Quotes from Destined for Doon

Carey Corp ·  368 pages

Rating: (2.8K votes)


“Gently I touched his arm."Consider your promise fulfilled. You can go home now."
He raised his head to pierce me with his dark, anguished eyes. "I'm trying to -- if you'd stop fighting me with every breath."
"Don't be absurd. Chicago's not your home."
"No," he said. "You are.”
― Carey Corp, quote from Destined for Doon


“Yoga’s nothing but young girls twistin’ themselves into pretzels and prayin’ to the devil.”
― Carey Corp, quote from Destined for Doon


“You need to let yourself be forgiven.”
― Carey Corp, quote from Destined for Doon


“My philosophy had always been to do the leaving first.”
― Carey Corp, quote from Destined for Doon


“Just once I’d like to save the world at high noon like a cowboy.”
― Carey Corp, quote from Destined for Doon



“Stop torturing yourself and just let go. Surrender all the guilt, the pain, everything you’ve been carrying — leave it all here.”
― Carey Corp, quote from Destined for Doon


“She’s Eponine — but of a platonic sort. You’re my Cossette.”
― Carey Corp, quote from Destined for Doon


About the author

Popular quotes

“I haven’t entirely adjusted to the whole yum, blood, yum aspect of being a vampire. My body wants it, but my head is still like, Ew, that is BLOOD, time to faint.”
― quote from Never Bite a Boy on the First Date


“Neither blindness nor ignorance corrupts people and governments. They soon realize where the path they have taken is leading them. But there is an impulse within them, favored by their natures and reinforced by their habits, which they do not resist; it continues to propel them forward as long as they have a remnant of strength. He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.1 Leopold von Ranke”
― Joachim Fest, quote from Hitler


“He was smirking the smirkiest smirk of all smirks to date. I laughed, even that smirk was hard to ignore. F**k, maybe I should call him Mr Smirk.”
― K.M. Golland, quote from Temptation


“You asked ... and now I get to ask you questions.” I made an expansive gesture that nearly knocked over my water. “I’m an open book.” “I’m dyslexic.”
― Marni Bates, quote from Awkward


“You've either bat-shit insane or you've watched too many movies. This isn't Star Wars, Mandel. I'm not Luke Skywalker. My dad's not Darth Vader. And you sure as hell aren't my Obi-Wan.”
― Kirsten Miller, quote from How to Lead a Life of Crime


Interesting books

The Battle For WondLa
(1.9K)
The Battle For WondL...
by Tony DiTerlizzi
Last Train to Istanbul
(14K)
Last Train to Istanb...
by Ayşe Kulin
Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation
(5.4K)
Jack Blank and the I...
by Matt Myklusch
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We are Who We Are
(2.7K)
Our Inner Ape: A Lea...
by Frans de Waal
Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life
(767)
Desecrating Solomon 3
(59)
Desecrating Solomon...
by Lucian Bane

About BookQuoters

BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.

We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.

Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.