“Falling in love was like falling off a cliff. It felt pretty much like flying until you hit the ground.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“Fitch is on his way. He's coming after he blows up some wizards.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“Jason felt humiliated and frustrated. Rejected by a rock.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“Madison looked from Jason, who jerked his head toward the gate, signaling her to get moving, to Longbranch, whose cold, direct gaze said Jason would pay in blood for any kind of double-cross.
One thing was clear: Jason Haley had been lying to her since the moment he set foot on her porch. Was he really plotting with the Roses? Or had he decided to sacrifice himself to get her into the sanctuary?
Madison threw her arms around Jason's neck as if she couldn't face being parted from him and whispered fiercely in his ear, "You lying lunatic bastard. They're going to kill you."
"I love you too," he murmured. "Go find Seph. Help him.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“Outside the Weirwall, Jack could hear the thud of bodies colliding and the cries of the wounded. It seemed like a lot of noise. Even given the fact that Ellen was involved.
"Why'd she go out there?" Jack demanded. "Why didn't you stop her?"
Brooks spat on the ground. "Have you ever tried to stop Captain Stephenson from anythin'?”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“Commander! Sir! Wake up!"
Jack surfaced from sleep, wondering who the commander was and wishing he'd respond so he could go back to sleep - until he remembered that he was the commander.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“Sometimes you have to go somewhere else to appreciate what we have here.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“You lying lunatic bastard. They're going to kill you."
"I love you too," he murmured. "Go find Seph.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“How'd it go with Leesha?"
"It was great! We were bad cop and bad cop!”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“Her clothes still smoked from the wizard’s assault. But to him, she always smelled of flowers.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“It's not enough to do something. It's important to do the right thing.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“We'll have supper in a little while, but I believe we should eat dessert first.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“Uh, Miss, you have second and third degree burns that need treatment,"he said.
"They'll be okay. I'll just use concealer for a while.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“Sometimes she wondered if she was doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past, since she'd trained herself not to look back at it.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“He shook his head, ripping his hands free. "I just went to pick it up." He felt humiliated and frustrated. Rejected by a ROCK.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“I have to believe that people can change. That people deserve a second chance.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“Hastings sat back, extending his long legs. "It's not enough to do SOMETHING. It's important to do the RIGHT thing.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“The girl must be looking for another hot-fudge shower," Ellen said. Then she, too, advanced on Leesha.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“Then talk to Hastings."
Leesha flinched. "He's so scary, you know?”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“His father always treated him as if he were capable of great things. Which made him want to accomplish great things.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“I wish I believed in something, Madison thought. I wish I belonged somewhere.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“It had been weeks since anyone had even tried to kill him. As long as someone was trying to kill you, you knew you were important.”
― Cinda Williams Chima, quote from The Dragon Heir
“I wouldn't have been sent back to help you," Tristan continued. "I wouldn't have been made an angel if it weren't important that you live, Ivy. I want you to be mine" -Ivy could hear the pain in his voice- "but you're not."
"I am!" she cried out loud.
"We're on different sides of a river," he said, "and it's a river that neither of us can cross. You were meant for somebody else.”
― Elizabeth Chandler, quote from Kissed by an Angel/The Power of Love/Soulmates
“No relationship is absolutely reciprocal. Sometimes, when couples try to split everything in half, they discover that the relationship is not a partnership but a bean counting exercise. Striving for reciprocity in a relationship can be unhealthy.”
― Sylvain Reynard, quote from Gabriel's Rapture
“Last night we told you that none of the angels remember where we landed when we fell," Daniel said.
"Yeah, about that... How's it possible?" Shelby said. "You'd think that kind of thing would leave an impression on the old memorizer."
Cam's face reddened. "You try falling for nine days through multiple dimensions and trillions of miles, landing on your face, breaking your wings, rolling around concussed for who knows how long, wandering the desert for decades looking for any clue as to who or what or where you are - then talk to me about the old memorizer.”
― Lauren Kate, quote from Rapture
“grief is a house
where the chairs
have forgotten how to hold us
the mirrors how to reflect us
the walls how to contain us
grief is a house that disappears
each time someone knocks at the door
or rings the bell
a house that blows into the air
at the slightest gust
that buries itself deep in the ground
while everyone is sleeping
grief is a house where no one can protect you
where the younger sister
will grow older than the older one
where the doors
no longer let you in
or out”
― Jandy Nelson, quote from The Sky Is Everywhere
“It was part of his nature to extenuate nothing and live on as one of his own worst accusers.”
― Thomas Hardy, quote from The Mayor of Casterbridge
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