swatted QUOTES

1 " She does know Harrison prefers men, right?”
“Let her have hope,” I said, smiling to myself.
He turned his attention back to me. “Yes. Hope is good. Bianca, I-” He grinned wickedly. “I knew you’d give in sooner or later.” He put his hand on my knee and ran it smoothly up my thigh. “You’re finally going to admit that you love me, aren’t you?”
I swatted his hand away. “First of all,” I began, “I don’t love you. I love my family and maybe even Casey and Jessica, but romantic love takes years upon years to develop. So I don’t love you. But I will admit, I’ve thought a lot about you lately and I definitely have feelings for you… feelings other than hatred for the most part. And maybe it’s possible-in the future-that I… could love you.” I hesitated, a little scared of the words that’d just left my mouth. “But I still want to kill you most of the time. "

― Kody Keplinger , The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend (Hamilton High, #1)

2 " He stepped back with exaggerated courtesy. But when I walked past him, he swatted my rump. Hard enough to sting.
“You need to be more careful,” he growled. “Keep interfering in my business and you might get hurt.”
I said sweetly as I continued to Jesse's room, “The last man who swatted me like that is rotting in his grave.”
“I have no doubt about it.” His voice was more satisfied then contrite. "

― Patricia Briggs , Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, #3)

3 " The raven settled back. “Dog is Cordi.”
“Said that.” Percy took flight from Kate’s shoulder and landed next to the raven. “First.”
Copernicus swatted the parrot with a wing.
Percy ducked his head, feathers fluffing, and twisted, bumping the other bird with his rear. David intervened before a bird brawl broke out in earnest. “Enough, you two. "

― Gayla Drummond , Something to Curse About (Discord Jones, #2)

4 " Myrtle shook her head. " I told myself that I was lucky," she said. " Your father never struck me, never drank and if he had mistresses he had the good grace to be discreet. He provided for me and my children, and yet I tried, year after year, to make myself his companion. The doors never opened, Faith. In the end I lost hope. Ah, but I cannot complain!" Myrtle swatted away the past with one delicate little hand. " It has made me what I am. When every door is closed, one learns to climb through windows. Human nature, I suppose. "

5 " You’re an English major, aren't you?” “Hey!” Immediately retreating, Keith swatted at him with a dishcloth. “Leave my brain alone. It’s resting.” “Sorry, sorry.” He leaned away, hands up to display his surrender. “I didn't mean it, I take it back.” “You’d better "

6 " I leaned against my door, struggling to catch my breath, and thought that maybe hell wasn't a place at all, but a thing. A contagious thing. A thing that could creep up the steps, seep through the crack under my door, grow horns and sprout fire - smelling faintly like sulfur. A thing that could sink its tendrils inside and take root, coloring everything gray and distorting a smile into a sneer. And while i got dressed for the play, swatted at my back and kept running my hands over my stomach because I could feel it, I swear, I could feel it reaching for me, trying to grab hold. "

― Megan Miranda , Fracture (Fracture, #1)

7 " Jace’s husky voice almost came out in a purr. He said, “You want to make a bet on that, Charlie.” Oh yeah, he can sell that stuff alright. “No worries,” Jace was saying. “I only have eyes for you.” He touched the tip of my nose with his finger. I swatted him away. Jace laughed. ~Jace~ "

8 " He swatted at her with his book. " Shut up and read, will you?" He lay back down and closed his eyes. Emma glanced over to check that he was smiling, and smiled too. "

9 " I spent the afternoon musing on Life. If you come to think of it, what a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean. At any moment you may be strolling peacefully along, and all the time Life's waiting around the corner to fetch you one. You can't tell when you may be going to get it. It's all dashed puzzling. Here was poor old George, as well-meaning a fellow as every stepped, getting swatted all over the ring by the hand of Fate. Why? That's what I asked myself. Just Life, don't you know. That's all there was about it. "

― P.G. Wodehouse , My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

10 " The special please," she said, waving a coupon from the week's paper. " The young rejuvenating facial. I want to look thirty." " Mom," Jonathan said. " It's a facial, not a magic wand." She rolled up the paper and swatted him with it. " Fine, I'll take forty." She gave Lily a hug. " And you! How lovely to see you again!" She turned to Jonathan. " So... you can make me look forty, right?" " How about gorgeous?" Jonathan asked his mom. " Does gorgeous work for you? "

11 " There,” he said with a smirk. “Now I don’t have a swim suit either.”
Andi bit her bottom lip and felt the heat begin to flood her cheeks. The sharp pinch on her arm snapped her out of her trance and she quickly swatted at the bug. “Okay, okay. Turn around and don’t peak.” The light from the moon made it easy for her to see his questioning glare. “What?”
“Turn around?” Zane asked, trying to hold back a smile. “Need I remind you that I’ve seen you naked before, Miss Ford.”—Zane and Andi in, Zane: The McKades of Texas "

― Kimberly Lewis

12 " She swatted the fur beside her. " Sit." Growling, he shoved his dirk back in its sheath. " I'll listen, but if ye lift a finger against me, I'll slit your throat afore ye can draw your next breath." " I'll keep that in mind." Eva smoothed her fingers over her throat ... "

13 " I told her if she really cared about me, then she’d let me do whatever I wanted for my birthday, just like Mom did when I was twelve.”
“What happened when you were twelve?”
“Oh, Mom offered to take us all out for dinner—us girls, Dad was out of town—to celebrate, but I didn’t want to. This book I’d been waiting for had just come out, and the only thing I wanted to do was read it all night.”
“My God,” I said, touching the top of her nose. “You’re adorable.”
She swatted me away. “Anyway, Carly and Zoe really wanted to go out so that they could score a meal, but Mom just said, ‘It’s her birthday. Let her do whatever she wants.’”
“Your mom is cool. "

― Richelle Mead , The Fiery Heart (Bloodlines, #4)

14 " The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter. "