Gets Quotes (page 295)

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• distort
• fact
• them

First get the facts, you can distort them later Mark Twain

• saying
• manly
• you me

My daddy always told me to just do the best you knew how and tell the truth. He said there was nothin to set a man’s mind at ease like wakin up in the morning and not havin to decide who you were. And if you done somethin wrong just stand up and say you done it and say you’re sorry and get on with it. Don’t haul stuff around with you. Cormac McCarthy

• giving
• aided

Pity does not get you aid. Admiration at your refusal to give in does. Suzanne Collins

• rejection
• church
• relationship

It was an odd relationship, but then she was an extraordinary woman: a prioress who doubted much of what the church taught; an acclaimed healer who rejected medicine as practised by physicians; and a nun who made enthusiastic love to her man whenever she could get away with it. If I wanted a normal relationship, Merthin told himself, I should have picked a normal girl. Ken Follet

• struggle
• street
• walking

We want to see a struggle. We want to see people falling over but getting themselves back up on their feet, and that's what's extraordinary- ordinary people and their struggle. There's nothing as interesting as real life out your window. You walk down the street for half an hour, I'll give you half an hour of drama. Ricky Gervais

• waiting
• wait
• civilized

Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want? Orson Scott Card

• warning
• men
• girls

...there was only one thing that interested her and that was getting into bed with men whenever she'd the chance. And I warned her straight. 'You'll be sorry one day, my girl, and wish you'd got me back'. Albert Camus

• words
• sad
• time

When I was excited about life, I didn't want to write at all. I've never written when I was happy. I didn't want to. But I've never had a long period of being happy, Do you think anyone has? I think you can be peaceful for a long time, When I think about it, if I had to choose, I'd rather be happy than write. You see, there's very little invention in my books. What came first with most of them was the wish to get rid of this awful sadness that weighed me down . I found when I was a child that... Jean Rhys

• doubt
• trust
• self

Trust me, I know what self loathing is. But to kill myself? That would put a damper on my search for answers. Not at all productive. Besides, I've become increasingly doubtful as to whether I can die at all. But let's not get into that. Jhonen Vasquez

• good
• caring
• taking

the only thing you need todo for now is get some rest and take good care of yourself until you doknow the answer Elizabeth Gilbert

• waiting
• suits
• thing

We'd never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started. Laura Ingalls Wilder

• hero
• die
• getting

Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Babe Ruth

• life
• she
• getting married

We, my dear Mildred, are the observers of life. Let other people get married by all means, the more the merrier. . . . Let Dora marry if she likes. She hasn't your talent for observation. Barbara Pym

• eating
• wellness
• manners

Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. Oscar Wilde

• picture
• sometimes
• bigger picture

It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture. Charles de Lint