Jessica Bird Quotes

#1. He saw clearly the truth other men didn't. If you gave anyone the power to hurt you, soon enough, they were going to use it.

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#2. The stories are what they are in my head. They take their own course and refuse to be influenced by anything or anybody. So I just record what I see and hope that people like it.

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#3. Considering how long it's been since I said it, I would've assumed I'd be more rusty. Well, that and the fact that the last time I was talking to a horse.

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#4. I'm on the benevolent side of antisocial. I don't mind people, but I'd prefer not to have a lot of them around.

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#5. What are you going to have?" he asked.
"A nervous breakdown," she muttered and opened her menu.
So we'll tell the waitress to make that a double, he thought.

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#6. Her laugh was a travesty. Which made sense because in a way, so was his apology. But what was he supposed to say?
I want you until I hurt. Until I sweat.
I love you with a raw, bleeding need that I've never understood.
And all I know for sure is that you can never be mine.

Jessica Bird

#7. The writing comes first for me. Not Facebook, not Twitter, not the Internet or signings or merchandise, or 'the career.' Everything begins and ends with the writing for me, and I build my entire life around sitting my butt down 365 days a year.

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#8. I don't really do indulgences. I'm more interested in discipline, goal setting, and performance.

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#9. I learned long ago, back with 'Lover Revealed,' that my job is to sit at the computer, shut up and type. Otherwise? The pictures and the voices go away!

Jessica Bird