Stills Quotes by Darynda Jones

11 Stills quotes by Darynda Jones

Darynda Jones, known for fast‑paced narratives, pauses here with eleven short musings on stillness, giving readers a quick taste of her reflective side.

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I may as well cut my losses and make a hasty exit while I still had enough self-esteem to walk upright. Crawling…

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After a geological epoch passed in which single-celled organisms evolved into talk show hosts, Mr. Coffee was still holding out on me.

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What's your specialty? Oh, you know. Madness. Mayhem. Debauchery. And even with all that going for me, I can still make a…

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Still, this whole grim reaper thing should have come with a manual. Or a diagram of some kind. A flowchart would have…

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She still wasn't convinced. "So, if you were a guy, would you be into me?" "Hon, if I were a guy, I'd…

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Honestly, he acted as though he didn't like me anymore. Wait, maybe he didn't. "Do you still like me?" "I never liked…

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He had threatened my parents. I had to remember that. Still, it was really hard to stay mad at a wounded naked…

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Garrett must have sensed I was awake. "Hey Detective," he said to Uncle Bob, who was now trudging across the grating toward…

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Felt my heartbeat falter, hesitate, then stumble awkwardly forward, tripping on the next beat, then the next, faster and faster until each…

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He’d actually hit me! It didn’t matter that hitting me wasn’t really like hitting a regular girl and I’d be completely healed…

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You still owe me a million dollars." I'd presented him with a bill for proving his innocence and getting him freed from…

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He bombarded me with words, of all things, apparently clueless to the fact that the predawn hours rendered me incapable of coherent thought.

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I have three words for you," EMT Guy said. "Possible internal bleeding." I turned back to him. "Don't you think if I was bleeding…

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See you in a few. Hold down the fort, Mr. Wong!

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God I loved Sammy. I’d considered marrying him, but his wife got upset when I asked for his hand.

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“Oh, my god, I don't know. What do you want?" "You," he said, his voice lowering an octave. "I want you, Dutch, body and…

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“Las mujeres que se portan bien no suelen hacer historia.”

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“If ever there was a time to carry a flashlight, it would definitely be at night.”

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In three hundred feet, turn right," Darth Vader said. The Darth Vader. I felt like we were friends now. Like I could tell him…

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“The asshole slipped Peggy a five-spot to bring him his burger first. Never trust a man with a penis.”

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“I reported to work the next morning looking like something the cat dragged in, half eaten yet somehow still alive.”

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It isn’t the fall that will kill you, but the sudden stop.

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