Highland Fling Quotes

America Is A Gun England is a cup of tea. France, a wheel of ripened brie. Greece, a short, squat olive tree. America is a gun. Brazil is football on the sand. Argentina, Maradona's hand. Germany, an oompah band. America is a gun. Holland is a wooden shoe. Hungary, a goulash stew. Australia, a kangaroo. America is a gun. Japan is a thermal spring. Scotland is a highland fling. Oh, better to be anything than America as a gun.

Suddenly, just in time, I realised that he was a filthy Hun, so of course I turned my back on him and refused to shake hands. I think he noticed; anyway, I hope so. I hope he felt his position - General Murgatroyd

A job, a relationship, where you live—they don’t define you. It’s how you live your life, treat others, and take advantage of every moment presented to you.

To make matters worse, Linda, it appears, is madly in love with a monster of a Scotsman, who came to dinner last night in his kilt. Those hairy old knees decided us. "The Mountains I can bear," said Loudie. "Natives in the semi-nude at dinner time is another matter. I leave tomorrow.

You know, sometimes I think we get caught up in the idea that our jobs make or break us as humans, when that’s not the case at all. A job is a means to make money and provide for yourself. I think it’s the relationships we cultivate, the energy we put out into the world, that define us. You could be a billionaire with all the riches in the world, but that wouldn’t mean your life was truly rich.

Kilty McGrumpyshire.

Annoying author making me do pointless shite I don’t want to do: One. There . . . happy?

I think I might have met my match—and she’s wrapped up in a tiny, feisty, all-American package.

Amelia envisaged that between York and the royal-infested Scottish Highlands there was a grimy wasteland of derelict cranes and abandoned mills and betrayed, yet still staunch, people. Oh and moorland, of course, vast tracts of brooding landscape under lowering skies, and across this heath strode brooding, lowering men intent on reaching their ancestral houses, where they were going to fling open doors and castigate orphaned yet resolute governesses. Or — preferably — the brooding, lowering men were on horseback, black horses with huge muscled haunches, glistening with sweat —

You know, sometimes I think we get caught up in the idea that our jobs make or break us as humans, when that’s not the case at all. A job is a means to make money and provide for yourself. I think it’s the relationships we cultivate, the energy we put out into the world, that define us.

Days since last male-induced orgasm: Seventy, and I wiped a cobweb from my lady area this morning.

The quaint shop can best be described as what would happen if someone blasted Target with a shrink gun and then redecorated with Scottish charm.

Hey.” I squeeze her tight. “Relationships don’t define us, Dakota; they only help mold us into the people we’re supposed to become.

This six-month endeavor has done nothing but make me realize how extremely horny I am, because instead of enjoying this country’s beautiful culture, all I can think about is lifting up every kilt that crosses my path and checking for underwear. I’m a Pervy Pervertson.

Aye. And I can do without a viper-tongued wench.""Wench? Wench? Lass is one thing, but did you just call me a wench? I'll have you know I'm a doctor. No one calls me a wench. I passed my boards with flying colors. I could take you apart and put you back together with my eyes closed.

I relate to this coffee house more than I care to admit. Once had all the potential in the world, but over time, lost its luster . . . its purpose. Making it shine will give me something to do, something that actually makes me feel like I’m contributing rather than just living a mundane life.

Sally's father,' explained Walter, 'got me a job in a bank. I can't tell you what I suffered for three whole days. It was like a PG Wodehouse novel, only not funny at all, or perhaps I've no sense of humour. To begin with, I had to get up at eight every morning. One had much better be dead, you know. Then, my dear, the expense! I can't tell you what it cost me in taxis alone, not to mention the suit I had to buy - a most lugubrious black affair. There was no time to get back here for luncheon, and I couldn't go all day without seeing Sally, so we went to a restaurant that was recommended to us called "Simkins," too putting off. Sally was given some perfectly raw meat with blood instead of gravy, and naturally she nearly fainted, and she had to have brandy before I could get her out of the place. By then we were so upset that we felt we must go to the Ritz in order to be soothed, which meant more taxis. In the end we reckoned that those three days had cost me every penny of thirty pounds, so I gave it up. I can't afford that sort of thing, you know.

I might not be on the path I planned for myself, but I have to appreciate the air I breathe, the heartbeat in my chest, and the chance to keep taking one step at a time.

enough.

And then I want to write him a letter describing in intricate detail the way the heather on the hills sways rhythmically with the wind, almost like it’s dancing. To make my point: I’m obsessed with Scotland. I came to that realization about five minutes ago, when Dakota slowly pulled around a bend on a narrow road that opens up to a valley. My heart caught in my throat as the landscape unfolded before us.

Alec and Luna - The Wedding Game Knox and Emory - The Locker Room Pacey and Winnie - Kiss and Don’t Tell Rath and Charlee - Boss Man Bridegroom Rowan and Bonnie - The Highland Fling Arlo and Greer - See Me After Class Huxley and Lottie - A Not So Meet Cute Griffin and Ren - That Second Chance Sawyer and Fallon - Runaway Groomsman Jason and Dottie - The Lineup

Relationships don’t define you; they only mold you’? Same goes for you. A job, a relationship, where you live—they don’t define you. It’s how you live your life, treat others, and take advantage of every moment presented to you.

That Scottish accent purrs in my ears, makes me weak in the knees, begs me to rip my shirt open and expose my heaving bosom.

Och, y’er American. Dinna fash yirsel, y’er in guid hauns.” *Blinks* *Mentally cleans out ears* *Blinks again* “You told me they speak English here,” I hiss at Dakota.

And she’s helping me forget . .

Boredom eating is a real thing,” I say, folding my arms over my chest. “But

Just go see what he wants,” Dakota says, nudging Bonnie in the back. “What if it’s his penis or something? Last time a guy said he wanted to show me something, he stretched his nutsac over his pants and said, ‘Look, it’s gum.’” Who the hell is she hanging out with?

I’m dying,” Da finishes for her as she lets out a sob.

sometimes I think we get caught up in the idea that our jobs make or break us as humans, when that’s not the case at all. A job is a means to make money and provide for yourself. I think it’s the relationships we cultivate, the energy we put out into the world, that define us.

you can never judge a family from the outside. When you dive deep, you might find years upon years of pain.

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The loss of those little, boring moments that make up a life.

I think it’s because for the first time in my life, I fell in love, and the man I’ve fallen in love with doesn’t love me back. And that’s more painful than anything.