Janette Rallison Quotes

Charlotte: It’s too bad they don’t give out diplomas for what you learn at the mall, because I could graduate with honors in that subject. No really. Since I’ve worked there, I’ve become an expert on all things shopping-related. For example, I can tell you right off who to distrust at the mall:1) Skinny people who work at Cinnabon. I mean, if they’re not eating the stuff they sell, how good can it be?2) The salesladies at department store makeup counters. No matter what they tell you, buying all that lip gloss will not make you look like the pouty models in the store posters.3) And most importantly—my best friend’s boyfriend, Bryant, who showed up at the food court with a mysterious blonde draped on his arm.

~ Janette Rallison

I've pursued dreams and achieved them, but I don't think anybody should think their life is incomplete if they don't follow some dream. Happiness doesn't come from achievements, or money, or any sort of treasure. Happiness is a frame of mind, not a destination. It's appreciating what you've got and building relationships with those around you.

~ Janette Rallison

You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself.Right. Thank you, Mrs. Detweiler. I never would have come to that conclusion by myself. I was planning on incorporating a backflip into my next walk across the classroom but on second thought...

~ Janette Rallison

Blackmailers never explain their thinking. They're like pirates that way. Dark-hearted, dangerous--- and cool like Johnny Depp.

~ Janette Rallison

Then he leaned over, right there in the restaurant parking lot, and kissed me. And it wasn’t a friendship kiss, either. It was tender and real, and utterly romantic.

~ Janette Rallison

Beauty has a persuasive power all its own.

~ Janette Rallison

Don't just read words,' he would tell her as he held up the latest story, 'devour them. Let the words create new worlds.

~ Janette Rallison

You know, sometimes you've got to trust the people you love. You've got to trust that if they're good people, they'll make good decisions.

~ Janette Rallison

Don’t worry, though, because Prince Hubert is very handsome and kind. That’s all you wanted in a boyfriend, wasn’t it?”“No,” I said.She raised an eyebrow. “It must be. If you had admired any other qualities you would have developed them in yourself, wouldn’t you?”Which was really too much. I put my hands on my hips. “Aren’t fairy godmothers supposed to be nice and make you feel better about yourself?”She rolled her eyes. “No, you’re confusing fairy god- mothers with sales clerks.

~ Janette Rallison

Fairy's side note: Even people who don't believe in magic really do.

~ Janette Rallison

Aren't fairy godmothers supposed to be nice and make you feel better about yourself?...No, you're confusing fairy godmothers with sales clerks.

~ Janette Rallison

I bet you Cinderella didn't get along with Prince Charming's friends. Oh sure, the knights and barons probably put up with her on account that she was pretty and had such dainty feet and all, but you should know every duchess and contess in the kingdom hated her guts.

~ Janette Rallison

You can always tell how a man will treat his wife by the way he treats his mother.

~ Janette Rallison

Goose neck is a delicacy. You have to at least try it. In fancy restaurants people pay up to fifty dollars a plate for this stuff.' And at our house we were force-fed it for free. Just another irony of life.

~ Janette Rallison

I don't care what you Yanks say, cheese should not whiz.

~ Janette Rallison

Guys can smell desperation. It triggers an instinct in them to run far and fast so they aren't around when a woman starts peeling apart her heart. They know she'll ask for help in putting it back together the right way - intact and beating correctly - and they dread the thought of puzzling over layers that they can't understand, let alone rebuild. They'd rather just not get blood on their hands.But sharks are different. They smell the blood of desperation and circle in. They whisper into a girl's ear, I'll make it better. I'll make you forget all about your pain.Sharks do this by eating your heart, but they never mention this beforehand. That is the thing about sharks.

~ Janette Rallison

...and her dreams that didn't happen, that couldn't have happened because she'd pinned them on somebody too broken and unattainable to love her back.

~ Janette Rallison

Happy is entirely up to you and always has been.

~ Janette Rallison

I never said you were supposed to be a jailer, i only said a normal person would have questioned why someone would create a decoy nun and then crawl out the window.

~ Janette Rallison

Things that are easily done are often much harder to undo. Sometimes, impossible.

~ Janette Rallison

So what were your favorite subjects in school?School? He leaned back in his chair as though he needed the extra space to think about it. Probably math. It always made sense. Unlike English, economics, and girls.And exactly how do you plan on taking over the free world if you don't understand economics?I'll hire advisers. I'll hire you, in fact.Okay. Let me know when your army of junior high zombies is ready.

~ Janette Rallison

The problem was that I'd never worn a bikini before. My dad doesn't allow them. He thinks even one-pieces show too much skin and constantly suggests that Jane and I wear wet suits.

~ Janette Rallison

You know, you’ve set a really bad precedent for first dates,” I said. “How is anyone ever going to top this?”I turned to him for the first time. He was watching me, not the scenery. “I brought you here because I wanted to see the look on your face when you saw this place.” He smiled, and my heart flipped over. “It was worth the trip.

~ Janette Rallison

The only wishes that will ever change you are the kind that may, at any moment, eat you whole.

~ Janette Rallison

Many perfumes promise to lure men to women. None of them smell of motherhood. None of them proclaim the wearer to be tidy, thrifty, and sensible.

~ Janette Rallison

I wound my arms around his neck and kissed him back, trying to capture this moment, to clasp it, so I could always remember what it felt like to hold him this way.

~ Janette Rallison

I can't believe you just did that! Are you crazy?I gripped the steering wheel tighter. Why do people keep asking me that?He turned to stare at me, his eyes worried. Who else keeps asking you that? Are any of them doctors?

~ Janette Rallison