Maureen Johnson: Trending quotes

Maureen Johnson trending quotes. Read the latest quotes in collection
Maureen Johnson: 144 quotes0 likes

“I guess life is full of maybes.”

Maureen Johnson

Source: Girl at Sea

“You could wear the same outfit every single day and no guy - who isn't gay - will notice.”

Maureen Johnson

Source: Suite Scarlett

“Who runs a combination?" Keith asked. "With the cat shelter being the primary function? Only people who want to kill you with an axe and then put you in the garden and build a shed on you, that's who.”

Maureen Johnson

Source: The Last Little Blue Envelope

“It could have been like a fairy tale. But fairy tales aren't real. Things don't work like that. There's a price for everything.”

Maureen Johnson

Source: Girl at Sea

“because talent alone doesn't make an artist”

Maureen Johnson book 13 Little Blue Envelopes

Source: 13 Little Blue Envelopes

“Sometimes artist like to catch themselves looking out, let the world see them for once. It's a signature. This one is a very bold one. But this is also a witnessing. We want to remember, and we want to be remembered. That's why we paint.”

Maureen Johnson book 13 Little Blue Envelopes

Source: 13 Little Blue Envelopes

“Proximity doesn't breed familiarity.”

Maureen Johnson book Let It Snow

Source: Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances

“Oh my God!" said one of the Ambers. "Is this not the worst trip ever? Did you see the snow?"
She was a sharp one, this Amber. What would she notice next? The train? The moon? The hilarious vagaries of human existence? Her own head?”

Maureen Johnson book Let It Snow

Source: Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances

“It took a lot of women like that, a lot of women who said "I'm not going to do what you expect me to do, because you have no idea what I'm capable of. I'm going to get dirty and use tools and live the way I want" to move the world forward.”

Maureen Johnson

Source: The Last Little Blue Envelope

“We're going to die," Keith said, the moment he was gone. "This man is a serial killer. We're going to die, and he's going to bury us in his garden and build a shed on us.”

Maureen Johnson

Source: The Last Little Blue Envelope

“Maybe this was what Aunt Peg meant all along - returning was a weird thing. You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe our what came before.”

Maureen Johnson

Source: The Last Little Blue Envelope

“I had one class in the morning, the mysteriously named "Further Maths". It was two hours long and so deeply frightening that I think I went into a trance.”

Maureen Johnson

Source: The Name of the Star

“Braiiinnnnssss," we said in unison.
"It's both sad and incredibly impressive that you were all ready with that one.”

Maureen Johnson

Source: The Name of the Star

“I looked at the stained-glass image of the lamb in the window above me, but that only reminded me that lambs are famous for being led to slaughter, or sometimes hanging out with lions in ill-advised relationships.”

Maureen Johnson

Source: The Name of the Star

“Kissing is something that makes up for a lot of other crap you have to put up with… It can be confusing and weird and awkward, but sometimes it just makes you melt and forget everything that is going on.”

Maureen Johnson

Source: The Name of the Star

“Why are Americans so fascinated by Ireland?” Keith asked… “you all think you’re Irish. What’s the appeal? Do you like the accent more? Is it all the magical rocks? Oh, look, a lep­rechaun…”

Maureen Johnson

Source: The Last Little Blue Envelope

“I'm done. I'm going to go to bed and read important books about theater."
"It would would be easier if you just said porn," Scarlett said.
"No idea what you're talking about. But knock first if you need me.”

Maureen Johnson

Source: Suite Scarlett

“I had always assumed the weekend was a holy tradition, respected by good people everywhere. Not so at Wexford.”

Maureen Johnson

Source: The Name of the Star