“The heart is a weapon—a self-inflicting weapon—that if not trained properly, can destroy a person.”
― E.K. Blair, quote from Bang
“But maybe people like me aren't supposed to be saved. Maybe I'm just destined to bear the weight of the demons that lurk among the good.”
― E.K. Blair, quote from Bang
“And that's the moment when you realize that hopes and dreams are as fucked up as fairytales.”
― E.K. Blair, quote from Bang
“They say when you take revenge against another you lose your innocence.”
― E.K. Blair, quote from Bang
“I’ve never come across anyone like him. His intensity is entirely consuming, and when I’m not with him, all I can think about are ways I can sneak around to get to him. It’s like he’s the oxygen I need to survive, and when he’s gone I’m suffocating. I don’t know if love is supposed to feel this way, but it’s all I know, and it’s all with him.”
― E.K. Blair, quote from Bang
“Whether or not you’re in politics, everything is political. We all save face for others to perceive us in the best light. Nothing is real until you break down the walls and reveal the ugliness.”
― E.K. Blair, quote from Bang
“How you feel is how you allow yourself to feel.”
― E.K. Blair, quote from Bang
“Because life is not a fairytale, but we all need that one person who keeps the dream alive. You are that person for me.”
― E.K. Blair, quote from Bang
“That's the moment I realized hopes and dreams are as fucked up as fairytales”
― E.K. Blair, quote from Bang
“Weakness derives from the soul. Most everyone has one, which gives a woman like me leverage. Leverage to play people to my liking, and so I do.”
― E.K. Blair, quote from Bang
“There’s something about a beautiful, nearly flawless flower, emerging from muddled water.”
― E.K. Blair, quote from Bang
“His eyes are sharp as he says this, the intensity prevalent,”
― E.K. Blair, quote from Bang
“Soon the happiness will be enough to weaken the control the past has on you, and it won’t hurt as badly as it does right now.” “But”
― E.K. Blair, quote from Bang
“not to lose it. My thoughts rake at my heart, pricking tears that begin to puddle in my eyes.”
― E.K. Blair, quote from Bang
“Love someone and they’re yours forever, no matter how much time intervenes, that’s what Margaret Grey knew. The sky will always be blue; the wind will always rise up across the meadow and thread its way through the grass.”
― Alice Hoffman, quote from The River King
“She gets to the bottom of the stairs, and I lift her off the ground and kiss her. As I lower her back to her feet she says, ‘Mmm, nice. That’s gonna score you some points with the parents.’ I look into the stands and see her parents standing there, slack-jawed, Dad with a camera perched, forgotten, in his hand. And Grandpa is laughing. ‘So what’s the plan?’ ‘I’m working on it. But I’m pretty sure it doesn’t include molesting me in front of them.”
― Lisa Desrochers, quote from Personal Demons
“In a socialist country you can get rich by providing necessities, while in a capitalist country you can get rich by providing luxuries.”
― Nora Ephron, quote from Heartburn
“Some of them are okay, but the popular girls like to pick on my sister, and almost all the guys are gross. I don't know why guys are like that. Do you?”
― Regina Doman, quote from The Shadow of the Bear
“Mikal sintió un dolor que no podía soportar. Puso su mano en el fuego hasta que el dolor de su cuerpo forzó a remitir el dolor de su corazón. Entonces retiró la mano, la frotó y se preguntó por qué las heridas internas no podían curarse con tanta facilidad.”
― Orson Scott Card, quote from Songmaster
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