Quotes from Night World, No. 1

“When you're soulmates, it hits you like lightning, and you know that's the one person in the world you were meant to be with. You don't think you're soulmates; you just know it's your destiny whether you like it or not.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“It was like a song, one of those sweet, wrenching songs that makes the hair on your arms stand up. That makes you want to throw yourself on the floor and just bawl. Or fall backward and surrender to the music utterly.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“I used my brains to outsmart teachers—and that wasn't very smart at all.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“Okay. I'll help you fight. What do you think we're up against? Bears, Coyotes..."
"My Brother.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“If somebody had said last week that I'd be in... involved... with a human, I'd have knocked his head off. I mean, after howls of derisive laughter. But.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“When a caterpillar changes into a butterfly it loses it's caterpillar life.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“Poppy: Um, can we cross running water?
James: Sure. And we can walk into people's homes without being invited, and roll in garlic if we don't mind losing friends.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“I'll go sleep on the couch," James said. "No, you won't," Poppy said firmly. She flopped on the bed beside him. "You're dead tired. And I know I'm safe with you." James grinned without moving his arm. "Because I'm dead tired?”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“In the Night World there's this idea called the soulmate principle. It says that every person has one soulmate out there, just one. And that person is perfect for you and is your destiny.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“Do I look like the kind of person who wastes time turning goats into pin cushions?”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“Maybe there was a magic stronger than spells. Maybe the soulmate principle was responsible, and if two people were meant to be together, nothing could keep them apart.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“Mary-Lynnette felt a violent wrench in her chest. For a moment everything seemed suspended-and changed.
If Ash were dead-if Ash had been killed…
Things would never be all right. She would never be all right. It would be like the night with the moon and stars gone. Nothing that anybody could do would make up for it. Mary-Lynnette didn't know why-it didn't make any sense-but she suddenly knew it was true.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“She started walking again. "Are you saying you didn't even want to be with her? Not even just a little?"
He stopped. "How could I want to be with her when I want to be with you? I told you that before this whole thing started.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“Mary-Lynnette had an inexplicable impulse to knock Ash flat and fall down on top of him. She'd never felt that for any boy before.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“Well, she thought. Well, well. Here we are, probably for the first time, just talking to each other. Not arguing, not being sarcastic, just talking. It's nice.
It was surprisingly nice. And the strange thing was, she knew Ash thought so, too. They understood each other. Over the table, Ash gave her a barely perceptible nod.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“It did cross our minds at one point.Actually it seemed to keep crossing them.Maybe we should put in a crosswalk.
Ash”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“Okay, so she is crazy. I don’t care. I think I love her.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“Cliff said "damn" for me (I'm going to die). I didn't know he liked me enough to swear.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“She had never been so close to anybody. It was as if they were one being, together, not predator and prey, but partners in a dance. Poppy-and-James.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“And in the mean time I'll fight dragons, just like any knight for his lady.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“Eric?"
Sometimes I think if I blink, you'll disappear."
Oh, Eileithyia, Thea thought. Oh, Aphrodite. I'm in terrible trouble.
The thing was, it was terrible and wonderful. She felt awkward and tremendously safe at once, scared to death and not scared of anything. And what she wanted was so simple. If he only felt the same, everything would be all right.
I just can't even imagine life without you anymore, but I'm so afraid you'll go away," Eric said, still looking fatalistically at the computer on the desk.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“After a minute he said, "It's like-I don't know how to describe it, but it's like I belong with Jade. She really sees me. I mean, not the outside stuff. She sees me inside, and she likes me. Nobody else has ever done that…except you.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“Thea! I was looking for you."
It was Eric's voice. Warm, eager-everything that Thea wasn't. She turned to see green eyes flecked with dancing gray and an astonishing smile. A smile that drew her in, changing the world.
Maybe everything was going to be all right, after all.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“It was a little awkward, lining up to get the position right. Mary-Lynnette had never kissed a boy before. But once she started she found it was simple.
And…now she saw what the electric feeling of being soulmates was for. All the sensations she'd felt when touching his hand, only intensified. And not unpleasant. It was only unpleasant if you were afraid of it.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“Yes she met with a slight accident involving a stake." Ash said "funny how that happens sometimes...”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“The worms were beautifully drawn, with their nervous systems and reproductive organs shaded in different colors of highlighter, but the artist had also given them big goofy smiling faces. Grotesque but lovable in a cross-eyed way.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“But Mary-Lynnette was thinking. Of course she'd like to find somebody who would accept her completely, who would share everything with her.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“You're Giving me a...stick"
MaryL to a very dangerious vampire”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“Then he looked at her.
That connection again. It seemed to be drawing them together-an almost physical feeling of attraction. It was exciting, but scary.
Eric got up very slowly and crossed the room. He sat by Thea. Neither of them looked away.
And then things just seemed to happen by themselves. Their fingers were intertwined. Thea was looking up and he was looking down. They were so close that their breath mingled. Thea shivered with the electricity.
Everything seemed wrapped in a golden haze.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

“I can't see anything" he said in a muffled voice, hand over his eyes. "I'm blind.”
― L.J. Smith, quote from Night World, No. 1

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