J C Philpot Quotes

#1. The air was swollen with music, shouting, and something I could not quite place- a feeling of happiness, but happiness with an edge, a sense of joy that was all the more meaningful because it was so fleeting.

Chelsey Philpot

#2. The burst of love I felt for her spread through me like blue paint turning red to purple.

Chelsey Philpot

#3. I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost.

John Philpot Curran

#4. Childhood is not all candy stores and recess; it's frustrations and confusions, too.

Chelsey Philpot

#5. It's simple, Miss Philpot. This is one of God's early models, and He decided to give the subsequent ones smaller eyes." I raised my eyebrows. "Do you mean God rejected it?" "I mean God wanted a better version - the crocodile we know now - and replaced it.

Tracy Chevalier

#6. I'm sorry,' I whispered. I didn't know whether I was sympathizing with her broken heart or apologizing for a family who had had theirs broken, too.

Chelsey Philpot

#7. Even with her red-rimmed eyes she was the reason artists painted portraits.

Chelsey Philpot

#8. But if love can be funny and capricious, it can also be strong enough to seem like a sign of insanity.

Chelsey Philpot

#9. But as in wailing there's nought availing, And Death unfailing will strike the blow, Then for that reason, and for a season, Let us be merry before we go.

John Philpot Curran

#10. Evil prospers when good men do nothing.

John Philpot Curran

#11. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

John Philpot Curran

#12. The first inventions of commerce are, like those of all other arts, cunning and short-sighted.

John Philpot Curran

#13. Even knowing, as I do now, that grace, power, and, yes, love can hide the darkest elements of the human heart, I would do it all again.

Chelsey Philpot

#14. I wish for a life so brave, so unpredictable, so full of unexpected joys and unforgettable love that no box could possibly contain all my memories.

Chelsey Philpot

#15. Heartache, guilt, loss, grief, these things, too, are monsters.

Chelsey Philpot

#16. Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot.

John Philpot Curran

#17. Illness can be undignified. Suffering does not have a purpose, and relationships are complicated. In the most painful way a person can, Hazel comes to realize, that love does not, cannot, conquer death. What it can do, however, is transcend it.

Chelsey Philpot

#18. I need not say I meet with every kindness both here and at Stamford, and can only wonder what people can see in me to call forth so much attention and regard. They do not see me as I see myself, and it is my mercy that they do not know all the workings of a vile and depraved heart.

J.C. Philpot

#19. His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.

John Philpot Curran

#20. When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor.

John Philpot Curran

#21. The Naked Socialist connects the ancient order of oppression with the modern order of oppression. The Naked Socialist is a fabulous book and we need to get everyone to read it NOW!

Morgan Philpot

#22. As children we read to escape - to enter fantasy worlds where a bespectacled boy can discover he's a wizard or a brave girl can find a magical passage through a wardrobe. But we also read to find reflections of ourselves.

Chelsey Philpot

#23. In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man.

John Philpot Curran

#24. This is not something anyone can teach you. Heartbreak you must learn on your own.

Chelsey Philpot

#25. We are solitary creatures that come together in packs so we can survive as a species. We'll do anything to preserve the social status quo, including omit, deny, and lie. Complete honesty would be detrimental to the survival of the race.

Chelsey Philpot

#26. So self-assured were they all by nature that it never occurred to me to doubt that their perfection was predetermined by forces I did not understand. They were all royalty. They were all gods. They were all broken.

Chelsey Philpot

#27. Even knowing everything, I would have chosen the same.
It's only in hindsight that we can point, as easily as finding a town on a map, to the moments that shaped us, - the moments when choices between yeses and noes determined the people we become.

Chelsey Philpot

#28. To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that peoples our forests with assassins.

John Philpot Curran

#29. For a time, I missed them like winter misses warmth. I could not breathe without her. I could not feel without him.

Chelsey Philpot

#30. God placed the fossils there when He created the rocks, to test our faith, he responded at last. As He is clearly testing yours Miss Philpot.
It is my faith in you that is being tested, I thought.

Tracy Chevalier

#31. The hours were long, but the days were short, and as much as I willed it to never come, the end of summer arrived anyway.

Chelsey Philpot

#32. I think inspiration is strongest when I find a balance between observation and participation. You can't write about what it means to dance by watching from the bleachers.

Chelsey Philpot