“This is how I think of time: the past is Before, and the present is the After. Before was reality; the After, a nightmare.”
― Demitria Lunetta, quote from In the After
“All of Them are monsters, but not all monsters are Them.”
― Demitria Lunetta, quote from In the After
“I’d always escaped into books, but now reading had become something more. It allowed me to be somewhere else, to feel something else, not just the numbness that overtook my body and made me wonder if I was still alive.”
― Demitria Lunetta, quote from In the After
“Gareth once told me that ignorance was bliss and I’d responded that ignorance was dangerous. We were both right. But which is better?”
― Demitria Lunetta, quote from In the After
“You don't mind giving up your freedom?"
Vivian tilted her head. "You always have to give up some freedom to live in any society.”
― Demitria Lunetta, quote from In the After
“Doesn’t he know there will always be someone out there who wants to destroy good?”
― Demitria Lunetta, quote from In the After
“People don’t expect a small Japanese girl to be able to break a man’s arm.
“They didn’t assume you were a ninja?”
― Demitria Lunetta, quote from In the After
“Everyone works because everyone is important.” To me this sounded like a great way to spin forced labor.”
― Demitria Lunetta, quote from In the After
“People don’t expect a small Japanese girl to be able to break a man’s arm. “They didn’t assume you were a ninja?”
― Demitria Lunetta, quote from In the After
“You were in the city," Rice explained, "High concentraition of Floraes, hardly any post-aps. In other areas, where there was less population density, children were the ones more likely to survive. Adults probably kept them concealed, took extra measures to protect them. And of course children are good at hiding. Once their instinctual survival skills kick in, they know how to be quiet."
"They believed in monsters before the monsters showed up," I wispered.”
― Demitria Lunetta, quote from In the After
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“It never ends, does it? Just when you think the hardest part is over, something else comes up to take its place.”
― Carrie Elks, quote from Fix You
“Finally, after several more breathless moments, he straightened, disentangling his limbs from mine. “That’s how you should be kissed. Every single time.” And then he patted my head like a small child and walked away.”
― Rachel Higginson, quote from Bet in the Dark
“Young Reverend Ayers looks at a lake and sees only his own reflection in it; that is what God is to him. He does not see the creatures that live down deep, the dragonflies that hover, the frog on the lily pad.” Auntie’s face was full of pity and scorn as she shook her head and spat tobacco juice again. “His heart and mind are closed to the true beauty of the lake, the place where all its magic lies.”
― Jennifer McMahon, quote from The Winter People
“Rory, are you okay?” Lena asked. “Yeah, you’ve been sighing a lot.” Chase was so concerned he even put down his fudge. “Do you have a crush on me too?” I stared at him incredulously, not sure I had heard him right, and Melodie said, “You are remarkably self-involved.” Chase looked insulted. “Adelaide sighed a lot right before she said she had a crush on me.” “She had to tell you?” Lena said, surprised. I snorted. “That’s totally it. It was the paint on your face. ‘My heart awakens in sight of your green skin/as clean and warty as a toad’s has ever been—’” I said in my best reciting voice, and we all laughed.”
― Shelby Bach, quote from Of Giants and Ice
“Number 40: Love is worth the risk.”
― Alice Kuipers, quote from 40 Things I Want To Tell You
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