New Zealand Author Quotes

#1. Men's weaknesses are often necessary to the purposes of life.

Maurice Maeterlinck

#2. I do have some leftover chicken and pasta. (Grace)
And wine? ... That's acceptable (Julian)
Look, buster, I'm not your cooking wench. Mess with me and I'll feed you Alpo. (Grace)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#3. It's such a luxury as an actor to think of your career as something you're choosing for yourself, because so much of the time as an actor you're just hoping that exciting projects come your way.

Marin Ireland

#4. The stronger the family, stronger the society.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#5. Maybe I could survive in one of those resort prisons where they house white-collar criminals. I've always wanted to get better at tennis.

Chuck Klosterman

#6. I take care of myself. I work out three times a week. I have a trainer, and we just work out for an hour.

Tony Bennett

#7. Do you know how to wrap a leg?'
'I was born wrapping legs,' I say stiffly, because I'm insulted.
'Must've been a challenging delivery,' Sean notes.

Maggie Stiefvater

#8. If two people share one, their destinies become intertwined. They'll remain a part of each other's lives no matter what.

Tetsuya Nomura

#9. Xas reappeared and showed every sign of winding himself around Sobran permanently, like -Sobran complained - some parasitic vine.

Elizabeth Knox

#10. Want to do something noble and courageous while you're on this Earth treat the mentally ill like they have some worth.

Stanley Victor Paskavich

#11. The fact is, there are a couple of years he may not have paid any taxes. Maybe he's concerned about that. But if it's going to come out, he needs to get it out now so he has a couple of months to explain it.

Joe Scarborough

#12. Imagine you're doing your thing, and somebody comes up to you and just kills your mojo. Just tell them, 'No flex zone!'

Swae Lee

#13. Do you still call it talent, if it blooms without any kind of nurturing? That's got to be something else.
She made talent sound like a damned insult.

Esi Edugyan

#14. You simply couldn't make a living as an author if New Zealand was your only market.

Paul Cleave

#15. Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.

Avril Lavigne

#16. There are two paths people can take. They can either play now and pay later, or pay now and play later. Regardless of the choice, one thing is certain. Life will demand a payment.

John C. Maxwell

#17. I feel your lips on me, Eden. When I close my eyes, when I'm awake. I taste you. You are my first breath, and my last. I feel you.

Mia Sheridan