One of my favorite things about books are the quotes you find hidden between the pages that capture the essence of the story and the heart of the author. They are words crafted by someone laying it all out on the line, sharing the inner workings of their mind and its like a small window into their life because those words are their own.
” When you’re in hell, only a devil can point the way out.”
– Half A King, Joe Abercrombie
” Not many people had the luxury of being soft and whimsical anymore.”
– Deal With The Devil, Kit Rocha
” Because that was the problem with society. It cared too much about who you fell in love with but never about the why. The why matters.”
– Defy, L.J. Shen
” True love is usually the most inconvenient kind.”
-The Selection, Kiera Cass
” If I can be the catalyst of your death, can’t I be the one that might save you?”
-Fury Unleashed, N.J. Walters
” I Understand wanting to know what your allies are capable of, but the fact that I’ve been damaged doesn’t make me broken and you don’t need to behave as if it does.”
-Come Tumbling Down, Seanan McGuire
” Sacrifices were like vices. You made them, gave up something good, in order to get something better.”
– Vicious, L.J. Shen
” What scares me isn’t you being a vampire, Jaxon. What scares me is the idea that you’re going to walk away and I’m going to go my whole life without knowing what this could feel like.”
-Crave, Tracy Wolff
” Only once you destroy who you think you are can you embrace who you truly are.”
-The School for Good and Evil, Soman Chainani
I feel broken. The world tells me I should want these things, but I don’t.”
– Belle Révolte, Linsey Miller
” You are a full human being. It’s never as simple as being half and half.”
-The Black Flamingo, Dean Atta
” There cannot be LIGHT without seeing the DARK.”
-Darkest Deeds, Lori Aisling
It’s our memories that make us who we are. Those moments that, for whatever reason, big or small, stick in our brains, that make up our story.”
-A Short History of the Girl Next Door, Jared Reck
” Dreams only last until dawn, after all.”
-Desperate Measures, Katee Robert
“Problem is colored kids don’t get to be innocent. Its like you come out of the womb full grown, the way the world treats you.”
-The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones, Daven McQueen
“We are all of us damned.”
-Bone Crossed, Patricia Briggs
” Memories, even bittersweet ones, are better than nothing.”
-Onyx, Jennifer L. Armentrout
“I never needed this race, or a hashtag, or the king to be a queen. I was born royalty. All I had to do was pick up my crown.”
-You Should See Me In A Crown, Leah Johnson
” Paths do not come to you . You have to find them for yourself, and sometimes, you have to carve new ones entirely.”
-Sightwitch, Susan Dennard
“Second guessing ever step prevents any forward momentum. Trust yourself, forgive yourself and move on.”
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