Kelley Armstrong Quotes

I hate to say it because I feel like it might be a jinx, but yes - knock on wood - I have never broken a bone.

I always wear my evil eye necklace to ward off bad karma. I always wear one to protect me.

Actors really are superstitious. You can always spot a group of actors at a restaurant. They're the ones spitting on their knuckles and hurling salt everywhere.

I was named for my grandmother. It's an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things.

I have a collection of lucky pennies, and I like to carry some of them with me. So far, they seem to be working!

I try not to put my purse on the floor - demons will get into it.

I am very superstitious about toasts. I never toast with water, and I'm very careful to make eye contact with everyone I toast with.

I am the superstitious kind: I never praise a shot because I fear the moment I do so, the batsman gets out.

The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.

Whenever I drive under a yellow light, I always kiss my finger and tap it on the roof of the car.

London had so much death in its history, it was hard to find a spot without spirits. They formed a safety net. Still, you had to hope the ones you got were good.

I bear a charmed life.

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

I have been very lucky, I have only had one bad experience.

Wherever you go, God be with you.

I am insanely superstitious. All the woman in my family are, beginning with my grandmother, who would leave red ribbons under the beds and taught us how to find four-leaf clovers.

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.

I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years.

Catch a black hen and beat it to death with a white cane. Keep the blood and smear a little of it on your enemy. If you get no chance to smear it on his body, obtain one of his garments and smear it.

May the future bring all the best to you, your family and friends, and may your mother never find out where you work.

I keep my key chain simple because I'm a big believer in luck. And I've heard that having lots of things on it is too much baggage.

My mother told me once that she had her talk with God whenever she started a new sweater: 'Please don't take me in the middle of the sweater.' And as soon as she finished knitting a sweater, and it was blocked and put together, she already had the wool to start the next sweater so that nothing bad would happen.

If you're down, it's curse; if you're up, it's a blessing.

I felt that I'd rather be lucky than good. That's the aspect I kept bringing to baseball. The more superstitions I had, the better off I'd have of finding more luck.

I wear a St. Christopher medal. On the back it says: 'Good luck, good luck, good luck - Mama.'