33 quotes found
“A feeling can't kill you.”
“Shes a commodity in a sea of broken girls.”
“She’s a commodity in a sea of broken girls.”
“Even things that aren't broken can be fixed.”
“Home?' I say. It's a word that can mean anywhere and nowhere.”
“There's a world out there that nobody has bothered to promise her.”
“It taught that there are three versions of things: the one I see in my mind, and the one that carries onto the paper, and then what it ultimately becomes.”
“She's been conned, ruined, left for dead, and she's not going to forgive any of it. She will soldier on, if only out of spite.”
“I don't dare touch her. Loss is a knowledge I'm sorry to have. Perhaps the only thing worse than experiencing it, is watching it replay anew in someone else--all the awful stages picking up like a ...”
“There is a silence so great that I can hear the ice crystals cracking and falling from eyelashes of girls who will never blink again.”
“We were his disposable things. Brought to him like cattle. Stripped of what made us sisters or daughters or children. There was nothing that he could take from usour genes, our bones, our wombsthat...”
“He looks at me, and I don't know what he sees. I used to think it was Rose. But she's not here with us now, in this room. It's just him and me, and the books. I feel like our lives are in those boo...”
“It's quiet for a while, and then Rowan says; "We could talk now. We're alone out here. No walls.""There are always walls." I say.”
“I think humans have always been desperate. I think it has always been about doing something awful if it might help, when the only other option is death. Maybe that's what being a parent is supposed...”
“And so ends his rush from his greatest act of rebellion. He understands that no matter where he runs or how high he flies, he will always have to come home.”
“His lips are familiar. I know the shape of them, know how to make mine fit against them. His taste is familiar too. For all the illusions and colors and sweet smells... he has always tasted like sk...”
“My father warned me that youre an interloper. He told me I should make you leave, since were no longer married and youre not my concern, he says. The thought gives me a chill. Yes, Im sure Vaughn w...”
“Theres this anomaly that happens sometimes with twins. It occurs in the womb when the fetuses are growing too closely to each other. The stronger twin develops normally, while the weaker twin crump...”
“I watch the ashes swim around like dandelion puffs, making swirls where bodies and walls once stood.”
“This is the real Madame. I can see why she hides herself in accents and gems and exotic perfumes. I can see why she's grown to hate anything to do with love. She isn't evil or corrupt the way that ...”
“I think he's beginning to understand, and understanding is a horrible thing.”
“I think she's brave. I think that nobody has ever believed what she could be capable of. All her life, nobody was listening.”
“We'll squeeze every second that we can from our lives, because we're young, and we have plenty of years to grow. We'll grow until we're braver. We'll grow until our bones ache and our skin wrinkles...”
“There is a dark place calling to me, but I will not go just yet. I know I can't return from it.”
