114 quotes found
Author · American
American author
“Ester would tell her to dance faster, leap higher, to laugh out loud with all the breath in lungs. Thats what the dead would tell the living, if they couldto grab hold of joy whenever it comes.”
“Your soul is bigger than your programming.”
“He takes my hand and says, 'Let's make a world.”
“We can't begin to learn until we admit how much we don't know.”
“Self-knowledge is better than self-control any day," Raquel said firmly. "And I know myself well enough to know how I act around cookies.”
“I apologized to her once for spending less time with her, but she blew it off. "You're in love. That makes you actually kind of boring to people who aren't in love. You know, the sane ones.”
“Vic knelt by Lucas's side. 'You look like crap, by the way.''Thanks for breaking it to me gently.' Lucas took a deep breath, then groaned.”
“Suspicion," he said. "Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He's a genius." "Starring Cary Grant." When Lucas gave me a look, I added, "You have your priorities, I have mine.”
“All of my best friends are dead people. Someday I've got to figure out how that happened.”
“My hate is stronger than the dimensions, stronger than memory, stronger than time. My hate is now the truest part of who I am.”
“In my opinion, all boyfriends should turn out to be secretly wealthy.”
“Now I know that grief is a whetstone that sharpens all your love, all your happiest memories, into blades that tear you apart from within.”
“But grief changes. It softens, adapts its shape to become a part of you. That kind of sorrow never gets any lighter, but you grow accustomed to the weight as you carry it on.”
“Answer suffering with kindness.”
“The library would've cheered me up, most days. I loved the heavy oaken tables, the high walls stacked with books to the ceiling, the musty smell of old pages and the heavy brass fixtures that had g...”
“We can always hate that which we loved, and with a fire as great as our love once was.”
“Noemy says, I guess its just the idea of love I miss. And, well, it was a good kiss. Her smile turns rueful. At least I got some practice. A wonderful idea occurs to Abel. Do you need more practice...”
“For our kind, death is only the beginning.”
“Tell me why. My voice shook. Tell me right now.”
“You always apologize for things you don't know. You should stop.”
