Frank Quotes

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
― Anne Frank

“Hazel squinted. "How far?"
"Just over the river and through the woods."
Percy raised an eyebrow. "Seriously? To Grandmother's house we go?"
Frank cleared his throat. "Yeah, anyway.”
― Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

“I went to school in drag, in art school and my day was completely different because everybody thought I was a chick. You should see me as a chick. So I went as a girl, as like an experiment and it worked really well and everyone was really nice to me but I couldn't talk obviously...you know train conductors were really cool to me on my commute...HA! I looked hot as a chick!”
― Gerard Way

“I am the least difficult of men. All I want is boundless love.”
― Frank O'Hara

“Frank nodded grimly. “Well…any goddess who throws a Ding Dong at a giant can’t be all bad. Let’s go.”
― Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

“The question is very understandable, but no one has found a satisfactory answer to it so far. Yes, why do they make still more gigantic planes, still heavier bombs and, at the same time, prefabricated houses for reconstruction? Why should millions be spent daily on the war and yet there's not a penny available for medical services, artists, or for poor people?

Why do some people have to starve, while there are surpluses rotting in other parts of the world? Oh, why are people so crazy?”
― Anne Frank

“Um..." Hazel faltered. "You mean you won't... you're not going to-"
"Claim your life?" Thantos asked. "Well, let's see..."
He pulled a pure-black iPad from thin air. Death, tapped the screen a few times, and all Frank could think was: Please don't let there be an app for reaping souls.
"I don't see you on the list," Thantos said. "Pluto gives me specific orders for escaped souls, you see. For some reason, he has not issued a warrant for yours. Perhaps he feels your life is not finished, or it could be n oversight. If you'd like me to call and ask-"
"No!" Hazel yelped. "That's okay."
"Are you sure?" Death asked helpfully. "I have video-conferencing enabled. I have his Skype address here somewhere...”
― Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

“What does a mirror look at?”
― Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune

“After a long silence, Dodge cleared his throat. "I think I speak for all of us when I say, 'Huh?'"
-Dodge(obviously)”
― Frank Beddor, Seeing Redd

“Leo resisted the urge to throw a grenade in Frank's face. "I suppose I should know who Pelops was?"
"He was a prince, won his wife in a chariot race. Supposedly he started the Olympic games in honor of that."
Hazel sniffed. "How romantic. 'Nice wife you have, Prince Pelops.' 'Thanks. I won her in a chariot race.”
― Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

“...will you be so kind as to provide me with a few places where I might look for a murderer?"
"The mirror's a great place to start”
― Rachel Caine, Bite Club

“When they ran up to him, Percy said, 'Hey,' like they were just meeting for lunch or something.

'You're alive!' Frank marveled.

Percy frowned. 'The fall? That was nothing. I fell twice that far from the St. Louis Arch.'

'You did what?' Hazel asked.”
― Rick Riordan

“Where are you going?" I asked, as Frank swung his feet off the bed.

"I'd hate the dear old thing to be disappointed in us," he answered. Sitting up on the side of the ancient bed, he bounced gently up and down, creating a piercing rhythmic squeak. The Hoovering in the hall stopped abruptly. After a minute or two of bouncing, he gave a loud, theatrical groan and collapsed backward with a twang of protesting springs. I giggled helplessly into a pillow, so as not to disturb the breathless silence outside.

Frank waggled his eyebrows at me. "You're supposed to moan ecstatically, not giggle," he admonished in a whisper. "She'll think I'm not a good lover."

"You'll have to keep it up for longer than that, if you expect ecstatic moans," I answered. "Two minutes doesn't deserve any more than a giggle."

"Inconsiderate little wench. I came here for a rest, remember?"

"Lazybones. You'll never manage the next branch on your family tree unless you show a bit more industry than that.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

“Despite everything, I believe people are really good at heart.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“Well now," the scholar went on, "I'm just an old fuddy-duddy who could use a tan, so you needn't grant my opinion any authority, but I consider the queendom lucky that a handful of Milliners and their children lived incognito among the population during Redd's tyranny.”
― Frank Beddor, Seeing Redd

“Remember, there’s also a downside of being too frank with others around you. There are people who might try to exploit your kindness by asking you for too many favors.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi

“Let me be frank even though I'm Vincent and prefer to be called V.”
― Brian Celio, Catapult Soul

“Being generally deemed a good person often requires one to tell a half-truth, not to tell the truth, or to tell a complete lie.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.”
― Charley Pride, Pride: The Charley Pride Story

“Being compassionate does not mean refraining from telling people, when they are, that they are to blame for their own suffering.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Nevertheless, they are obviously functional units of great importance, and it is now necessary to establish exactly what their role is.”
― Richard Dawkins, The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene

“You are amazing," she said. "And you make a very handsome elephant.”
― Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

“If I’m going to be frankly honest about my ignorance, the question I should be asking God about life is, “What are the questions I should be asking about life?”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Be outspoken.”
― Steven Magee

“Be direct.”
― Steven Magee

“Sincerity is barely an explanation: it is never an excuse.”
― Rémy de Gourmont

“Most people want to be told the truth … most of the time.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Being honest with yourself might be hard, but anything else is betraying yourself. And that is always harder.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I don’t like to mince words any more than I like to mince garlic. Either way, your breath is bad.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Not playing the game is the best way to play the game.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough