Riley Morgan Quotes

#1. In the dark night of all beings awakes to Light the tranquil man. But what is day to other beings is night for the sage who sees.

Bhagavad Gita

#2. It is always the same. Whether you are walking or going by train, the way always seems shorter the second time than the first. (And that is true of distances that are not to be measured in miles and yards.)

Erich Kastner

#3. Riley swings the door open and grins at me. "G'day mate!"

I frown at him. "What the hell was that?"

"Me," he says, "trying to speak your language."

I push past him and plonk myself down on his sofa. "That was Australian.

Beckie Stevenson

#4. Both my parents are Catholic and staunch believers. I'm not a Catholic now, but I still carry part of it with me.

Andy Serkis

#5. If this sounds impressive to you, you're over thirty.

Robin Sloan

#6. Because you have only known me for like fourteen seconds and seven of those were us making out and you still know more about me than all of my friends in this stupid place.

Maggie Stiefvater

#7. Forgiveness does not replace justice.

Pope Benedict XVI

#8. Every victory and success that God will give you will make others jealous; it will cause hatred and opposition as well

Sunday Adelaja

#9. each other and laughed.

James Patterson

#10. I told you," says Riley, looking pleased. "F.A.F"

"F.A.F?" I repeat, trying not to stare at her. "What's that?"

"Fine. As. Fuck.

Beckie Stevenson

#11. She's shaking like a shitting dog," Riley says.

I look up at her and her hands that hang awkwardly at her sides and see her fingers trembling. "Yeah," I agree, "she is."

"She'll be shaking like a shitting dog when I'm done wither her," he says...

Beckie Stevenson

#12. Is it me," he says, "or does she seem a bit weird to you?

Beckie Stevenson

#13. The problem is that your daughter has given her heart to a 15-year-old boy, and a 15-year-old boy does not yet qualify as a human being.

Bill Cosby

#14. THEO: Who do you picture when you think of me?
MORGAN: Papa Smurf.
THEO: Do you have a camera in here somewhere?
MORGAN: Yes, Theo. I watch you jerk off to smurf porn every night.

Con Riley

#15. All the untidy activity continues,
awful but cheerful.

Elizabeth Bishop

#16. Meat and two veg is your knob," I tell him.

He frowns again, looking confused. "Knob?"

"Dick," I say, "penis, cock, nob, chopper, dong, cream stick, one-eyed trouser snake, prick, tadger, willy, bell-end, or dobber. Take your pick.

Beckie Stevenson

#17. I clap so that I can hold on to this feeling. I clap because I know what will happen when I stop. It's the same thing that happens when I turn off a really good movie - one that I've lost myself to - which is that I'll be thrown back to my own reality and something hollow will settle in my chest.

Gayle Forman