Mates Quotes - Page 21

• Before you go,mate,turn on the telly. Something raunchy too. Think I'll rub off one before I go to sleep

  Jeaniene Frost

  Sleep, Thinking, Turns

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• I say, look at the melons on that lass,” Ian exclaimed, his gaze now on the TV. “And hung like a stallion, he is.” “Focus, mate,” Spade muttered.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Focus, Looks, Tvs

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• Before he turned away, I asked, 'What do you need?' 'I need you. I need to give you a proper kiss. I need you to be my mate.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Kissing, Giving, Needs

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• She'd realize Steve was her soul mate and that she would never love anyone as much as she loved him.

  Meg Cabot

  Soul, Soul Mate, Realizing

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• No onslaught more fierce was ever seen in the savage world of beasts, where some desperate small creature armed with little teeth, alone, will spring upon a tower of horn and hide that stands above its fallen mate.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Spring, Teeth, Savages

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.495, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The guy I'd felt such an immediate and deep connection to I'd thought that just maybe there really were such things as soul mates, and had considered, at least for a few brief moments, that he might be mine.

  P. C. Cast

  Guy, Soul, Connections

  P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast (2010). “Hunted: A House of Night Novel”, p.182, Macmillan

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• The Greeks believed that once there were no male and female, that all souls were one. Then the souls were torn apart, male and female. The Greeks thought that when you found the other half of your soul, your soul mate, that it would be your perfect lover But I think if you find your other half, you would be too much alike to be lovers, but you would still be soul mates.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Thinking, Perfect, Greek

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• George Harrison: The day after the Blue Angel audition, John showed up to rehearsal with a long list of name suggestions, and I remember each and every one of them: the Deads-men, the Deadmen, the Undeads-men, the Undeadmen, the Rots, the Rotters, the Dirts, the Dirty Ones, the Grayboys, the Eaten Brains, the Eating Brains, the Mersey Beaters, the Mersey Beaten, the Bloodless, the Graves, the Headstones, and the Liverpools of Blood. Paul ripped off John's right arm and used it to slap John across the face, then he said, "Those're horrible, mate, just horrible, y'know.

  Alan Goldsher

  Dirty, Angel, Men

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• There is so much hurt in this game of searching for a mate, of testing, trying. And you realize suddenly that you forgot it was a game, and turn away in tears.

  Sylvia Plath

  Inspirational, Hurt, Games

  Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.15, Anchor

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• I gave him my hard stare. “You're a control freak and I fight all authority. And you want us to mate?” A wicked spark lit his eyes. “Many, many times.

  Ilona Andrews

  Eye, Fighting, Wicked

  Ilona Andrews (2010). “Magic Bleeds”, p.162, Penguin

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• He pinched the name tag and ran his fingers under the letters. "Can you read this, mate? It says C-H-A-R-O-N. Say it with me: CARE-ON." "Charon." "Amazing! Now: Mr. Charon." "Mr. Charon." "Well done.

  Rick Riordan

  Names, Done, Care

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Percy Jackson: The Complete Series”, p.204, Penguin UK

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• But I still has enough longing for that concept that I didn't want to dispel it completely. Meaning: I didn't want to tell Lily that I felt we'd all been duped by Plato and the idea of a soul mate. Just in case it turned out that she was mine.

  David Levithan

  Plato, Ideas, Soul

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.83, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong?

  Lois Lowry

  What If, Ifs

  Lois Lowry (2014). “The Giver Quartet Omnibus”, p.90, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Does this have anything to do with the unit we’re studying? Because I can’t find anything about desired characteristics of a mate anywhere in our text.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Doe, Study, Because I Can

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• Every animal on the planet attracts mates with the goal of reproduction. Frogs swell their bodies. Male gorillas beat their chests. Have you ever watched a male lobster rise up on the tips of his legs and snap his claws, demanding female attention? Attraction is the first element of all animal reproduction, humans included

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Animal, Goal, Female

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• Since the dawn of time, women have been attracted to mates with strong survival skills—like intelligence and physical prowess— because men with these qualities are more likely to bring home dinner at the end of the day.” He stuck his thumbs in the air and grinned. “Dinner equals survival, team

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Strong, Team, Home

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• Wayne: You wanna know why I really came to find you? Waxilliam: Why? Wayne: I thought of you happy in a comfy bed, resting and relaxing, spending the rest of your life sipping tea and reading papers while people bring you food and maids rub your toes and stuff. Waxilliam: And? Wayne: And I just couldn't leave you to a fate like that...I'm too good a friend to let a mate of mine die in such a terrible situation. Waxilliam: Comfortable? Wayne: No. Boring.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Reading, Fate, People

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• Ballet in the air... Twin butterflies until, twice white They Meet, they mate

  Matsuo Basho

  Butterfly, Air, White

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• What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, "I Can." You'll love how he achieves it. He reconnects your soul with God.

  Max Lucado

  Sports, Car, Soul

  Max Lucado, Wayne Shepherd (2007). “3:16: The Numbers of Hope”, p.117, Harper Collins

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• People think I built the Pack, because I'm the guy who has the welfare of all shapeshifters in mind. They're wrong. Everything I built, I did so that when I mate and have children, nobody can touch my family. (...) I built all this so I can protect you.

  Ilona Andrews

  Children, Thinking, People

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• Nice to meet you, mate, and here's some advice: Don't even think about it. You try anything with her and I'll neuter you with my bare hands.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Nice, Thinking, Hands

  Jeaniene Frost (2010). “Halfway to the Grave: A Night Huntress Novel”, p.207, Hachette UK

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• His mind’s always on something else. He’d live in a ratty cardigan, and he’s always worrying holes in the pockets of his pants. He can never seem to find his wallet or anything in the refrigerator. And just when you think he’s not paying any attention to what you’re saying or doing, he comes up with exactly the right answer or solution.”", [J.D. Robb, Celebrity In Death"“People""who expect perfection in a mate miss a lot of fun—and sweetness.", [J.D. Robb, Celebrity In Death]

  Nora Roberts

  Fun, Thinking, People

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• We were not finished yet, not even close. I could still smell her. I remembered what she felt like. What she tasted like. This wasn’t a casual sexual thing. This was a mating. I would have Kate as my mate. Whatever it took, no matter how long, she would be with me.

  Ilona Andrews

  Smell, Long, Would Be

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• I'm not threatening to kill myself. But you need to know this about me because—if you want to be my mate—I won't be like Leo. I won't let you sleep around with anyone else. I won't be forced either. I've had enough. If that makes me a dog in the manger, so be it. But if I am yours, then you damned well are going to be mine." - Anna to Charles

  Patricia Briggs

  Dog, Sleep, Needs

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• What would I have done if my coya had been captured or killed? My mate, Sharone. The other half of everything I am. What would I have done?

  Lora Leigh

  Done, Half, Captured

  Lora Leigh (2009). “Coyote's Mate”, p.78, Penguin

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