--- title: "20 Alissa Johnson Quotes" description: "Alissa Johnson is an American ski jumper, who has been ranked in the top ten in the world. She was involved in the drive to add women's ski jumping to t..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/alissa-johnson-27899_quote_he-d-become-so-accustomed-to-having-her_1202646.jpg" --- # Alissa Johnson **20** quotes in **30** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Alissa Johnson is an American ski jumper, who has been ranked in the top ten in the world. She was involved in the drive to add women's ski jumping to the Winter Olympics, being featured in the film Ready to Fly. Johnson attempted to qualify for the event when it was included in the programme at the ## Quotes by Alissa Johnson > [“He'd become so accustomed to having her there, right there next to him, that he found he could no longer go the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/he-d-become-so-accustomed-to-having-her-there-right-there-next-to-him/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/alissa-johnson-27899_quote_he-d-become-so-accustomed-to-having-her_1202646.jpg) > [“He was quiet a moment, studying her. "I don't have a mistress." "Oh. Well." What did she say to that? Good? Damned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/he-was-quiet-a-moment-studying-her-i-don-t-have-a-mistress-oh-well/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Mistress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mistress/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/alissa-johnson-27899_mistress_he-was-quiet-a-moment-studying-her-i-don_2814804.jpg) > [“She's from your world. Your presence might well put her at ease." "We live in the same world, Lucien," Max drawled. "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/she-s-from-your-world-your-presence-might-well-put-her-at-ease-we/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Interesting people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interesting-people/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b3/alissa-johnson-27899_interesting-people_she-s-from-your-world-your-presence-migh_910742.jpg) > [“Much of how a person defined himself was through his interactions with the world. When that world was very small, it probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/much-of-how-a-person-defined-himself-was-through-his-interactions/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/alissa-johnson-27899_quote_much-of-how-a-person-defined-himself-was_1273082.jpg) > [“She might ban me from the library." "The marvelous thing about libraries is that their contents can be easily moved.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/she-might-ban-me-from-the-library-the-marvelous-thing-about-libraries/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Happiness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/alissa-johnson-27899_happiness_she-might-ban-me-from-the-library-the-ma_3847.jpg) > [“Perhaps we might start again?" she suggested. It was never truly possible to start over, of course. One could no more erase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/perhaps-we-might-start-again-she-suggested-it-was-never-truly/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Chance meeting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chance-meeting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/618/alissa-johnson-27899_second-chance_perhaps-we-might-start-again-she-suggest_1525183.jpg) > [“And you aren't willing to leave me sitting here alone? That is ... unexpected." He leaned in for a closer inspection of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/and-you-aren-t-willing-to-leave-me-sitting-here-alone-that-is/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/alissa-johnson-27899_grinned_and-you-aren-t-willing-to-leave-me-sitti_2808856.jpg) > [“When one spends little time outside one's rooms, one gains information in bits and pieces. I encountered your name and reputation in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/when-one-spends-little-time-outside-one-s-rooms-one-gains-information/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02b/alissa-johnson-27899_bits-and-pieces_when-one-spends-little-time-outside-one_3158015.jpg) > [“Do you mean to stay on at Caldwell?" "For a time," he replied. It took all her courage and determination to meet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/do-you-mean-to-stay-on-at-caldwell-for-a-time-he-replied-it-took-all/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Courage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/alissa-johnson-27899_courage_do-you-mean-to-stay-on-at-caldwell-for-a_51468.jpg) > [“Dreams of freedom and country cottages were all well and good, but Anna rather thought that she was nothing, if not practical.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/dreams-of-freedom-and-country-cottages-were-all-well-and-good-but/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbf/alissa-johnson-27899_dreams_dreams-of-freedom-and-country-cottages-w_537054.jpg) > [“Max offered his hand. "One of us needs to take the higher road, sweet." Again, the use of an endearment. What the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/max-offered-his-hand-one-of-us-needs-to-take-the-higher-road-sweet/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Endearment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/endearment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/alissa-johnson-27899_endearment_max-offered-his-hand-one-of-us-needs-to_571144.jpg) > [“I wasn't about to admit to the lady I was hoping to impress that I wished to be a man of business.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/i-wasn-t-about-to-admit-to-the-lady-i-was-hoping-to-impress-that-i/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d1/alissa-johnson-27899_business_i-wasn-t-about-to-admit-to-the-lady-i-wa_2159860.jpg) > [“How had things gone so terribly wrong? She wasn't supposed to be returning to Murdoch House in defeat, and she most certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/how-had-things-gone-so-terribly-wrong-she-wasn-t-supposed-to-be/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Historical-romance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-romance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/alissa-johnson-27899_historical-romance_how-had-things-gone-so-terribly-wrong-sh_335382.jpg) > [“Choose the one you want," he told her. She giggled as the puppy contorted itself in an effort to lick her hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/choose-the-one-you-want-he-told-her-she-giggled-as-the-puppy/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Dog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/342/alissa-johnson-27899_dog_choose-the-one-you-want-he-told-her-she_509847.jpg) > [“After Mrs. Culpepper, Max probably knew more about her than any other person in her life. They were the only two people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/after-mrs-culpepper-max-probably-knew-more-about-her-than-any-other/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/alissa-johnson-27899_life_after-mrs-culpepper-max-probably-knew-mo_148448.jpg) > [“Let me enlighten you. We are a pack of liars, thieves, and wastrels, the lot of us...There is not an honestly gained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/let-me-enlighten-you-we-are-a-pack-of-liars-thieves-and-wastrels-the/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Humor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/alissa-johnson-27899_humor_let-me-enlighten-you-we-are-a-pack-of-li_2423460.jpg) > [“He sighed heavily and closed his eyes. "Yes, all right. Call on you tomorrow." "Next week," she reminded him softly. His eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/he-sighed-heavily-and-closed-his-eyes-yes-all-right-call-on-you/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/alissa-johnson-27899_next-week_he-sighed-heavily-and-closed-his-eyes-ye_1553539.jpg) > [“The drawing Anna was thinking of wasn't particularly wicked, not so far as drawings in Anover House went. It was a colored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/the-drawing-anna-was-thinking-of-wasn-t-particularly-wicked-not-so/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Falling in love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/falling-in-love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb7/alissa-johnson-27899_falling-in-love_the-drawing-anna-was-thinking-of-wasn-t_602624.jpg) > [“Regrets are like mistresses," he informed her. "I ..." Her hand dropped from the handle. "What?" "Good men don't have them." She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/regrets-are-like-mistresses-he-informed-her-i-her-hand-dropped-from/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Clever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clever/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/923/alissa-johnson-27899_regret_regrets-are-like-mistresses-he-informed_18354.jpg) > [“She was fascinated by Max Dane. And not simply because he was handsome, though that detail had not escaped her notice. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/she-was-fascinated-by-max-dane-and-not-simply-because-he-was-handsome/) [Alissa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/) [Hazel eyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hazel-eyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/alissa-johnson-27899_quote_she-was-fascinated-by-max-dane-and-not-s_1584504.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alissa-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "Alissa Johnson Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He'd become so accustomed to having her there, right there next to him, that he found he could no longer go the day without needing to see her. 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It was never truly possible to start over, of course. One could no more erase the past than predict the future. But sometimes, a second chance could be had. Perhaps their meeting again, after so many years, was such a chance. \"I would like that.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alissa Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/perhaps-we-might-start-again-she-suggested-it-was-never-truly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/618/alissa-johnson-27899_second-chance_perhaps-we-might-start-again-she-suggest_1525183.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/618/alissa-johnson-27899_second-chance_perhaps-we-might-start-again-she-suggest_1525183.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/618/alissa-johnson-27899_second-chance_perhaps-we-might-start-again-she-suggest_1525183.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Perhaps we might start again?\" she suggested. 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That is ... unexpected.\" He leaned in for a closer inspection of her features. \"Aren't you supposed to be frigid and uncaring?\" She looked at him, her eyes narrowing just a hair. \"Aren't you supposed to be charming?\" He grinned at her, appreciating the sharp retort.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alissa Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/and-you-aren-t-willing-to-leave-me-sitting-here-alone-that-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/alissa-johnson-27899_grinned_and-you-aren-t-willing-to-leave-me-sitti_2808856.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/alissa-johnson-27899_grinned_and-you-aren-t-willing-to-leave-me-sitti_2808856.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/alissa-johnson-27899_grinned_and-you-aren-t-willing-to-leave-me-sitti_2808856.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And you aren't willing to leave me sitting here alone? 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I've never met the man to have spent more than thirty seconds in your company.\" A flicker of unease crossed her features, but it was gone almost the instant it arrived.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alissa Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/when-one-spends-little-time-outside-one-s-rooms-one-gains-information/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02b/alissa-johnson-27899_bits-and-pieces_when-one-spends-little-time-outside-one_3158015.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02b/alissa-johnson-27899_bits-and-pieces_when-one-spends-little-time-outside-one_3158015.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02b/alissa-johnson-27899_bits-and-pieces_when-one-spends-little-time-outside-one_3158015.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When one spends little time outside one's rooms, one gains information in bits and pieces. 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His smile was slow and perfect. \"I do look forward to it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alissa Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/do-you-mean-to-stay-on-at-caldwell-for-a-time-he-replied-it-took-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/alissa-johnson-27899_courage_do-you-mean-to-stay-on-at-caldwell-for-a_51468.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/alissa-johnson-27899_courage_do-you-mean-to-stay-on-at-caldwell-for-a_51468.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/alissa-johnson-27899_courage_do-you-mean-to-stay-on-at-caldwell-for-a_51468.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Do you mean to stay on at Caldwell?\" \"For a time,\" he replied. 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What the devil had changed in the last twelve hours? \"Are you volunteering?\" His smile was slow, wicked, and filled with humor. \"Darling, I wouldn't know where to begin looking for it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alissa Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/max-offered-his-hand-one-of-us-needs-to-take-the-higher-road-sweet/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/alissa-johnson-27899_endearment_max-offered-his-hand-one-of-us-needs-to_571144.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/alissa-johnson-27899_endearment_max-offered-his-hand-one-of-us-needs-to_571144.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/alissa-johnson-27899_endearment_max-offered-his-hand-one-of-us-needs-to_571144.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Max offered his hand. \"One of us needs to take the higher road, sweet.\" Again, the use of an endearment…” — Alissa Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I wasn't about to admit to the lady I was hoping to impress that I wished to be a man of business. I wasn't that drunk.\" Anna was certain that, for as long as she lived, she would never understand how it was the inebriated sorted out their priorities. Drunk enough to offer marriage, but still sufficiently sober to keep his secret? It was baffling.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alissa Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/i-wasn-t-about-to-admit-to-the-lady-i-was-hoping-to-impress-that-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d1/alissa-johnson-27899_business_i-wasn-t-about-to-admit-to-the-lady-i-wa_2159860.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d1/alissa-johnson-27899_business_i-wasn-t-about-to-admit-to-the-lady-i-wa_2159860.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d1/alissa-johnson-27899_business_i-wasn-t-about-to-admit-to-the-lady-i-wa_2159860.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I wasn't about to admit to the lady I was hoping to impress that I wished to be a man of business. 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More or less.\" For reasons that baffled him, he suddenly felt equal parts embarrassed and pleased. \"It was my idea.\" He cleared his throat, fought off the urge to shift his feet.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alissa Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/choose-the-one-you-want-he-told-her-she-giggled-as-the-puppy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/342/alissa-johnson-27899_dog_choose-the-one-you-want-he-told-her-she_509847.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/342/alissa-johnson-27899_dog_choose-the-one-you-want-he-told-her-she_509847.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/342/alissa-johnson-27899_dog_choose-the-one-you-want-he-told-her-she_509847.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Choose the one you want,\" he told her. 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Call on you tomorrow.\" \"Next week,\" she reminded him…” — Alissa Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The drawing Anna was thinking of wasn't particularly wicked, not so far as drawings in Anover House went. It was a colored sketch of a young man and woman embracing in a sun-dappled garden. Her embarrassment was not in the nudity portrayed ... well, not all the embarrassment ... it was in the sentiment. The couple were entwined in each other's arms, lost in each other's gaze, seemingly oblivious to the world around them. For Anna, the picture was a sweet bit of ink and imagination that epitomized every silly romantic notion she'd ever had about falling in love. And it was that silly romanticism that embarrassed her. 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I'm brilliant when I'm sober.\" \"And less inclined to announce it, one might hope.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alissa Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alissa-johnson/regrets-are-like-mistresses-he-informed-her-i-her-hand-dropped-from/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/923/alissa-johnson-27899_regret_regrets-are-like-mistresses-he-informed_18354.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/923/alissa-johnson-27899_regret_regrets-are-like-mistresses-he-informed_18354.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/923/alissa-johnson-27899_regret_regrets-are-like-mistresses-he-informed_18354.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Regrets are like mistresses,\" he informed her. \"I ...\" Her hand dropped from the handle. \"What?\" \"Good men…” — Alissa Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 20, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She was fascinated by Max Dane. 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