Sheila Turnage Quotes

#1. As I watched them together, my earth found its axis and my stars found their sky.

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#2. It's never too late to make a better decision

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#3. Dale is Baptist. He doesn't worry about much in life, but he worries about the devil afterwards.

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#4. You don't have a plan, do you? I knew it," he said, his eyes filling with tears. "I knew not to come to a ghost farm with you during a hurricane.

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#5. They found Mr. Jesse in a boat?" I asked. "I'm wondering if maybe he just up and died. Maybe there ain't no murder. Like the fish weren't biting and he died of boredom. It happens. Boredom kills. I've had close brushes myself, during math.

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#6. Yes ma'am," I said, "Anna Celeste's party is Saturday, but I don't need a ride ... No ma'am. It's because Anna Celeste is my Sworn Enemy for Life and I'd rather go face-down in a plate of raw chicken entrails than go to her party. Plus I'm not invited ...

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#7. The Colonel says all attorneys should be named for blood sucking insects so we know up front who we are dealing with.

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#8. I'm Baptist. So far, Fast or Never is the only speeds I got with forgiving.

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#9. The truth is like Spandex ... It may not look like a good fit at first, but if you ease into it and wiggle around, it winds up fitting your skin.

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#10. Listen to me. We're born over and over, day by day. When you feel lost, let the stars sing you to sleep. You'll always wake up new.

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#11. Except for that, everything's going great. Well ... there's been a murder and we're out of soup.

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#12. Dale can't tolerate other people throwing up. He gets what's known as the Synchronized Heaves.

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#13. For me, it was a Gold Star day. I'd identified an enemy, and I'd made a life decision: I might come home tore up from fighting or late from being punished, but I'd never come home crying. So far, I ain't.

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#14. Anger can corrode most anything if it sits still long enough.

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#15. Dale can choose not to worry like he chooses not to wear socks.

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#16. I never forgive. I like revenge too much.

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#17. We can't change the past, Soldier. We can only be grateful for the life of a new day, and move on.

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#18. You what?" Dale yelped, looking like I'd handed him something dead. "You ain't writing during summer vacation, are you? I'm pretty sure that's against the rules.

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#19. Dale's family is like that. Let the Law come within twenty yards of them, and every male over the age of six
uncles, brother, father, cousins
starts lying his fool head off. Dale says it's genetic. Miss Lana says that's poppycock.

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#20. That's how we lose people ... detail by detail, day by day, until they're pale, pale memories.

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#21. Some people look like they were born on a clothes hanger. Not me. I look more like I was born in a dryer.

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#22. If you like old cars detective, eastern North Carolina is perfect for you" he said smoothing his tie. "We have oodles of vintage vehicles around here, don't we Colonel? In fact I like to think of them as one of poverty's little perks.

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#23. My heart leaped like the cheerleader I will never be.

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