Top 100 Leighton Quotes
#1. I never meant to hurt you, Isabel. Had I known what I would find when I came north, I would never have agreed to Leighton's request ... That is a lie. Had I known that I would find you when I came north, I would have come years ago.
Sarah MacLean
#2. Frederic Leighton to James McNeill Whistler: 'My dear Whistler, you leave your pictures in such a sketchy, unfinished state. Why don't you ever finish them?' James McNeill Whistler to Frederic Leighton: 'My dear Leighton, why do you ever begin yours?
James Whistler
#3. I did not ask for objections, but for comments, or helpful suggestions. I looked for more loyalty from you, Captain Hornblower.'
That made the whole argument pointless. If Leighton only wanted servile agreement there was no sense in continuing ...
C.S. Forester
#4. Taigen Dan Leighton has lovingly illumined still another dimension of the human condition.
John Daishin Buksbazen
#5. But stay away from him, Juliana. When we said we wanted to make you a good match, Leighton was not who we imagined."
Even her brother thought Simon too good for her.
"Because he is a duke?"
"What? No," Ralston said, truly perplexed by her instant defensive response. "Because he's an ass.
Sarah MacLean
#6. Didn't you say she lives in Josh's neighborhood? Mrs. Leighton asks. I think I actually hear her loading the bullets into that question.
Katja Millay
#7. Randolph Henry Ash's Proserpine had been seen as a Victorian reflection of religious doubt, a meditation on the myths of resurrection. Lord Leighton had painted her, distraught and floating, a golden figure in a tunnel of darkness. Blackadder
A.S. Byatt
#8. It is a true saying of good Archbishop Leighton: 'The way of sin is down hill; a man cannot stop when he would.
J.C. Ryle
#10. Some things are not meant to be, Leighton Atwood had said the night before. But if they were not meant to be, then why did the forces of destiny keep bringing them together?
Sherry Thomas
#11. That's pretty bad when my hormones can block out a homicide.
M. Leighton
#12. Blaze your own trail in life. Make your own choices and make your own mistakes. It's the only way you'll find your own happiness, not someone else's.
M. Leighton
#13. The only time a relationship is good is when you really love them.
Leighton Meester
#14. I love watching her, watching her uncertainty and her hesitation. And her attempts at denying what we both know she's feeling. Teasing her is going to be so much fun. Hot, sweet, sexy, delicious fun.
M. Leighton
#15. I might play a lot of dramatic roles, but I'm really sort of silly.
Leighton Meester
#16. She's starting to feel more and more like
an anchor, like a North Star. Like my North Star.
M. Leighton
#18. I want tonight to be perfect for you. Just know that it's already been perfect for me.
M. Leighton
#19. Being a feminist simply means you believe in equal rights, and I think if you ask anybody if they believe in equal rights, they'll say yes, man or woman. And if they don't - who the heck would say that?
Leighton Meester
#20. I know what that feels like. I know what it's like to care about someone so much they make you desperate.
M. Leighton
#21. Are you saying that your in love with me?"
"My God, yes!" He flung his arms wide in exasperation.
M. Leighton
#22. I didn't really like modeling; it was fun but I always wanted acting.
Leighton Meester
#23. No, not for a while. As long as you'll have me. Didn't you hear me, Miracle? I'm in love with you!
M. Leighton
#24. Goodnight, Nash."
His lips twist into a wry smile. I wonder what he was expecting. "Good night, beautiful Olivia.
M. Leighton
#25. I hit the red END button on the phone. The word itself mocks me. Have I really destroyed any chance to be with Olivia? Do I really care if I have?
The answers are: I don't know and yes. In that order.
M. Leighton
#26. I think back to my banter with Cash about sexual harassment. I don't doubt he pushes the boundaries, but never once did I get the impression he might force himself on me or make unwanted advances. I just hope to God he doesn't know that his advances aren't unwanted. I just wish they were.
M. Leighton
#27. That, ladies and gentlemen, is called denial. Ain't she a bitch?
M. Leighton
#28. Don't. Please don't say it."
I search his eyes. For what, I don't know. "Why?"
"Because I don't want you to. I need you to come back to me. Not to help me. Or to help my father. I'm done with that. I don't want your help. It all boils down to you. I just want you.
M. Leighton
#29. I resist the urge to pump my fist. I'm not sure why, but I feel like I've just won some sort of competition worthy of headlines.
M. Leighton
#30. It's only been a few hours and all I can think about is the way you taste, the way you feel wrapped around me. When you're so hot and so ready. So wet, he murmurs against my mouth.
M. Leighton
#31. What is this? The land of misfit models?
M. Leighton
#32. She stands facing me to take off the helmet. When she does, she shakes her dark hair free. It looks like something a girl in a shampoo commercial might do. I have no doubt she doesn't have a clue how sexy she is. But she is. Holy hell, is she ever!
M. Leighton
#33. I didn't even think of that. These guys have really scrambled my brain.
M. Leighton
#34. I used to drink tons of caffeine. Now I make smoothies with frozen berries and Green Vibrance health powder.
Leighton Meester
#35. You are the most amazing man I've ever met and I love you so much I sometimes feel like I can't contain it inside my chest. Don't ever say I deserve better. You are the best there is.
M. Leighton
#36. Hardy didn't care where they went, as long as he was with her.
M. Leighton
#37. But when she finally says something, I know which part struck her the hardest.
It's the part that makes me look like the bastard most people have always thought me to be.
M. Leighton
#38. The sun had dipped below the horizon and the sky was almost entirely pencil-lead grey. It felt like the normal world had followed the sun over the horizon too, leaving me in this cold, dark universe that made no sense.
Kendra Leighton
#39. He wanted to tell himself that Miracle was just a girl, but he knew that wasn't the case. Miracle wasn't just a girl. She was ... something special.
M. Leighton
#40. Sweet mother of sex, they're triplets!
M. Leighton
#41. Aww." Sarah patted Mr Trinozka on one of his shoulders. "How cute are you?" She turned to Charlotte. "I love country monsters." Sarah, Witch of the 13th Generation
Shayne Leighton
#42. Can we just forget that ever happened?"
His smile is devilish. "Not on your life.
M. Leighton
#43. I like to be judged by my family and friends because they know me.
Leighton Meester
#44. I'm not taking a chance. I feel like I can't breathe without you. I'm just doing what I need to do to survive. It's as simple as that."
"Then let me be your air," he says quietly.
M. Leighton
#45. I need to be gone before she gets up. Seeing her will only make it harder to stay away from her. A man can only be pushed so far before he gives in, regardless of the consequences.
M. Leighton
#46. Like cats' eyes gleaming in the gloom, the precious diamonds rest.
Robert B. Leighton
#47. You would die of boredom in my body." "No, I'd take that young thing out for a spin and liven things up a little." I roll my eyes. "I'm sure you would. You'd have me screwing my way through greater Atlanta." "Breakin' hearts and blowin' minds! Or blowin' something," she says with a devilish wink.
M. Leighton
#48. I really like to be able to have variety and to try different things - that's the beauty of fashion.
Leighton Meester
#49. I'm not really a partier, in general. I've definitely learned that that's probably the least interesting thing you can do with your time.
Leighton Meester
#50. You shine like the sun and you move like water. Your eyes are the perfect mix of gray and brown, like fog in the woods, and you smell like lilacs in the summer. I think if you laughed, it would sound like music.
M. Leighton
#51. Rich. Handsome. Privileged. Heartless.
M. Leighton
#52. Somehow, while I wasn't looking, I fell. And I fell hard.
M. Leighton
#53. Sailors approaching the coast in a fog can recognize the Santa Barbara Channel by the smell of bitumen which floats on the water.
Caroline C. Leighton
#54. I feel like I'm going to an execution.
Of my heart and my trust maybe.
And that's pretty much right.
M. Leighton
#55. I do so much work that I don't have a lot of time for my life!
Leighton Meester
#56. Dude, now you're flirting?
Even to my own ears, my comment sounds suggestive. The sad thing is, it was meant that way. There are literally a dozen things I'd love for her to do for me. Or to me. Or let me do to her. -Nash
M. Leighton
#57. No i don't. I can't imagine how you, of all people, could be a burden to anyone. And i certainly don't think you're hard to love.
M. Leighton
#58. When my phone rings, I pull it out and check the screen. It says simply, "Olivia." I smile wider.
M. Leighton
#59. Good God, he's even hotter than I remember!
M. Leighton
#60. Life appears in a vast variety and innumerable succession of individual forms, since the most salient character of the universe is just that it ceaselessly gives birth to living individuals.
Joseph Alexander Leighton
#61. I realize he doesn't think I'll do it. No one probably does.
And that's exactly why I will.
M. Leighton
#63. Skepticism literally means a thoughtful inquiry, the looking at a problem in a disinterested spirit, the surveying of a question from many sides. In this sense it is the very essence of philosophy and science.
Joseph Alexander Leighton
#64. Eighty-five percent of all diabetes sufferers are overweight or obese.
H. Leighton Steward
#65. You're like the town bicycle. You give rides. You don't date.
M. Leighton
#66. Perceptive. She's as smart as she is beautiful. And probably doesn't think she's either one.
M. Leighton
#67. Some babies aren't meant to stay down here with their mommas. And their daddies. Some babies are angels. And angels are meant to be in heaven.
M. Leighton
#68. Be yourself. The happiest and most successful people are those who feel the most comfortable with themselves.
Leighton Meester
#69. So that's how you charm the cobra," I quip. He smiles devilishly. "If you really want to see what effect you have on my snake, I'd be happy to show you.
M. Leighton
#70. Tonight, you got your miracle. The day i saw you, sitting with Mila in the park, i got mine.
M. Leighton
#71. Never in all my wildest dreams did I take you for a foursome. With triplets, no less!
M. Leighton
#72. I try to mix it up! I do a little Pilates. I do a little Cardio Barre; sometimes I run or do the stairs.
Laura Leighton
#73. I've never wanted anything more in my life, if i died tomorrow, being with you, like this tonight, will have been the best night of my entire existence. And it's not because of a stupid bucket list; it's because i love you.
M. Leighton
#74. Not all guys that look a certain way or dress a certain way or act a certain way are the same.
M. Leighton
#75. I feel like my friends are in a cult because we're like, 'No outsiders!
Leighton Meester
#76. No, no buts," he interrupted with a shake of his head. "I'm tired of people telling what i feel and how i should feel. I know it sounds crazy, but i know what i feel. i know this is real.
M. Leighton
#77. Hearts don't often break even. One person is usually more hurt while the other is more relieved.
M. Leighton
#78. You'd better close those lips before I'm tempted to kiss them and really give you something to be all hot and bothered about.
M. Leighton
#79. Finish your beer," he says then nods to the bartender. "Jack. Neat.
M. Leighton
#80. Just have a little bit of something that you want. Don't overdo it.
Leighton Meester
#82. I have no clue. I have ovaries; therefore, I repel all things mechanical.
M. Leighton
#83. It's wonderful to be in love. And it's definitely wonderful to cuddle and have sex and get to experience life with somebody. But it's OK if you don't find him and you're 24. You can find it someday.
Leighton Meester
#84. Thanks, Gav. I can always count on you to say things that help me in no way whatsoever.
M. Leighton
#85. I think I see her chest rise as she catches her breath. Maybe she'll be the one to throw on the brakes. God knows I'm not going to. I might regret it later, but right now I'm not thinking about anything but what it would be like to see Olivia without that red dress.
M. Leighton
#86. It's not like that. If all i wanted was a whore, i could've taken my pick from the bimbos at school. Whether you like it or not, Dad, i'm in love with Miracle and i have every intention of marrying her if she'll have me.
M. Leighton
#88. True leadership means to receive power from God and use it under God's rule to serve people in God's way.
Leighton Ford
#89. I saw a special on the Discovery Channel."
"You were watching the Discovery Channel?"
"Yes."
"Um, why?"
"I lost the remote."
"You lost the remote?
M. Leighton
#90. It's easier to just let it go. It hurts alot less
M. Leighton
#91. If you get a wrinkle, I don't feel that's indicative of your losing ground. That's ridiculous.
Leighton Meester
#92. He'll never know. What stays in the VIP room happens in the VIP room," she slurs.
"Don't you mean what happens in the VIP room stays in the VIP room?"
"That's what I said."
I snicker. "Oh, okay.
M. Leighton
#93. That look says it all. It makes my butt pucker." "Makes your butt pucker?"
M. Leighton
#95. She drew his eye like the shore draws the ocean. Nothing seemed as interesting, as captivating, as important as the face of that girl.
M. Leighton
#96. I love you. Today. Tomorrow. Always." I
M. Leighton
#97. I love my parents very much, but people either continue or break the patterns of what their life should be and I just want to completely break whatever patterns would lead me to the same life choices that they made.
Leighton Meester
#98. So, what's it gonna be, boys? We've got a new bartender to audition.
Cheers go up all around me. Olivia's got a fan base already. She's gonna make me a killing.
M. Leighton
#99. There was a sadness just beneath the surface of his pleasant expression. It drifted across his face like a ghost moving through the vacant rooms of an empty house.
M. Leighton
#100. I love you, Miracle," he whispered. "You're mine," he said, inching his way forward a bit more, "and i'm yours," he added, moving further in. "Forever.
M. Leighton