“Books were a safe place, a world apart from my own. No matter what had happened that day, that year, there was always a story in which someone overcame their darkest hour. I wasn't alone.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“There’s always room for love. Even if it’s as small as a crack in the door.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“Love is a risk worth taking.
I'd waited an eternity for this.
I'd have waited all over again if I had to.
I was meant to be kiss this boy, designed to be held by him.
All the careful postures I held melted away, and I pulled him closer.
We were stars.
We were music.
We were time.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“It was like staring at a piece of art or the stars in the sky. I just had to watch him.
-Kahlen, The Siren”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“Wanting to cry doesn't mean you can.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“She would want me to forget all about him. But how could eyes not notice the light? How could lungs not acknowledge the air? There are just some things you can't ignore.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“Whatever happened, I'd met my person, the one my soul connected to.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“She told me to live. . . . I didn’t know how to tell Her that simply being alive was not enough to be called living.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“Instead of worrying about taking, we should worry about giving. We can’t stop the take. But we can do a hell of a lot about the give.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“We were stars, we were music, we were time.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“Sometimes you have to give the hurt a noise and let it out. If you don’t, it fills you up with its emptiness.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“It seems to me that we value individuality, but only to a point. When what sets one person apart from another is beyond our understanding or becomes too much to handle, we dismiss the quirk and the soul that accompanies it to give ourselves the greatest comfort. What does that accomplish?”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“Life is pointless. Love is pointless. And still, wouldn’t I do every second of it all over again?”
“I’m guessing yes.“
“Undoubtedly. Yes.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“I instantly dragged my fingers across a shelf of book spines, in love with each one already. Books were a safe place, a world apart from my own. No matter what had happened that day, that year, there was always a story in which someone overcame their darkest hour. I wasn't alone.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“Life was just a collection of small decisions”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“It was the color of ice and honey and sky and rain mixed together into a sheet of flawless glass with broken frothy edges that tickled my feet”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“Am I talking too much?” He paused, staring into my eyes, genuine worry coloring his face.
I shook my head. No, I thought, I’d listen to you talk about nearly anything. You make phone calls sound like an adventure.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“And you, you make me feel like I could do the stupidest thing in the world, and you’d still like me how I am.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“I’d waited an eternity for this. I’d have waited all over again if I had to. I was meant to kiss this boy, designed to be held by him.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“We'll figure this out, I promise. I won't let you sink.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“Come throw your heart into the waves
Your soul is lost, and still it saves
Drink me in and come undone
Trade a thousand lives for one
Come away, drink it in
Drink and sink and let it end
Drink and sink and let it end
You are no more, you are no less
For all must die, all must rest
Bring your body unto me
Let your graveyard be the sea
Come away and drink it in
Drink and sink and let it end
Drink and sink and let it end”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“It’s weird, all the things that go into that feeling of being home.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“I could tell in his face that I could burn the house down, and he’d just get out marshmallows and thank me for the lovely flame. I’m not sure I could make a mistake big enough for him not to forgive.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“Wanting to cry doesn’t mean you can. Or at least not in any way that can give you some sort of satisfaction. It’s a luxury really. The same goes for songs and laughter, or the words whispered in the ear of a friend.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“I held the water to my chest, and I loved.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“For a small period of time, she was the only one who understood what I was feeling. She made me feel less isolated in my sadness.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“I picked up another book, and we sat there in the happiest silence I’d ever known.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“Akinli: You never told me your favorite color before you left
Kahlen: So many, but mostly I like the color of autumn
Akinli: The color of autumn...yea how everything looks like it's on fire
Kahlen: But it's dying! Death never looked so lovely”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“I'm not sure what it is, but you look like you've made and broken a lot of things and then made them all over again.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“I instantly dragged my fingers across a shelf of book spines, in love with each one already. Books were a safe place, a world apart from my own. No matter what had happened that day, that year, there was always a story in which someone overcame their darkest hour. I wasn’t alone.”
― Kiera Cass, quote from The Siren
“There are times when you can't do the sensible thing, when you can't act like a responsible adult at all; you just have to do whatever insane thing comes into your head. When bad people do it they end up murderers, when good people do it they end up heroes, and when the rest of do it we end up looking like total idiots. But when's that ever stopped us?”
― Iain Banks, quote from Espedair Street
“The cicadas, as if they were wired on the same circuit, suddenly filled the garden with a loud burst of celebration.”
― Peter Carey, quote from Illywhacker
“Some things can be recovered. Some things can be restored. But some lost things, we seek forever.”
― Margaret George, quote from Helen of Troy
“Lori, did you and Adam have a fight? I mean, another fight? A humdinger?”
I snorted. “No, I’m sobbing in Frances’s lap because she will marry our father someday and bring back the vegi/soy mayonnaise.”
“What’s the matter with vegi/soy mayonnaise?” Frances asked.
McGillicuddy wrinkled his nose at the memory.”
― Jennifer Echols, quote from Endless Summer
“The longer you focus upon something, the more powerful it becomes; and the stronger that your point of attraction is to it, the more evidence of it appears in your life experience. Whether you are focusing upon things you want or things you do not want, the evidence of your thoughts continually flows toward you.”
― Esther Hicks, quote from The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham
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