Stories Quotes

That woman must have been a husky in a previous life.

All that sweetness makes me feel weird. My sister was never the loving type.

A shrink and a patient in a love-hate relationship. Who is REALLY the boss?

I could think, write or tell, instead I Lived and Created Myself!

It’s awfully difficult to be ‘right’ when you don’t have all the information.

I believe ghost story writing is a dying art.

I’ll give you one chance to run, but may your shoulder always whisper in your ear…“It’s best to watch out for men, like me.

There are no rights and wrongs. Just lessons, lessons and more lessons. With hopefully a little fun in-between.

Patriotism is a kind of religion

Want to get your kids to read more? Try making books easily accessible. Put them where kids can easily reach and don't make them off limits. (within reason)

The dollar bills attached to her hips fluttered to the rug of the small square stage, like the first flakes of winter in the Bronx. (Dark City Lights)

Short story collections are the literary equivalent of canapés, tapas and mezze in the world of gastronomy: Delightful assortments of tasty morsels to whet the reader's appetite.

It may well be that there will be this socialism, Juliana, ’ she said, ‘but I can tell you right now that no amount of socialism will make my madam was her own underwear.’ - ‘Aunt Juliana’s Indian

Just like life, it was over much too soon. And just like life, there weren't any answers. But like that one-in-an-eight-million great New York moment, I didn't need one. (Dark City Lights)

You were just a young girl not wanting to let on that death could happen to one who hadn't even lived yet.

Flora went to the cinema every day that week. She saw the same movie each day, and wore the same dress.

I just want to always be here. In this place. Right here, right now.

Mom let go of us and leaned back so she could look us both in the eye. “No more spending the night in the tree fort, you two.

The secret is to keep yourself interesting.

I like to see you in a sari, with your long hair dressed in a single plait. Don't forget that I married a girl from India because I like my wife to be conservative and feminine.

The city was a hive from this height, the people and the yellow cabs moving about in the street below like pre-programmed insects. (Dark City Lights)

Maybe the price of forgetting that even in America, even in New York City, when a man back home is talking, you better listen closely.

Maybe the price of forgetting that even in America, even in New York City, when a man from back home is talking, you better listen closely. (Dark City Lights)

A New York plate that said you die. (Dark City Lights)

Never say war insane at the moment for you to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind.

The cell door opened. My hands went to my eyes. Why was the door opened? I wasn’t dead yet. I think.

They did not know it was impossible, so they did it. Mark Twain

I think I rescued myself.

The aristocracy had crumbled in her hands

All this silence between us, to protect her, and what has it wrought! How unthinking I was, ” he cringed as he beat himself up inside.

I did Internet dating for a while, and that is rife with horrible dating stories.

I'm not really a believer in romantic, happily-ever-after love stories.

I write a lot of environmental stories.