“that history almost always repeats itself. And it is almost always written by men.”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“You are my best friend. And sometimes I like to check and make sure my friends aren’t dead.”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“So you’re a secret society … of librarians?”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“Not all people with scars are evil.”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“Some people, after all, don’t care who they yell at as long as they have a reason to keep shouting.”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“It's not safe out there," he says, too close to my ear.
"Yeah...well..." I look at him. "Maybe it's not safe in here either.”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“Every girl thinks about growing up in a palace. Few ever ponder living in a cage.”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“Are you ashamed of me or ashamed of him?” “Both,”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“But that's the thing about being the girl who's spent years convincing the world she's not afraid of anything: At some point, someone is going to find out you're afraid of everything.”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“And no matter how many people surround you, that is still the loneliest place on earth.”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“But guilt isn't smart. It isn't logical. It doesn't only live in the places it belongs.”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“I've been wrong, and I've been crazy. But this is the first time I've ever truly felt like a fool.”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“given enough rope, eventually, I am bound to hang myself.”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“mostly it makes me want to pull Lila out of Alexei’s arms and toss her in the pool. I”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“I can't help but stare at his swollen eye and bruised jaw. He looks like the god of war, damaged and scarred, but still standing. I'm not thinking as I reach up and gently run a finger across his battered face.”
― Ally Carter, quote from See How They Run
“According to the three missed calls from her mother—who thought Madison had been kidnapped in the big, bad city and was now being held for an ungodly sum of money—the four text messages from her brother wondering if she knew how to navigate the beltway—because apparently little sisters couldn’t drive—and the voice mail from her father warning there was a problem with the reservations, she was late for brunch.”
― J. Lynn, quote from Tempting the Best Man
“Fuego para su frío, hielo para su fuego”
― Karen Marie Moning, quote from The Fever Series
“Insulated from natural contacts with earth, air and sunlight, by corsets pressing on the solar plexus, by voluminous petticoats, cotton stockings and kid boots, the drowsy well-fed girls lounging in the shade were no more a part of their environment than figures in a photograph album, arbitrarily posed against a backcloth of cork rocks and cardboard trees.”
― Joan Lindsay, quote from Picnic at Hanging Rock
“So when their campfire was nothing but embers and the horses were dozing behind them, Ansel and Celaena lay on their backs on the side of a dune and stared up at the stars.
Her hands tucked behind her head, Celaena took a long, deep breath, savoring the balmy night breeze, the exhaustion ebbing from her limbs. She rarely got to see stars so bright—not with the lights of Rifthold. The wind moved across the dunes, and the sand sighed. “That’s the stag,” Celaena breathed. “The Lord of the North.”... the smile faded when she stared at the familiar constellation. “Because the stag remains constant—no matter the season, he’s always there.”
― Sarah J. Maas, quote from The Assassin and the Desert
“At what point do we just re-create the people who have disappeared from our lives?”
― Sherman Alexie, quote from The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
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