Carrie Ryan · 351 pages
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“You’ve given some pretty convincing arguments, but you’re still a long way from winning me over.”
“I haven’t even really tried,” he said, in a rare moment of arrogance. “When I want to, I can be very persuasive.”
“Yeah? Prove it.”
His lips moved toward mine. “I was hoping you’d say that.”
― Carrie Ryan, quote from Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction
“A different word usually came to my mind when I thought of Yeva, though it did sound a lot like “witch.”
― Carrie Ryan, quote from Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction
“We could, you know, go out for hot dogs. Don’t worry—they’re not actually dogs. It’s just a name. They’re these meat things that you put on buns—that’s a kind of bread—and then you top them with other things and—”
“I know what a hot dog is,” interrupted Mark.
“You do?” I asked, legitimately surprised. “How?”
“We’re not that remote. We have TV and movies. Besides, I’ve left Siberia, you know. I’ve been to the U.S.”
“Really? Did you try a hot dog?”
“No,” he said. “I was offered one … but it didn’t look that appetizing.”
“What!” I exclaimed. “Blasphemy. They’re delicious.”
“Aren’t they compressed animal parts?” he pushed.
“Well, yeah… I think so. But so is sausage.”
Mark shook his head. “I don’t know. Something’s just not right about a hot dog.”
“Not right? I think you mean so right.”
― Carrie Ryan, quote from Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction
“No,''he said.''I was a Strigoi. I was one of them. I did...terrible things.'' The words were mild, but the tone of his voice spoke legions. The radiant faces of his family turned sober.''I was lost. Beyond hope. Except...Rose believed in me. Rose never gave up.”
― Carrie Ryan, quote from Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction
“It is never a crime to love someone.”
― Carrie Ryan, quote from Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction
“It's the face the world sees, the one you can change as many times as you want”
― Carrie Ryan, quote from Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction
“And he was her one true person, settled and sure, for life”
― Carrie Ryan, quote from Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction
“She swears you can make it stop by forgiving and moving forward. I’m moving forward, but I’ll never forgive.”
― Carrie Ryan, quote from Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction
“Because if you're basically a moron at something, it's better to be a private moron than a public one.”
― Carrie Ryan, quote from Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction
“Small! I'm mot going to be small anymore. I'm going to be a dragon, with wings like lacquer fans and jets of fire breath for roasting up goose suppers midair!" Pippin spread out her arms, imagining them wings. Why not? she asked herself.”
― Carrie Ryan, quote from Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction
“Ironically, by struggling so hard to circumvent the prophecy of his death at the hand of his son, Laius became instrumental in its coming to pass.”
― Carrie Ryan, quote from Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction
“—Aquí abajo pueden ser días u horas, pero todo lo que he sabido, todo lo existe para mí, eres tú.”
― Carrie Ryan, quote from Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction
Carrie Ryan
Born place: in Greenville, The United States
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