56 Memorable Quotes From Jake

Dec. 29, 2024, 8:45 p.m.

56 Memorable Quotes From Jake

In the realm of memorable quotes, some voices resonate more strongly than others. Jake, with his unique perspective and insightful observations, has offered words that linger long after they've been uttered. Whether he's reflecting on life, success, or the complexities of human relationships, Jake's quotes are a source of inspiration and introspection. In this collection, we've gathered 56 of his most impactful quotes to provide you with motivation, laughter, and perhaps a new lens through which to view the world. Join us on this journey through Jake's words and discover the wisdom they hold.

1. “Thus began a break of undetermined length and meaning.” - Jacob Slichter

2. “The trap had a ghastly perfection” - Stephen King

3. “The woman who preaches has poison religion. Let the respectable ones go” - Stephen King

4. “There was murder, there was rape, there were unspeakable practices, and all of them were for the good, the bloody good, the bloody myth, for the grail, for the Tower.” - Stephen King

5. “Take the dead from the dead, the old proverb said; only a corpse may speak true prophecy.” - Stephen King

6. “Once again there was the desert, and that only.” - Stephen King

7. “They had discovered one could grow as hungry for light as for food.” - Stephen King

8. “They were close to the end of the beginning . . .” - Stephen King

9. “You say true, I say thankya.” - Stephen King

10. “Full emergency power to the engines. Ram the Blade ship.” - Katherine Alice Applegate

11. “I don't like people. They fuck me up.” - Stephen King

12. “Oh, it's just a trash can. Chill out." (Marco) BAM! BAM! BAM! "Okay, so it's four trash cans," (Marco) " BAM! BAM! BAM! "Do you hate trash cans? Is that your problem? Do you just HATE TRASH CANS?!!" (Jake)” - Katherine Applegate

13. “Rebecca tilted her face up to Jake and she felt his lips brushing lightly against hers. Then his lips were beside her ear, whispering, "A lifetime of happiness, Reb, I promise.” - Lorraine Heath

14. “Her eyes shot up to his, expressing gratitude. He ignored the pain her obvious relief brought him.” - Lorraine Heath

15. “He was lying in bed with the woman he loved . . . a woman he couldn't make love to. He closed his eyes. More than any­thing in this world, he wanted this woman to be happy. He'd give her anything, do anything to make her happy. Even if it made his own life hell.” - Lorraine Heath

16. “Jake was hurting, emotionally and physically, and he was exhausted. He stared at her in wonder. "You're going to name him after me?" "I don't see any other father in this house." Ignoring the pain throbbing in his hands, he drew her close, holding onto her tightly. It was the most precious gift she could have given him.” - Lorraine Heath

17. “I almost envy your horse," she said, "because these thighs hug him all day."-Rebecca to Jake” - Lorraine Heath

18. “I was proud of you today, handling William Long the way you did." Her fingers stilled. "What did you think of him the first time you met him?" she asked quietly. "That he was the kind of man you should have married." "And now you don't think that anymore?" "Now, it doesn't matter. You're married to me." "I was the night you met him." Jake's eyes met and held hers in the moonlight. "No, you weren't. Not really." His arm tightened around her. "But you are now.” - Lorraine Heath

19. “Miss Velvet." "Lord, darlin'. You're the only man in this state who would tip his hat to a whore." She ushered the other women along and stopped beside Jake. "You haven't been back to see me, darlin'." "No, ma'am." "You won't be coming back to see me, will you?" He shook his head. "No, ma'am. I won't." She smiled, a warm, pretty smile. "It's just as well. A man like you, darlin', shouldn't have to pay a woman. You take care of yourself now, you hear?" He returned her smile. "Yes, ma'am. I will." She reached out, touching the raised comer of his mouth with the tip of her finger. "Lord, darlin', I don't know how any woman could walk away from that smile.” - Lorraine Heath

20. “He heard a soft voice calling him and turned towards it, trying to focus the vision before him. It wasn't his mother. If he weren't so tired, he would have smiled. He hadn't expected to find an angel in Hell. The angel, her image blurred, a whiteness surrounding her, would understand. The angel would know. "Why couldn't she love me?" he asked. The angel's answer was garbled. He strained to understand the words, not all his senses failed him as he slipped back into the abyss on the edge of Hell. And the angel knelt down beside the bed and wept.” - Lorraine Heath

21. “...Closing his eyes, he saw every smile that Rebecca had ever directed his way and knew a pang of regret. He would have liked to have held her in his arms one last time before he died.” - Lorraine Heath

22. “...When she'd skillfully turned it back towards the herd, Rebecca lifted an arm to wave at Jake, her smile vis­ible even from this distance. He felt a familiar tightening in his loins. How many times had he watched her ride across the Lazy A, experienced the same stirrings, and rid­den away so she'd never know what his true feelings were? He didn't have to ride away today. He could watch her graceful movements to his heart's content.” - Lorraine Heath

23. “Jake?" "Mmm?" "I like it when you spend the day thinking." He brought his head up, twinkling eyes and a mischie­vous grin gracing his countenance. "Reb, honey, that was just what I thought about this morning. Wait until I show you what I thought about this afternoon.” - Lorraine Heath

24. “He ducked down under the wooden slats used to separate the stalls in the barn and crawled into the adjacent stall where he began rubbing the belly of the chestnut mare. "Lay down, Lady. Please . . . it's awful cold tonight. Please lay down." The mare complied as she always did to the soothing tone in his voice. Drawing the blanket up tightly around him, he lay down beside the horse, moving in close to her side. He was careful to place his frozen feet near enough to her for warmth, but not so near that she'd protest. "They had a real purty tree, Lady, with candles. Bet it didn't look as purty from the inside, though. Weren't no snow on the inside." He snuggled in closer to the warm beast. "Merry Christmas, Lady," he whispered. The mare nickered and moved her head in closer to the boy as he drifted off to sleep, the scent of hay and livestock surrounding them.” - Lorraine Heath

25. “You are the politest man I know, Jake Burnett." "Had politeness beat into me.” - Lorraine Heath

26. “Someone could have told me," he finally said, feeling and sounding both miserable and pathetic. "Oh, honey, I knew you were dumb, but this was beyond my expectations.” - Ashlyn Kane

27. “Okay, so, you know that photo shoot Parker did a while back?” “The one where he wore the earth’s luckiest pair of jeans?” “Are you lusting after the object of my affections? Because that’s going to make this conversation even more incredibly uncomfortable.” - Ashlyn Kane

28. “Parker didn’t so much melt against him as he tried to inhabit the same skin Jake was wearing, and Jake wasn’t going to complain about that.” - Ashlyn Kane

29. “What the hell were you thinking?" Sleepy demanded. "Did Pamela Anderson die and leave an opening on the Baywatch rescue squad or something?” - Meg Cabot

30. “Jake, if you could stand the idea of getting inked, you'd have a pink triangle tattooed across your chest.” - Ashlyn Kane

31. “You don't have to lie to me to be nice, Jake. You can just say, 'Wow, your nails look crappy.'" I did my best boy voice."Well, I will tell you that's a crappy imitation of my voice." He smiled so wide I could see his eyetooth from across the table. "But you've got to know you're totally hot, chipped nails and all." He burned beet red all the way to the roots of his hair. "Man, you get me to say some embarrassing stuff, Brenna." He rubbed his hand on the back of his neck."Hey, don't blame me when you feel moved to make strange declarations.” - Liz Reinhardt

32. “Can I..." He stopped and his jaw flexed. "Can I kiss you?"I didn't answer, and he didn't wait for me to. His hands caught me gently behind the neck and he pressed his mouth to mine, softly but firmly. Then he moved one arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him.” - Liz Reinhardt

33. “Are you going to kiss me?" I blabbered stupidly."I'm working up the nerve," he said softly.” - Liz Reinhardt

34. “I did not ask you out. But I would seriously think about not shooting you down if you asked me. Nicely." I had to keep my pride.He took both of my hands in his. "Brenna Blixen will you be my girlfriend, please." He held up one of my hands and kissed my knuckles smoothly. "Pretty please. With sugar on top.” - Liz Reinhardt

35. “Omg this is like one of those sappy romance movies but I don’t care! Jake is holding my hand! I looked back up at him and we slowly rose staring into each other’s eyes. Ok, where the heck is my awesome music saying he’s the one?! What about a breeze that blows my hair in all directions making me look hot? C’mon Cupid! Give me something!!! A weak chilly breeze blew. It barely even moved my hair. Oh c’mon!!!!” - Bella Shadow

36. “Never fall in love?""Always," said the count. "I am always in love.” - Ernest Hemingway

37. “Nothing apparently, disturbed the mans air of having his mind on something more important than you. You wanted to slap him.” - Glen Duncan

38. “I'm still bothered.You're French. If you lot stopped bothering the coffee and tobacco industries would collapse.” - Glen Duncan

39. “There's a distinctive aural quality to lies. This didn't have it.” - Glen Duncan

40. “The yeehaw explanation is we're too busy chasing meat'n'pussy.” - Glen Duncan

41. “Speaking was temporarily beyond him, what with the testicular trauma and ass-stabbing.” - Glen Duncan

42. “Don't kill me—you fucking cunt.Hot tip. If you're trying to get someone to not kill you, avoid calling him a fucking cunt.” - Glen Duncan

43. “Plus there was the standard French insult of ignoring your French and answering in English.” - Glen Duncan

44. “You're fond, I imagine of your right eye? I mean, you've gone to the trouble of putting make up on it.” - Glen Duncan

45. “For the love of Mary, I get it, she's got a nifty twat. Tell me what I need to know and you can go up there and try'n get back into it.” - Glen Duncan

46. “I rather wished I'd stabbed him somewhere less awkward.” - Glen Duncan

47. “He didn't protest much. Evidently he had a penchant for surrender.” - Glen Duncan

48. “She understood the genre constraints, the decencies were supposed to be observing. The morally cosy vision allows the embrace of monstrosity only as a reaction to suffering or as an act of rage against the Almighty. Vampire interviewee Louis is in despair at his brother’s death when he accepts Lestat’s offer. Frankenstein’s creature is driven to violence by the violence done to him. Even Lucifer’s rebellion emerges from the agony of injured price. The message is clear: By all means become an abomination—but only while unhinged by grief or wrath.” - Glen Duncan

49. “Jake? Do me a favor. Don't ever say 'so far, so good'. The only time anyone ever says 'so far, so good' is right before everything blows up in his face!"-Marco” - Katherine Applegate

50. “You know, people always look at that headline as me being "outed," but you can ask anyone, I couldn't even find a closet with a map!” - Ashlyn Kane

51. “I'm independent and strong, but sometimes...just sometimes, it's nice to be taken case of. It's nice to be made to feel like a lady” - Samantha Towle

52. “You're it for me. I want to be with you forever. I want you to be mine.” - Samantha Towle

53. “it's no one's business whether two people are meant for each other except for those two people.” - Sean Develin

54. “Happily Ever After, if it exists, is the result of working through adversity, proving who you are as a team. It's not some magical ability to just always hit it off. The early fun in a relationship is always the best. But it's the bullshit that tears at the two of you that proves you are meant for each other.” - Sean Develin

55. “Getting over things is a myth. Time buries things, it doesn't erase them. They can always be dug up later.” - Sean Develin

56. “You were the first in every way that counted.” - Josh Lanyon