“You know what sucks about sorry? It's the worst word in the world. Because it always happens after you fuck up something good.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“Failed a physics test," Nick said.
"You know how I solve that problem?" Said his twin. "I don't take physics.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“You're so damn worried about what everyone else wants. Well, you know what, Nick? You're going to disappoint people sometimes. You just are. And you know what else? They're either going to get over it or they're not. If they don't, it sucks. But it's not going to kill them, and it's sure not going to kill you.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“You’re going to break my heart. I can feel it.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“Well you're definitely gay. A straight guy wouldn't be such a drama queen.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“You’re the only person alive who would use superpowers to be more dorky.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“I pissed off Quinn, and probably chased her into the arms of a psychopath. Oh, and I made out with another guy. It's a miracle our clothes stayed on.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“Sucks being the girl, doesn't it?" Said Quinn.
"Shut up." But yes. It did.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“Jesus, I wish I could stop fucking crying. So gay, right?'
Hunter put a hand on his shoulder. 'Don't do that to yourself, Nick.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“Do you have your iPod?'
That was like asking if she'd brought her boobs along.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“Damn it, Quinn, I don't even know what you're talking about." "I am taling about how I learned all your secrets from the Last Airbender last night." Becca looked almost incredulous. "A cartoon? What? You-wait-you-" Quinn watched sudden realization dawn on Becca's face.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“Nick wanted to shove him off the bed and kick him in the face. Not aggressive, my ass.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“Because it's easier to turn off worries in the dark.
Nick met his eyes in the darkness. "Yours or Mine?"
"Both.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“He could imagine the college rejection letters now.
'After learning that one kiss and a sleepless night led you to fail a test, we have decided you are no longer a fit for our institution.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“Music always rode the air until he felt each beat through his whole body. But the air here was full of energy that sparked and rejoiced with the melody.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“That was the worst kind of hypocrisy, right? Hating someone for something you hated about yourself?”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“Adam trapped one of Nick's legs under his and shifted closer, pressing into him until there was no doubt he was happy to be there.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, quote from Secret
“Charles se contenta de la dévisager.
- Tu le sais ça, n'est-ce pas ? La plupart des gens t'évitent, mais ceux qui sont sans défense et meurtris, c'est comme s'ils se glissaient peu à peu dans ton ombre. Là où tu ne les remarqueras pas trop... Et tu tiens les mauvaises choses à distance.
Il ne disait toujours rien. Elle boutonna son jean, puis s'avança de deux pas pour se presser contre lui.
- On le sait, lui chuchota-t-elle. Nous qui avons été blessés, on sait à quoi ressemble le mal. On sait qu'on est en sécurité avec toi.
Il ne dit rien, mais il passa les bras autour d'elle et elle sut qu'elle lui avait dit quelque chose qu'il ignorait... et que ça comptait pour lui.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from Dead Heat
“I always forget to breathe when I get nervous."
"I suppose you should be thankful then that you don't appear to be the type to get nervous often.”
― Jen Turano, quote from After a Fashion
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be. —C. S. Lewis It”
― Donna VanLiere, quote from The Christmas Shoes
“Yuki-eh, you must learn to be a lady.
I don't think I ever quite learned to do that. I liked my music loud. My skirts short - I know, Mommy, even this one is too short! She wanted me to marry a lawyer - instead, I became one.”
― James Patterson, quote from The 5th Horseman
“Throughout most of his life, Washington’s physical vigor had been one of his most priceless assets. A notch below six feet four and slightly above two hundred pounds, he was a full head taller than his male contemporaries. (John Adams claimed that the reason Washington was invariably selected to lead every national effort was that he was always the tallest man in the room.) A detached description of his physical features would have made him sound like an ugly, misshapen oaf: pockmarked face, decayed teeth, oversized eye sockets, massive nose, heavy in the hips, gargantuan hands and feet. But somehow, when put together and set in motion, the full package conveyed sheer majesty. As one of his biographers put it, his body did not just occupy space; it seemed to organize the space around it. He dominated a room not just with his size, but with an almost electric presence. “He has so much martial dignity in his deportment,” observed Benjamin Rush, “that there is not a king in Europe but would look like a valet de chambre by his side.”10 Not only did bullets and shrapnel seem to veer away from his body in battle, not only did he once throw a stone over the Natural Bridge in the Shenandoah Valley, which was 215 feet high, not only was he generally regarded as the finest horseman in Virginia, the rider who led the pack in most fox hunts, he also possessed for most of his life a physical constitution that seemed immune to disease or injury. Other soldiers came down with frostbite after swimming ice-choked rivers. Other statesmen fell by the wayside, lacking the stamina to handle the relentless political pressure. Washington suffered none of these ailments. Adams said that Washington had “the gift of taciturnity,” meaning he had an instinct for the eloquent silence. This same principle held true on the physical front. His medical record was eloquently empty.11”
― Joseph J. Ellis, quote from Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
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