“Sometimes love and chaos are the same thing.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“If you aren't sure, then you definitely aren't in love.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“I believe in happiness. I'm just not sure love will actually get you there.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“Love and trust aren't the same thing.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“Up here on the roof, so close to the stars, she felt young and alive and hateful.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“Maybe that's all that praying was, she thought, just wishing good outcomes on other people.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“She couldn't trust anyone in the world but herself, but then again, Leda never really had.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“I've missed you, Eris. You and me, we kind of deserve each other, don't we?”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“Every gesture, every I love you; all of it was tinted by the great ugly lie underpinning her life.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“She liked the way the French fell on her ears, mellifluous and soft. It sounded the way honey tasted.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“It seemed like no time at all had passed, like it was summer again and she and Cord were playing their games—and yet everything was different. It was like an echo of that time, a little less sharp, a little less thrilling. They had both changed too much.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“Good luck in there," he called out, but Avery was already a world away.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“Watt’s eyes were still glued to Avery as she moved through the crowded room, a bright golden beacon.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“May my actions be purposeful. I am my own greatest ally. I am enough in myself.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“She loved this sensation: the delicious thrill of setting out on a wild quest for something you may or may not find, all the while knowing that whatever happened, the night itself would certainly be wonderful.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“A comet sliced through the velvet-dark sky, its tail streaming after it like a fan.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“Sometimes love and chaos are the same thing,” Mariel said softly.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“I don’t want to get hurt.” Eris felt for some reason that hadn’t been what Mariel originally meant to say. But she just leaned in, resting her head lightly on Mariel’s shoulder. “I’ll never do anything to hurt you. I promise,” she said softly. The cynical, worldly part of Eris laughed at herself for saying that, for making a promise she could never hope to keep. Well, she would just have to keep it this time, she thought firmly. She felt Mariel relax a little next to her. Their boat rocked back and forth, gently buffeted by the waves. “I promise,” Eris said again, and the words drifted up like smoke into the darkness.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“She’d been too distracted by the dancing, the laughing, the swirl of coordinated excitement surrounding the comet. And by Watt. She’d had fun with him tonight, far more fun than she’d expected to. He was somehow earnest without being serious, confident without being an asshole.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“In whatever part of his mind was still functioning, Watt wanted to shout some primal victory cry. He couldn’t quite believe it. He was in Avery Fuller’s bedroom, on Avery Fuller’s bed, kissing Avery Fuller. The most beautiful, most incredible, most intriguing girl in the entire world. And of all the infinite guys she could have, she had somehow picked him.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“Maybe that’s all that praying was, she thought, just wishing good outcomes on other people.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“Nothing mattered except this moment. She felt invincible, untouchable, like she would be this way forever: young and dancing and electric and alive.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“This was her favorite part, reminding Cord that he wanted her. Making him just a little bit desperate. “See you later.” As she started down the hallway, Eris could feel the weight of Cord’s gaze tracing the long lines of her body. She didn’t let herself look back. But the corner of her mouth, her red paintstick just a little bit smudged, turned up in a triumphant smirk.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“Wanna get out of here?” She was gorgeous. Yet Watt didn’t even feel excited as he automatically said, “Sure. Let’s go.” He slid a hand low around the girl’s waist, walking with her toward the entrance, noticing the envious stares of all the other guys. He usually felt a thrill of victory at times like this, his stubbornly competitive streak coming out. Now he couldn’t bring himself to care. It all felt too easy, and predictable. He’d already forgotten this girl’s name and she’d told him twice.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“Winner’s curse,” Nadia whispered into his eartennas, and he could swear he heard amusement in her tone. “Where the victor gets exactly what he wants, only to find that it isn’t quite as he expected.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
“Eris unscrewed the right earring and held it out on her palm. It was so beautiful; a glass sphere glowing with whorls of color, like the eye of a coming storm. A beautiful, rare, expensive present from her dad to her mom. Suddenly the earring and everything it stood for struck Eris as unbearably false. She pulled back her arm and hurled the earring against the wall with all the strength she had. It exploded into a million pieces, which scattered over the floor like shards of glittering tears.”
― Katharine McGee, quote from The Thousandth Floor
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“No es que haya que vivir, puesto que la vida nos es fatalmente dada... la vida se vive a sí misma, nos guste o no.”
― Julio Cortázar, quote from Hopscotch
“Angel raised her hand. "Excuse me. What does LTC stand for?" She blinked innocently.
"Loving Tender Care?"Gazzy suggested.If our instructor had had lasers for eyes, he would have sliced Gazzy in half.
"Lieutenant colonel," he sputtered.”
― James Patterson, quote from Max
“So here I am… What can my cock make you forget tonight?”
― M. Robinson, quote from El Diablo
“Anney makes the best gravy in the county, the sweetest biscuits, and puts just enough vinegar in those greens. Glenn nodded, though the truth was he’d never had much of a taste for greens, and his well-educated mama had always told him that gravy was bad for the heart. So he was not ready for the moment when Mama pushed her short blond hair back and set that big plate of hot food down in front of his open hands. Glenn took a bite of gristly meat and gravy, and it melted between his teeth. The greens were salt sweet and fat rich. His tongue sang to his throat; his neck went loose, and his hair fell across his face. It was like sex, that food, too good to waste on the middle of the day and a roomful of men too tired to taste. He chewed, swallowed began to come alive himself. He began to feel for the first time like one of the boys, a grown man accepted by the notorious and dangerous Earle Boatwright, staring across the counter at one of the prettiest woman he’d ever seen. His face went hot, and he took a big drink of ice tea to cool himself.”
― Dorothy Allison, quote from Bastard Out of Carolina
“You are never stronger...than when you land on the other side of despair.”
― Zadie Smith, quote from White Teeth
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