Hello
once again and welcome to our year end round up and house cleaning. First order of business is something that
finds me at once honored and humbled. Many quotes attributed to me have found
their way into the most interesting places, including being used as photo tags
and within the text of motivational and inspirational speeches. I am often
asked about their origin and where they can be found. Below is a list of what
has turned out to be my most popular quotes, and their source, be it one of my
books, short stories or just a quip of the lips. I hope you enjoy them. Next
week look for a full catalogue of my publications. Thanks.
Peace.
BJ
“The
things we keep hidden deepest inside are often those that need most to be
released.”
Princess Haylee from Princess Haylee by BJ Neblett (9-2016)
“I
am just a roadside attraction on your journey down life’s highway, a place you
stop briefly before moving on. Years from now, in a long forgotten box of
memories, you’ll come across one of my souvenirs and think of me. And maybe
you’ll smile.”
BJ Neblett (8-2016)
“Every
journey must proceed at its own pace, each step following the other in its
proper order. For that is the way of life.”
Planet Alt-Sete-Nine by BJ Neblett (7-2016)
“It’s
not what you see, but what you believe. It’s not what you fear, but what you
trust. It’s not what you love, but the love you give.”
Princess Haylee from Princess Haylee by BJ Neblett (7-2016)
“It’s
not what is said, it’s how it is spoken; it’s not what you write, it’s how it
is written; it’s not what’s implied, it’s what’s inferred.”
BJ Neblett (from the
essay Flash Fiction 12-2015)
“Sex
mirrored our drinking; both defined our relationship: indulgent and
satisfying.”
From: A Change Is Gonna Come by BJ Neblett
(Forthcoming memoir)
“You’ve
got to have ice cream to write good romance.”
BJ Neblett
“A
love letter lost in the mail, forgotten, miss-delivered, and then discovered
years later and received by the intended is romantic. A love letter ending up
in someone’s spam filter is just annoying.”
BJ Neblett
“The
half empty container of warm beer in my hand was the perfect metaphor for our
relationship.”
From Beer And Broken Dreams by BJ Neblett
“Some
of my best writing has come at the hands of heartache and frustration. Being
totally crazy about someone you cannot have is great food for inspiration.”
From Beer And Broken Dreams by BJ Neblett
“The two greatest assets
a writer can have are an unbridled imagination and to have lived an unabashed
life.”
From All
The Wrong Places by BJ Neblett
“Where
exactly lays that fine line between hopeless romantic and helpless fool?”
From Beer And Broken Dreams by BJ Neblett
“Fantasies…
who needs fantasies? I have memories.”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“Love
knows no boundaries, seeks no guidance; obeys no rules.”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“Nothing
is as wonderful and wondering as love’s first awakenings.”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“There
are as many things to love about someone as there are some ones to love.”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“Can
anyone ever really know another?”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“We’re
all victims of our rearing, carrying the sins of our fathers like so much
baggage; fearful of the demons inside escaping.”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“Never
having done something is the best reason to be doing it.”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“Summer
is for lovers, dreamers and fools.”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“Memories
are reality’s ghosts”
From Three Of A Kind by BJ Neblett
“Love
doesn’t ask much… simple things, like a gentle touch.”
BJ Neblett
“…As
tender as a kiss
My
empty arms enfold you,
And
as strong as a tear
My
empty heart longs for you…”
From: Mi Amor Es Tuyo by
BJ Neblett
“See
with your mind, speak with your heart, touch with your eyes, and love with your
entire being.”
From: Elysian Dreams by BJ Neblett
“The
past is a hotel. You can visit anytime; enjoy the view. But you can’t live
there. The cost is too high.”
From: Elysian Dreams by BJ Neblett
“Yesterday’s
faults become today’s lessons. Today’s dreams become tomorrow’s reality.”
BJ Neblett
“Loving
you is like walking between rain drops.”
From Never Let A Vegetarian Pack Your Lunch by
BJ Neblett
“Where
does one run to escape from feelings?”
From Rain by BJ Neblett
“Remembering
the past is one thing; living in it is another. If you don’t enjoy today, you
won’t have any memories of it tomorrow.”
From Static by BJ Neblett
“We are the sum total
of our experiences. Those experiences – be they positive or negative – make us
the person we are, at any given point in our lives. And, like a flowing river,
those same experiences, and those yet to come, continue to influence and
reshape the person we are, and the person we become. None of us are the same as
we were yesterday, nor will be tomorrow.”
From George
by BJ Neblett
“Providence has its price.”
From The Man Who Wouldn’t Die by BJ Neblett
“I’ve been told I am a great catch. Trouble is I keep getting
thrown back.”
BJ
Neblett
“All the women of the
world have two things in common: one, they are beautiful… all women are
beautiful. Two, none of them want to have anything to do with me.”
BJ Neblett
Learn from the past
Live for the present
Look to the future.
BJ Neblett
“Education
is what happens as you learn to live life.”
BJ Neblett
“You
might as well laugh at yourself, everyone else is.”
BJ Neblett
Note:
Planet Alt-Sete-Nine and Princess Haylee are books tentatively
scheduled for release Spring/Summer, 2017 and Winter, 2017 respectively. A Change Is Gonna Come is a follow up to
my memoir Ice Cream Camelot. No
release date yet. “Mi Amor Es Tuyo” is a poem/song.
Check
back next week for info on where you can find these and all of my other books
and short stories.
BJ,
ReplyDeleteWould love to use these on a post, with your credits of course.
Clancy
Anytime Clancy my friend. You don't even have to ask. Keep up the good work!
DeleteYou made my night.....and instantly guided mr back to the path I've always dreamed to follow...."living a life less ordinary" i want everyday to be an experience worth remembering.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your amazing gift
Hi BJ, I just quoted you in a letter that I've written to the, well... to the long lost father of my first born son. He was an up and coming Rock Star who considered his career more important than being tied down. This was some years ago. I didn't agree with him, and I am now I am nicely but firmly telling him so. The quote I used is my all time favorite of yours... "We are the sum total of our experiences..." I quoted it in full context. No one says it better than you, BJ. Thanks for your insightful words of wisdom... Kathryn
ReplyDeleteSorry it took so long to reply, sometimes things get lost in the shuffle. Thanks for the kind words. Hang in there!
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