Charlie Kelly Quotes

That was the thing with the off-worlders. Sometimes they came off as so ancient and knowledgeable, and the next they were ordering pizza and a beer.

I relaxed back into the mattress as other elements in the room began to filter though my senses, namely the extraordinary warmth at my back. The air was filled with the smell of masculine skin and hints of cologne, soap, and dryer sheets. Hank was back. And his scent wasn't the only thing surrounding me; his arm was thrown over my hip and my back was tucked nicely against his front. ... It was nice. Good. Right, even. And then another feeling struck me in a novel way. Protected. I felt protected. A disbelieving laugh bubbled in my throat as I lay there, a small smile parked on my face. I was always the one out there protecting people. And after Will and I had split, I'd had no one to go to for comfort, to let all my guards down, to take a rest from being the caregiver, provider, guard, and detective. To let someone else be tough for a while. Had to admit, I liked it. And I never thought in a gazillion years I'd find this feeling with an off-worlder. I liked Hank's strength, his power, his quirky humor, even the badass attitude he caught sometimes. I was in so much trouble.

It wasn't until after we were pulling into the back lot of Station One that I remembered asking Hank if he wanted to have coffee and talk. Crap. I slid a quick glance his way to find him staring out the window. His expression reminded me of a conversation I had with Emma when she was six years old and I found her sitting with her knees drawn up on the back of the couch, staring out the window. "Hey, kiddo, what's wrong?" "I'm looking out the window." "Why?" "Because that's what people do when they're sad. They stare out the window.

Jace pulls me into his arms. I fall against his chest, and my body goes limp. My eyes close, and I just let Jace hold me. “It’s okay, Charlie. I’ve got you,” he murmurs. He kisses my temple, and the few rogue tears in my eyes spill down my cheeks. I sniffle, so he hugs me tighter.

Bird law in this country, it's not governed by reason.

Bryn’s back was to me, auburn hair pulled up in the usual sloppy-romantic twist. Soft murmurs came from her as she gently pruned dead leaves from a strange green plant. “They’re never going to talk back. You know that, right?” She turned, suppressing her smile. “Shows how little you know about earth crafting. They always talk back.

You ever see anything like that before?” I asked Rex as we walked. “Those old fairy dudes? Nuh-uh. And now that I think about it, I’ve never seen a Pig-Pen do that much damage.” I meant the creature. What creature? What do you mean, what creature? The one that came out of the wind. The one that went through me. The reason I was out cold on the dance floor.” I thought you just couldn’t handle the Donna Summer remix.

Thank you and endless love to Louisse Ang, Steph Brown, Jennifer Kelly, Alice Fanchiang, Diyana Wan, Laura Ashforth, Alexa Santiago, Rachel Domingo, Jessica Reigle, Jennifer Armentrout, Christina Hobbs, Lauren Billings, and Kelly Grabowski. To Charlie Bowater: Getting to know you has been such a highlight of my career, and your incredible art has inspired me in so many ways. Thank you for all your hard work (and for being a total genius).

Smile more, Charlie. It makes me feel safe and happy.” “I’m not responsible for your emotions, Mason. Just responsible for everyone’s safety.

Somehow, this has turned into the world’s deadliest couples retreat,” Charlie cracks.

As I pointed out in Wilmott magazine, Warren Buffett’s thinking is consistent with the Kelly Criterion. In a question and answer session with business students at Emory University, he was asked, in view of the popularity of Fortune’s Formula and the Kelly Criterion, to describe his process for choosing how much to invest in a situation. He and his associate Charlie Munger, when managing $200 million, put most of it into just five or so positions. Sometimes he was willing to bet 75 percent of his fortune on a single investment. Investing heavily in extremely favorable situations is characteristic of a Kelly bettor.

Bird law in this country is not governed by reason.

Charlie grinned. "You can take the girl out of the garden—" "But you can't get the dirt out from underneath her nails. I told them I didn't want to move forward with the hiring process," she said.