Quotes from Janette Rallison

It's acting, not lying, so I will not be sent to hell for saying these sorts of things.

No wonder he has such nice teeth. They probably pay him in dental floss.

A few moments later Mom opened my door and peered in at me. "Logan Hansen is here to see you." If it had been anyone else in the world, I would have told my mother to send him away. Santa Claus himself could have shown up to explain his whereabouts since my childhood, and I would have turned him out.

If I'd believed that stuff was true, I would have missed out on loving you.

As if finding a guy to solve your problems isn't a contradiction of terms.

I never said you were supposed to be a jailer, i only said a normal person would have questioned why someone would create a decoy nun and then crawl out the window.

Wishes are powerful things. You can't expect them to change the world without changing you too.

Even the plants in Arizona wanted to hurt you.

New York is a nice place." "If you like concrete, crowds, and that claustrophobic, closed-in feeling.

Things that are easily done are often much harder to undo. Sometimes, impossible.

So what were your favorite subjects in school?" "School?" He leaned back in his chair as though he needed the extra space to think about it. "Probably math. It always made sense. Unlike English, economics, and girls." "And exactly how do you plan on taking over the free world if you don't understand economics?" "I'll hire advisers. I'll hire you, in fact." "Okay. Let me know when your army of junior high zombies is ready.

By definition, fiction writers lie for a living.

Perhaps selling your children, your future, just happened one bad decision at a time.

The problem was that I'd never worn a bikini before. My dad doesn't allow them. He thinks even one-pieces show too much skin and constantly suggests that Jane and I wear wet suits.

Life gave you problems. It was your responsibility to rise above them.

She cried so hard her tears formed a river, and tears of grief always run into the river Styx.

It'll be okay," I said. "We're here for you." Kelly said. "I've decided to become a divorce lawyer," Amanda said. Well, we all have our own ways of showing we care.

Some stories are real. And a lot of stories that aren't real are still true.

Neither of them noticed Jane for a moment, which was for the best, as Jane looked like parts of her had been ripped up and flung into the wind. While Hunter smiled at Savannah, little pieces of Jane fluttered down to the parking lot. ... She waded through the litter of her old self and climbed into the battered Taurus.

You know, you've set a really bad precedent for first dates," I said. "How is anyone ever going to top this?" I turned to him for the first time. He was watching me, not the scenery. "I brought you here because I wanted to see the look on your face when you saw this place." He smiled, and my heart flipped over. "It was worth the trip.

But if Grant doesn't like you for who you are, then he's not worth it.

I wound my arms around his neck and kissed him back, trying to capture this moment, to clasp it, so I could always remember what it felt like to hold him this way.

Morals are meant to be shared." He held me away for another moment, reading, then grinned and handed me the book. "I like this one." ..."It's better to love people than wealth. I love Dad, Mom, Kendall, Sandra, Nick, baby Stetson, and especially Hudson. I wouldn't trade them for a mountain of gold." "I love the word 'especially,'" he said. "And I love the person who wrote it." Then he bent over to kiss me.

You're getting me wet." He looked me in the eyes for the first time, and the corners of his mouth turned upward. "Although I suppose I shouldn't complain about that since it's like your trademark or something. If we're going to hang out together , I'll need to start wearing my raincoat." "Are we going to hang out?" He tilted his head and considered me lazily. "I've always wanted my own elf.