“Everyone needs rules. After all, how can you break what doesn’t exist? Rules give anarchy something to aim at”
―
Jodi Taylor,
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“Thinking carefully is something that happens to other people” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“The screaming redoubled. You put dinosaurs and people together, you always get screaming.” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“Silence holds no fears for me. I never feel the urge to fill it as so many other people do.” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“He was calm and soothing and had a reasonable explanation for everything. No woman should have to put up with that.” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“Exchange between Leon and Max:"I just want you to tell me you love me sometimes.""Yes, you see I can't do that." He turned his head away. "I love you all the time.” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“If this was one of those books, there would now be three pages of head-banging sex. The reality was that he pulled me close, whispered, ‘Mfhbnnntx,’ and I pulled his arm over me like a cover and muttered, ‘Trout,’ and that was pretty much it.” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“Dr Maxwell. Why are you wearing a red snake in my office?’ ‘Sorry, sir. Whose office should I be wearing it in?” ― Jodi Taylor, A Symphony of Echoes
“Helen, in a white coat and stethoscope, effortlessly achieving the sort of discipline for which lesser women would require black leather and a hunting crop, indicated we should form a line. Being St Mary’s, we formed several clumps and a rhomboid.” ― Jodi Taylor, A Second Chance
“I'll love you until there's no breath left in my lungs, Olivia Taylor." He locates my hand and brings my diamond to his lips. "For eternity."Ishake my head middly. "It's not long enough.""Then beyind that, too," he whispers.” ― Jodi Ellen Malpas, One Night Unveiled
“I suspect the Universe is making damned sure we don’t get the chance to contaminate other planets with our stupidity. It’s keeping us on this one where the only thing we can damage is each other.” ― Jodi Taylor, A Trail Through Time
“If in doubt, make some tea.” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“She said nothing in a manner that conveyed volumes. I said nothing in a manner that I hoped conveyed my complete innocence. She said nothing in a manner that conveyed her disbelief in my complete innocence. I said nothing in a manner that conveyed my hurt at this lack of trust in me. She said nothing in a manner that effortlessly conveyed the message that Dr Bairstow wished to see me at his earliest convenience and to collect Dr Peterson while I was at it.” ― Jodi Taylor, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
“I tried – and failed – to imagine Dr Bairstow chuckling. Sometimes when he was pleased, he did display the satisfaction of an elderly vulture unexpectedly encountering a dead donkey. But chuckling …” ― Jodi Taylor, A Second Chance
“Despite the Cooper/Hofstadter papers on the subject,” ― Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's Boxset Vol 1
“This was my favourite moment – everything stretching out in front of us, gleaming with promise and excitement and we hadn’t yet had a chance to screw it up.” ― Jodi Taylor, A Second Chance
“No, he’s made a very good point,’ said Bashford provocatively. ‘Women are just vessels, you know.’ ‘That’s very true,’ said Sykes, smiling angelically at him. ‘I myself am a seventeen-thousand-ton Dreadnought class battleship with enough firepower to destroy a medium-sized city.” ― Jodi Taylor, An Argumentation of Historians
“What chest?’ I said, because everyone knows if you ignore persistent, throbbing pain then it goes away. Like toothache. And small children. And overdrafts.” ― Jodi Taylor, A Trail Through Time
“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“Thinking carefully is something that happens to other people” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“The screaming redoubled. You put dinosaurs and people together, you always get screaming.” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“Silence holds no fears for me. I never feel the urge to fill it as so many other people do.” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“He was calm and soothing and had a reasonable explanation for everything. No woman should have to put up with that.” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“Exchange between Leon and Max:"I just want you to tell me you love me sometimes.""Yes, you see I can't do that." He turned his head away. "I love you all the time.” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“If this was one of those books, there would now be three pages of head-banging sex. The reality was that he pulled me close, whispered, ‘Mfhbnnntx,’ and I pulled his arm over me like a cover and muttered, ‘Trout,’ and that was pretty much it.” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“Dr Maxwell. Why are you wearing a red snake in my office?’ ‘Sorry, sir. Whose office should I be wearing it in?” ― Jodi Taylor, A Symphony of Echoes
“Helen, in a white coat and stethoscope, effortlessly achieving the sort of discipline for which lesser women would require black leather and a hunting crop, indicated we should form a line. Being St Mary’s, we formed several clumps and a rhomboid.” ― Jodi Taylor, A Second Chance
“I'll love you until there's no breath left in my lungs, Olivia Taylor." He locates my hand and brings my diamond to his lips. "For eternity."Ishake my head middly. "It's not long enough.""Then beyind that, too," he whispers.” ― Jodi Ellen Malpas, One Night Unveiled
“I suspect the Universe is making damned sure we don’t get the chance to contaminate other planets with our stupidity. It’s keeping us on this one where the only thing we can damage is each other.” ― Jodi Taylor, A Trail Through Time
“If in doubt, make some tea.” ― Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another
“She said nothing in a manner that conveyed volumes. I said nothing in a manner that I hoped conveyed my complete innocence. She said nothing in a manner that conveyed her disbelief in my complete innocence. I said nothing in a manner that conveyed my hurt at this lack of trust in me. She said nothing in a manner that effortlessly conveyed the message that Dr Bairstow wished to see me at his earliest convenience and to collect Dr Peterson while I was at it.” ― Jodi Taylor, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
“I tried – and failed – to imagine Dr Bairstow chuckling. Sometimes when he was pleased, he did display the satisfaction of an elderly vulture unexpectedly encountering a dead donkey. But chuckling …” ― Jodi Taylor, A Second Chance
“Despite the Cooper/Hofstadter papers on the subject,” ― Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's Boxset Vol 1
“This was my favourite moment – everything stretching out in front of us, gleaming with promise and excitement and we hadn’t yet had a chance to screw it up.” ― Jodi Taylor, A Second Chance
“No, he’s made a very good point,’ said Bashford provocatively. ‘Women are just vessels, you know.’ ‘That’s very true,’ said Sykes, smiling angelically at him. ‘I myself am a seventeen-thousand-ton Dreadnought class battleship with enough firepower to destroy a medium-sized city.” ― Jodi Taylor, An Argumentation of Historians
“What chest?’ I said, because everyone knows if you ignore persistent, throbbing pain then it goes away. Like toothache. And small children. And overdrafts.” ― Jodi Taylor, A Trail Through Time
