“Silence consumed my whole life; it suppressed things I could never express. My silence was responsible for my family’s happiness. Silence was my prison.”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“Most people have heard the phrase, ‘Silence is golden’; many would agree with it: people with screaming children running wild around the house or working in a noisy office. For me, however, it meant something entirely different. Silence consumed my whole life; it suppressed things I could never express. My silence was responsible for my family’s happiness. Silence was my prison.”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“I had always wondered if Cole would believe me if I ever did manage to tell him everything; or if Dad was right and everyone would believe him. As much as I wanted to believe Cole would choose to have faith in me, I could never risk it. In just over two years, I would be eighteen and could leave home. There was no point in ripping my family apart and hurting so many people when I would leave soon anyway.”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“For me, however, it meant something entirely different. Silence consumed my whole life; it suppressed things I could never express.”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“That girl was buried deep under my skin, tattooed all over my heart. I fucking loved her with everything I had.”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“Boredom is actually going to kill me. I”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“Why were things so complicated? If I could go to sleep and wake up as someone else, anyone else, I’d do it in a heartbeat.”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“The fantasy I had in my head of how things would turn out was just that; a fantasy. I’d lose everything. I knew that. He’d told me enough times. It wasn’t something I could risk. Not ever. Placing”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“I hated school with a passion.”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“Are you ready to leave, Oakley? Cole is waiting outside,” my mum said softly. She leant against the doorframe of my room and smiled”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“The fantasy I had in my head of how things would turn out was just that; a fantasy.”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“My silence was responsible for my family’s happiness. Silence was my prison.”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“How could they still find that funny? Did they ever get bored of their own stupid, pathetic jokes? I”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“Hot chocolate was the drink that turned me into a human in the mornings. “Good”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“We just get on with it the best we can. We fight to be better people, more understanding, stronger. Ultimately, we’ve just got to ride it out until we’re willing to change, and we’ve got to be okay with not being perfect human beings who’re fully in control of their life…despite what their stupid heart wants.”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“Cole talked almost continuously on the drive, chatting away about his car and what we’d do later. Occasionally, I would nod or smile in response to something he’d said, but apart from that, I just sat and listened to him speaking. His voice was smooth and calming. Not talking to him was hard. I desperately wanted to return his quick banter with something smart of my own. But I stayed tongue-tied. As”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“I loved her so much. More than anything in the world. Enough to let her go.”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“Eventually, we sat under some trees, and Ben immediately started stuffing a sandwich into his mouth. The nameless girl, who looked a little like Meg from Family Guy but without the glasses, made a huge effort to talk to Cole as much as she could. I couldn’t blame her. Cole was incredible. I”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“The only thing that belonged with pizza was ketchup.”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“MOST PEOPLE HAVE heard the phrase ‘Silence is golden’ and many would agree with it. People with screaming children running wild around the house or working in a noisy office. For me, however, it meant something entirely different. Silence consumed my whole life. It suppressed things I could never express. My silence was responsible for my family’s happiness. Silence was my prison. ”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“wasn’t bad. It felt so natural.”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
“Cole talked almost continuously on the drive, chatting away about his car and what we’d do later. Occasionally, I would nod or smile in response to something he’d said, but apart from that, I just sat and listened to him speaking. His voice was smooth and calming. Not talking to him was hard. I desperately wanted to return his quick banter with something smart of my own. But I stayed tongue-tied. As we pulled into the half-full car park, I started to feel sick. People whispered to each other whenever I was around.”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
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― Natasha Preston, quote from Silence
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“Theophane gave birth to a magical ram named Krysomallos, who for some reason had wool made of gold. Eventually, Krysomallos would be skinned for his fleece, which became known as the Golden Fleece, which means I am related to a sheepskin rug.”
― Rick Riordan, quote from Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“The waves of changes propel advancement.”
― Zoltan Andrejkovics, quote from The Invisible Game: The Mindset of a Winning Team
“I want someone who is fierce and will love me until death and knows that love is as strong as death, and be on my side forever and ever. I want someone who will destroy and be destroyed by me.”
― Jeanette Winterson, quote from Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“Nervous sweat gathered on my palms, and for once I was glad I couldn't talk. I swallowed, my throat clenching around the scream scalding me from the inside. The gray haze was darker now, though no thicker. I could see through it easily, yet it tainted everything my terrified gaze landed on , as if the entire gym had been draped in a translucent cloud of smog. And things still moved on the edge of my vision, drawing my eye first in one direction, then another .
I would have given anything to be able to speak in that moment, not just to warn Emma—
because that was evidently a moot point—
but to ask Nash what the hell was going on. Could he see what I saw? More important, could they see us?”
― Rachel Vincent, quote from My Soul to Take
“My mission was to multiply twenty-four times nine.”
― Wendy Mass, quote from A Mango-Shaped Space
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