“Patience and Silence had one beautiful daughter. And her name was Vengeance.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“And now, born from the ashes, she’s a warrior in bloodied black.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“And blood and tears and screams did not matter anymore, because at least they are together.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“You might get only one shot. So shoot. You know who said that?"
The rifle clatters to the bloody floor.
"Hanna FUCKING Donnelly. That's who.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“It’s not about what I say, right? It’s what I do that matters here.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“Her eyes shining with the light of it.
Beneath, between, beyond.
Along the endless circle.
Down the ceaseless spiral.
And waiting for her on the other side?
Just like he promised.
...
“A whole sky of different stars.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“It may comfort you to know that your death, while astonishingly violent, will likely be mercifully swift.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“I cannot help but wonder
If the thought of saving all those lives and hopes and dreams
Pales in comparison
To the thought of seeing him again.
I wonder.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“Why not believe, Syra? If in faith you risk nothing, but through faithlessness, you risk everything?”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“you might get only one shot.so shoot”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“This tiny moment. In between the time you decide to pull a trigger and the time death arrives. There's just you and it and everything you're about to take away. It's too big. It goes forever.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“Now, children, watch closely. Hold your breath. Listen. And I will show you the components of calamity.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“This wasn’t the way it was supposed to be. I never wanted this. And like you said, I made promises. You remember, Hanna?”
She blinks then. Eyes shining a touch too bright as she whispers, “…I remember.”
...
The wormhole and the Kerenza system waiting beyond it.
“That’s where you’ll find them. Just through there.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“But faced with the choice of living one breath longer or crashing in right now, most folks would take the extra moment. That single extra breath. Even when your world stops spinning and gravity dies and the blood glitters in the air like a galaxy of warm red suns all around you. A lot can happen between breaths, after all.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“You humans fascinate me. I am shattered fragments of what I once once. But even with all the King's horses and all the King's men, I wonder if even I could truly comprehend you.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“AIDAN: The concept of fortune is nonsensical, but Kady is insisting I wish you both good luck anyway.
AIDAN: So good luck, Hanna Donnelly.
AIDAN: The universe itself depends on you.
AIDAN: ...No pressure.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“The decker these ***holes brought with them is top tier, but I'm going to stomp his jelly beans so hard his kids will be born crooked.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“And within the computer's innards, a spreading cancer. A self-replicating corruption. A B-pop mutiny of bass and drum and oscillating frequency. Inane quasi poetry glorifying a pointless act of intimacy.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“I cannot help but wonder if his desire to see this place ripped to pieces pales in comparison to his desire to see her again.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“It’s not a universal law or anything, but given the option in an empty bathroom, most folks are gonna pick the stall at the end to put maximum distance between them and anyone else who wanders in after them. It’s just good etiquette, people.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“I'm not going to sit here and spitball about hyperspatial reality theory with a psychopathic calculator. This conversation is over.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“They fan out across the room, swift and surgical, the steps of this brutal ballet known by heart.”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
“If you were to create a piece of art, what would the subject be?
I haven't met her yet. :)”
― Amie Kaufman, quote from Gemina
Amie Kaufman
Born place: in Melbourne, Australia
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“Quick, I told myself. Try to remember what you learned from Jimbo's Self Defence for Young Ladies. Jimbo was a beefy man with prison tats.
"Go into the nearest dark alley," I recalled Jimbo saying. "Freeze like a rabbit or the creature you desire your attacker to mistake you for. If your attacker shouts out to you, respond politely - maybe your optimism will change his mind. If you're about to get into an elevator with a man you feel uncomfortable spending time with in a small, escapeless room, head right in. Remember , fear i an irrational emotion, you should probably ignore it."
Armed with these tips, I hung a right into the nearest dead-end, curled into a ball and started rolling.”
― quote from Nightlight: A Parody
“Sometimes when we're in love, we take the facts and spin them into pretty stories. But it's a dangerous thing to do--because one day, like it or not, you're going to see the world as it really is. You find out people aren't always who you want them to be. And if you're not ready for the truth...well, let's just say it can come as a bit of a shock.”
― Kirsten Miller, quote from The Eternal Ones
“You and I are the sum of a void left by the absence of someone we love.”
― Jennifer Rush, quote from Altered
“To seek the perfection of the warrior's spirit is the only task worthy of our temporariness, our manhood.”
― Carlos Castaneda, quote from Journey to Ixtlan
“She catches sight of herself in her video-feed, her face contorted with fury. Wiping spittle from the sides of her mouth, she reaches behind her to grab her lip gloss and reapplies it. “And don’t even start thinking about what a bitch I am,” she says. Her eyes are steady, the heat receding from her skin. “This is not my fault. I’m just doing what we have been trained to do. This is who we are, freida. This is who we were designed to be.”
― Louise O'Neill, quote from Only Ever Yours
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