Josh Lanyon Quotes

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• I liked you the first time I saw you. You were sitting on the floor surrounded by books, and you looked up when I opened the door and smiled right at me. It felt like you had been waiting for me, like you were welcoming me home.

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  Book, Home, Doors

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• Like true philosophers I've come to believe that religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown after proper education.

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  Believe, Childhood, Philosopher

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• People loved you in the way they knew how - and often it was not the way you knew. Or needed.

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  People, Way, Needed

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• This is how God made me. You are how God made you. All God's chillun are made how God made 'em. You think God made a mistake, take it up with Him.

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  Mistake, Thinking, Ems

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• You know that thing about Death Be Not Proud? Well, Fear Be Not Proud either. And Fear Be Not Elegant. What Fear be is stumbling, bumbling flight, crashing through brush, slip-sliding on pine needles, sloshing through puddles that are always deeper than you expect.

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  Fear, Puddles, Proud

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• All cynics are disappointed idealists. The more stars in the eyes, the harder the fall.

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  Stars, Fall, Eye

  Josh Lanyon (2010). “Fair Game”, p.112, Carina Press

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• He looked okay. No, to be honest. He looked a lot better than okay. He looked...fine. Fine, as in get the Chiffons over here to sing a chorus.

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  Honest, Fine, Okay

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• I know you've all heard the advice, "Show, don't tell." The best writers don't tell you, and quite frankly they don't just show you -- they make you feel it, live it, taste it, touch it. Storytelling is about being in the moment with the characters.

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  Character, Advice, Taste

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• Rachel delivered it like an official pronouncement. Like she was one of the fairies gifting Sleeping Beauty's christening: Beauty. Intelligence. Heterosexual.

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  Sleep, Fairy, Gifting

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• To find them all in one package...well, perhaps better not to dwell on his package in my fragile state.

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  States, Wells, Packages

  Josh Lanyon (2010). “All She Wrote”, p.64, Samhain Publishing

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• Hearts got broken every day. Nobody died from that. But it did kind of fade the sunlight and drain the color from the days.

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  Heart, Color, Broken

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• If there was one life skill everyone on the planet needed, it was the ability to think with critical objectivity

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  Thinking, Objectivity, Skills

  Josh Lanyon (2011). “Come Unto These Yellow Sands”, p.21, Samhain Publishing

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• Rick said, "Is there some place we can go and talk?" "You want to talk?," Keir raised an eyebrow. "I never thought I'd see the day." "Nah, I want to tell you this joke I heard." Keir nodded, patient. "Shoot." "Two Irish cops walk into a bar. The first cop says..." Rick's voice dropped. He said gruffly, "I love you. Come home." Keir managed to keep his voice steady. "What's the other cop say?" The sweetness of Rick's smile was like a kick in his chest. "That's what I'm here to find out, boyo.

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  Love You, Home, Eyebrows

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• A pause followed my greeting. Then “We’re watching you ” whispered the voice on the other end. “Yeah? Did you see what I did with my keys? ” Silence. Then dial tone. These younger demons. So easily discouraged.

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  Keys, Voice, Silence

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• I’m not going to let go of you. I’m going to hold you all night. So go ahead and feel whatever you feel. If you’re still craving cocaine, go ahead. You’re safe. You can crave it all you want, but I won’t let go, and if you still feel like you can’t trust yourself in the morning, and it’s what you want, I’ll drive you to rehab myself. Okay?" ~ Max

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  Letting Go, Morning, Night

  Josh Lanyon (2011). “Come Unto These Yellow Sands”, p.98, Samhain Publishing

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• I thought again how odd it was to be on formal terms with someone you had once permitted to lick your ears.

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  Ears, Odd, Formal

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• I love you," Jake whispered. "Are you strong enough for this?" I made myself comfortable. Said over my shoulder, "Sure." "Would you tell me if you weren't?" I grinned. "Maybe. I can't think of a nicer way to commit suicide." "That's good. I can't think of a more pleasant way to commit murder.

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  Suicide, Strong, Love You

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• I noticed you right away." She gave me an approving look. "I like quiet, polite men. And men who wear Hugo Boss. I was hoping you weren't gay. Or that you were only half-gay. Like Paul." "Uh...sorry," I said. "It's pretty much full-time now. The pay's not great, but the perks...

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  Sorry, Gay, Men

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• The only thing worse than opera is someone who hums along with opera.

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  Opera

  Josh Lanyon (2002). “A Dangerous Thing”, Millivres Books

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• I think it was Mark Twain who said, “Get your facts straight, and then you can distort them as much as you like.

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  Thinking, Facts, Said

  Josh Lanyon (2002). “A Dangerous Thing”, Millivres Books

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• I'm not insane. This is very simple, very straightforward. Provided he doesn't kill me, its foolproof.

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  Simple, Insane, Kill Me

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• I want people to react to my work, to think, to question, to challenge, to cry and laugh and feel.

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  Thinking, People, Laughing

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• He needed fresh air and sunshine. A walk in the woods and afterward a good book to read by the fire. Yeah, that was the life.

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  Book, Sunshine, Fire

  Josh Lanyon (2010). “Fair Game”, p.67, Carina Press

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• How did people get over this? They obviously did. Every day someone fell in love with the wrong person and had to pack up all their fragile, misguided hopes and unwanted affection, and move on to the next picnic table.

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  Moving, People, Tables

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• The battle rages eternal, though the race, religion, gender or sexual orientation of those discriminated against changes regularly. Maybe man’s need for a scapegoat is genetically programmed into him.

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  Men, Race, Battle

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