Judith McNaught Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.”
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“Whitney: Where is your home? Clayton: Wherever you are.”
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“Some people feel love in their hearts, Julie. Some of us feel it all way into our souls. We're the ones who can't forget.”
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“The groom always smiles proudly because he's convinced he's accomplished something quite wonderful. The bride smiles because she's been able to convince him of it.”
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“Why did happy memories fade and blur until one could scarcely recall them at all, while horrible memories seemed to retain their blinding clarity and painful sharpness?”
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“People who talk less frequently notice more.”
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“You can't outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little sidebets about the outcome of life. either you wade in and risk everything you have to play the game or you don't play at all. and if u don't play u can't win.”
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“You will soon discover that in matters of the heart, memories are much kinder than reality”
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“Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else.”
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“Sometimes it just happens - to the wrong people at the wrong time.”
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“The old adage which says that it is ‘whom you know that counts’ is far off the mark. It is what you know about whom you know that truly makes difference.”
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“Missing you? I could cheerfully murder you.”
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“Success without someone to share it with is hollow indeed. On the other hand, it beats the heck out of failure.”
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“Life was wonderful, so filled with people and activities, with love and laughter.”
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“Nor is he man enough to make a woman of you.”
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“True beauty springs from the heart and dwells in the eyes.”
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“Clayton," she said softly, her voice threaded with tears, "when Vanessa asked about my accomplishments tonight, I forgot to mention that I do have one. And it's--it's so splendid that it compensates for my lack of all the others." Stephen and Clayton grinned at each other, neither of them hearing the emotion that clogged her voice. "What splendid accomplishments is that, little one?" Clayton asked. Her shoulders hunched forward and began to shake. "I made you love me," she whispered brokenly. "Somehow, some way, I actually made you love me.”
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“A lie is an affront to the soul, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the person to whom one lies.”
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“Love" and all the obsessive behaviors associated with it, was an absurd emotion.”
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“A romance novel should leave readers joyous. My books all have happy endings.”
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“I think we women underrate ourselves when it comes to our courage and strength.”
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“It would have hurt no matter who took you the first time.”
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“At my age, I regard each funeral I attend as a personal triumph, because I was not the guest of honor.”
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“I buy everything in sight. It took my last ounce of control not to buy one of these in every color.”
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“Elizabeth, if you want to be kissed, all you have to do is put your lips on mine.”
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“How foolish to yearn to ask the very person who'd caused the pain to heal it”
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“Looking at you has been my favorite pastime from the moment you asked me to describe your face," he said solemnly, looking straight into her eyes.”
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“How am I doing so far?" she asked, forcing a cheerful lightness into her voice. "You're doing very well," Nick's lazy voice mocked. "I'm half convinced that I'm invisible.”
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“Some of the most unkind,judgmental people I've ever known go to church every Sunday and read the Bible. I don't know how some people are able to disassociate their own cruelty and shortcomings from their religious obligations and convictions, but many are able to do that.”
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“God help me if I ever injure my back," Clayton quipped. "God help you if you ever turn it," Whitney snapped, "for there'll surely be some heartbroken papa or cuckolded husband ready with a knife--if I don't murder you first.”
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