“The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical. Even further beyond any other emotional pain one can feel. It is the betrayal of a friend.”
― Heather Brewer, quote from Ninth Grade Slays
“Vlad made a mental note to amend the friend code: thou shalt not date the girl that thy best friend has a crush on...nor shalt thou try sticking thy best friend in the chest with a sharp hunk of wood.”
― Heather Brewer, quote from Ninth Grade Slays
“If citizens followed their leaders' example throughout history, the human race would have died out centuries ago.”
― Heather Brewer, quote from Ninth Grade Slays
“Sometimes you have to be alone to think, and sometimes the best place for thinking isn't home.”
― Heather Brewer, quote from Ninth Grade Slays
“If stakes and garlic were the top two things that could kill a vampire, ninth grade gym was a close third.”
― Heather Brewer, quote from Ninth Grade Slays
“Don't you find any irony in a vampire sucking up?”
― Heather Brewer, quote from Ninth Grade Slays
“It was tough attempting to be social with people who'd rather pretend you didn't exist.”
― Heather Brewer, quote from Ninth Grade Slays
“Otis D'ablo is alive! Do you here me? He is alive and trying to kill me!”
― Heather Brewer, quote from Ninth Grade Slays
“Do you believe i am the Pravus?”
― Heather Brewer, quote from Ninth Grade Slays
“People says it gets easier. People are stupid."
-Vlad”
― Heather Brewer, quote from Ninth Grade Slays
“It's funny how getting stabbed through the heart by a friend can bring your whole school year down.”
― Heather Brewer, quote from Ninth Grade Slays
“Some grown-ups could be so inherently stupid. Try banning homework sometime. You might see those straight A's so many parents long for.”
― Heather Brewer, quote from Ninth Grade Slays
“So with nothing to do but algebra, Vlad settled down in front of the television with controller in hand.”
― Heather Brewer, quote from Ninth Grade Slays
“If I ever find you lurking about in my thoughts again, Vlad, I will be most displeased. You stay out of my mind, and I'll sty out of yours. Agreed?”
― Heather Brewer, quote from Ninth Grade Slays
“He said at last, when Miss Gilchrist had twittered into silence:”
― Agatha Christie, quote from After the Funeral
“The depth and strength of our character is defined by our moral code. People only reveal themselves when they're thrown out of the usual conditions of their lives. That's when the truth of who they are is revealed...”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, quote from Born of Shadows
“Panic and terror aren't the only kinds of fear. There are deeper kinds, more terrible kinds. Apprehension and heavy, heavy dread.”
― Veronica Roth, quote from The Traitor
“The old man slowly unwrapped the shining blade and let the lamplight slip along it for a moment. Then he wrapped it up again. 'You go now. I want to go to bed. He blew out the lamp almost before Jody had closed the door.
As he went back towards the house, Jody knew one thing more sharply than he had ever known anything. He must never tell anyone about the rapier. It would be a dreadful thing to tell anyone about it, for it would destroy some fragile structure of truth. It was truth that might be shattered by division.”
― John Steinbeck, quote from The Red Pony
“I had eventually come to understand that friendship was a delicate, gradual process that mustn’t be rushed or seized upon but allowed and encouraged to take its course over time. I pictured it as a butterfly, simultaneously beautiful and fragile, that once afloat belonged to the air and any attempt to grab at it would only destroy it.”
― Daniel Tammet, quote from Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
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