“I think people immediately assumed I was yours so they stayed far away.' He met my eyes and smiled. 'I was. I am.' He leaned forward and brushed his lips to mine. 'Yours.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“Do that thing where you look blank, like you have no feelings at all.
I think that's just my face.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“He turned to me. His expression was serious, but I liked how it softened slightly when he looked at me. Like the way he looked at me was different from how he looked at everyone else.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“Are we going to do my leg next?" he asked. "Can I get some warning next time? A quick 'Hey I'm going to snap your bone with my bare hands right now. Brace yourself.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“He had been willing to die because he refused to take a life.
But me, I contemplated shooting everyone.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“Want to dance?" He scooped me into his arms before I could reply. "We have music this time. And I don't have to punch you when we finish."
"You don't have to. But if I step on your feet too many times you can feel free.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“Humans had a brightness to them, a glow that only death extinguished.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“I need you to be better," I said.
"You're really not concerned about him eating me?" he asked, holding his arm out again.
"It'll grow back in a minute."
"That's totally not the point. I'm traumatized.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“It was true that all Reboots were attractive, in a way. After death, when the virus took hold and the body Rebooted, the skin cleared, the body sharpened, the eyes glowed. It was like pretty with a hint of deranged.
Although my hint was more like a generous serving.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“Hey, nice landing!" Addie called, and I turned to see her standing next to her shuttle, grinning.
I laughed and shrugged my shoulders. "They're all still alive!"
"Sort of a low bar you set for yourself, huh?" Beth asked, playfully punching my shoulder as I helped her out of the shuttle.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“Don’t make me punch you anymore, okay?” he whispered.
I nodded, opening my eyes.
“You have to punch other people, though.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“Try not to scream when I break your bones. It bothers me. You can cry if you want; that's fine."
He burst out laughing. I didn't realize that was a funny statement.
"Got it," he said, trying unsuccessful to cover his grin. "Screaming, no. Crying, yes”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“Sex and love went together. Not here. The teenage hormones were still here, but the feelings were gone.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“Thank you,” he said when he released me. “For coming with me. For not giving me shit about wanting to see my parents.” “I have most definitely given you shit.” “Then thank you for giving me minimal shit.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“I stayed awake and kept watch. Plus you look all cute and nonlethal when you sleep.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“Fine,” I said, holding my gun out. I didn’t need it anyway. With the way the guy was shaking, I could take his gun, break his neck, and dance on the body in two seconds flat.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“Do that thing where you look blank, like you have no feelings at all.” “I think that’s just my face.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“hadn’t been expecting a thank-you. I wasn’t even sure why I’d done it. I supposed he was my favorite HARC officer, but that was a bit like having a favorite vegetable. They were all pretty uninteresting.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“A human would lie on the ground sobbing. A Reboot didn’t acknowledge pain.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“I think people immediately assumed I was yours so they stayed far away.” He met my eyes and smiled. “I was. I am.” He leaned forward and brushed his lips to mine. “Yours.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“Now I was only confused as to why a person would want to kiss anyone but Callum. When he lifted his head from mine I”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
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“To me, the true artist is one who lives completely, harmoniously, who does not divide his art from living, whose very life is that expression, whether it be a picture, music, or his behavior; who has not divorced his expression on a canvas or in music or in stone from his daily conduct, daily living. That demands the highest intelligence, highest harmony. To me the true artist is the man who has that harmony. He may express it on canvas, or he may talk, or he may paint; or he may not express it at all, he may feel it. But all this demands that exquisite poise, that intensity of awareness and, therefore, his expression is not divorced from the daily continuity of living.”
― Jiddu Krishnamurti, quote from Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti
“Determination, effort, and practice are rewarded with success.”
― Mary Lydon Simonsen, quote from The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy
“You read—seen—Lord of the Rings?” “Yessss…” “Ever wondered why they didn’t just get the damn eagles to go drop the One Ring into the volcano, since they seemed so damn nifty at getting into Mordor anyway?”
― Kate Griffin, quote from The Midnight Mayor
“From dawn each day the boats traveled, until their shadows grew so long that they joined each vessel with the one behind so that, instead of resembling a procession of dark swans in the distance, they seemed to turn into snakes, inching forward on waters turned to fire by the western sunset ahead. While on the bank, the last red light from the huge sky eerily caught the stands of bare larch and birch so that it appeared as if whole armies with massed lances were waiting by the riverbank to greet them.”
― Edward Rutherfurd, quote from Russka: the Novel of Russia
“Ah well, to the journalist every country is rich.”
― Evelyn Waugh, quote from Scoop
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