“Sometimes you have to admit that a relationship can't be fixed. That no matter how much you want to, you can't trust some people.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
“But you can't make someone be something they're not.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
“Last but not least, she put on a pair of black-framed reading glasses she’d found on Mr. Mercer’s bedside table. If it worked for Clark Kent, it’d work for her.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
“The best you can do is be honest with the people you love and hope that they’ll care enough about you to listen.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
“We’ve got beauty, we’ve got class, the other team can kiss our …”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
“Before Ethan went all Incredible Hulk on Thayer’s ass, the most exciting thing to happen was a spray-cheese fight some of the morons from the wrestling team got into on the back patio.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
“I hope they'll understand why I did this, when it's all said and done... I'd hate to leave them. - Emma, about the Mercers”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
“When I first started this, I was just trying to survive. But now... I feel like I know Sutton, Ethan. I know it sounds weird, but I feel like she's here sometimes, still with me, cheering me on. I love her, and I can't let her down. She deserves justice." She shook her head again. "I'm either going to solve this thing, or I'm going to die trying."
I felt my whole being fall very still. No one had ever made a promise like that for me, risked death for me. For once I was glad that Emma couldn't hear my thoughts. I wasn't sure I could find the words to tell her how grateful I was.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
“Emma sounds like an old maid. Sutton's way better." - Nisha
Emma pursed her lips, but I couldn't help it. I burst out laughing.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
“Let's punk this bitch. - Nisha”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
“I don't have a twin. That's impossible." - Sutton
"You do have a twin." - Becky”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
“Emma!" I screamed.
...
"Sutton?" Emma breathed.
...
"Emma," I protested. I tried to clutch at her, knowing even as I did that it was hopeless.
But this time, something was different. My touch didn't move through her. It rested lightly on the surface of her skin, as soft as a kiss. I could feel her heartbeat, so warm, so alive.
Emma was still staring at our mother, a determined look on her face. She didn't seem to have felt anything. But I had. Even if it happened only once, I had touched my sister.”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
“That was Sanjay Banerjee... He just found Nisha facedown in their swimming pool. She's dead. - Mr. Mercer”
― Sara Shepard, quote from Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
“I could lay here and stare at him forever. I don’t want to let go. Ever.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“If you don't hurry up and let life know what you want, life will damned soon show you what you'll get.”
― Robertson Davies, quote from Fifth Business
“[...] what the hell do I do about a broken lifebond?"
He shook his head, obviously at a loss. "I can't tell you; I don't know. I don't Heal minds, I Heal bodies. And I don't know of anyone who Heals hearts.”
― Mercedes Lackey, quote from Magic's Pawn
“-Kuinka kauan sinä odotat minua?
-Niin kauan kuin on tarvis. En välitä siitä mitä isäni sanoo.
-Entä jos joudun olemaan täällä, kunnes tulen vanhaksi ja hiukseni harmaantuvat?
-Sitten tuon sinulle kävelykepin”
― Jamie Ford, quote from Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
“Woman is shut up in a kitchen or in a boudoir, and astonishment is expressed that her horizon is limited. Her wings are clipped, and it is found deplorable that she cannot fly. Let but the future be opened to her, and she will no longer be compelled to linger in the present.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, quote from The Second Sex
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