134 quotes found
Author · American · 1974
American author (born 1974)
“A castle of defense, a bastion of mightA fort where the wise teach the young to fightAn armory of weapons, sharp as hooksAre wrapped in leather and shelved as books”
“Miri took genuine comfort in studying Mathematics that day. She could sort numbers into two simple ideas: true and not true. Unlike numbers, words were rarely just one thing. They moved and changed...”
“That year, when the trees burned the fire of late summer into their leaves and the ground mist was a ghost of the river, long and wet and cold, the aunt looked from her windows to the walls around ...”
“Life feels like fall of itself.'A dream within a dream.And I want to wake up.”
“Life feels like fall of itself.""'A dream within a dream.""And I want to wake up.”
“...even if things were broken right now. Sometimes it was the cracks that let the light in.”
“If we're mad, we're mad in large numbers, at least larger than yours.”
“Careful with the accusations of insanity, oh my lady whose home is a tower with windows of brick, all for the sake of some skinny-ankled, laugh-prone boy of a khan.”
“Maybe I got a few words wrong, but that's so near how the conversation went, I'm going to call it truth.”
“We found it!" Charlotte yelled, as they ran back through the house. "We found it, we found it!"Eddie, Mr. Mallery, and Colonel Andrews came from separate directions, converging in the front hall. M...”
“My hearts so light it floats and carries me so my feet dont walk. I sing all day and I dont mind the washing, and thats how I know Im in love. Completely smitten with My Lord the cat.”
“Personally, I believe Young Adult to be an arbitrary title that means the book "Can be enjoyed by anyone/Has a main character whos not quite an adult/Isnt really boring.”
“She closed the book and put her cheek against it. There was still an odor of a library on it, of dust, leather, binding glue, and old paper, one book carrying the smell of hundreds.”
“The book smelled dusty and old but also carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting. She opened to the first page and started to read, pronouncing the words in a reverent whisper.”
“They weren't nice words he said. He could've lived a good life and died never having made a person feel rubbed down to bones and too sad to hold together. ”
“I wish stories were kinder to their characters," Maddie said. "But I guess trouble is more interesting to read about.”
“But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?”
“I'm going to find whoever is responsible for me sleeping out side with outside without pillows and kick them in the shins!-Enna”
“Over there!" "Where?" Enna asked in mock panic "Do you see something?”
“Ani saw herself clearly in that moment, as a face in darkness gains sudden dimensions in a flash of lightning - a young girl, a silly thing, a lapdog, a broken mare.”
