!

It sounds like 'twee', but it's spelled T-H-U-Y.

having people over at all house very day of the week.

I'm sure there are even some kind guys nice in here, but . . .

If you can't handle me in sweatpants, you don't deserve me in stilettos

John Waters. He said we need to make books cool again. So if you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck them.

If you were on life support, I would unplug it to charge my phone.

It was like butterflies on meth in his stomach

Close-minded idiot. And like so many close-minded people, she can't seem to be close-mouthed along with it.

Don't go to the hardware store for bread.

These are people who are eager to complain (or brag) about what's going on in their lives, but when the conversation shifts to you, they become uninterested and suddenly need to go.

Some people might think this erratic, possibly a cause for concern. She preferred to think of it as not giving a single, solitary fuck.

It was like Tobin had told her: they didn't matter. She never should have given them that much power.

If you can't handle can't handle me in sweatpants, You don't deserve me in stilettos

He didn't ask you for your opinion on what he was doing as far as a break—he was telling you what he needed," Emily reminded her. "So you don't get to decide that he has to talk to you now. He walked away. When he's ready, then he can always come back and talk to you.

What is it you really want?" Emily said. "Because if what you want is the big career, then you need to stick with that—and stop torturing the person who can't or won't follow. I speak from some experience on that.

To my mother . . . I finally get it. This raising kids shit? Is hard. Thank you for not giving up. To my father . . . I miss you, and I hope you've found peace. And finally, to my son. You are a weird, amazing, hysterically funny, brilliant person who has flourished in spite of my awkward parenting skills. I can't wait to see where life takes you.

Even though Jäger tastes like if you put a gun to a licorice plant and threatened it until it peed.

He didn't believe that life was just getting a job you hated and working really hard at it so you could earn enough money to have periodic fun.