“I’m used to holding on to nothing as tight as I can.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“I’d break every rule for you.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“You cannot thrive under the wrong stars, Kricket… the stars here are in opposition to you… can’t you feel it?… Let us take you home.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“I told him that when we first met... I felt like a butterfly trapped in a net. But... I told him that the more time I spent with him, the more I began to realize how much he means to me I told him that since it seems to be my destiny to dodge raindrops... I was grateful to be dodging them with him. So, I promised him that it would always be his name on my mind when I start my rotation... and when I go to bed each evening... and every quiet moment in between. It will be his name... savored on my lips... stretched across my heart... worshipped by my body... and branded in my mind... until death do us part... and forever after that.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“She's in your head, Trey."
"My head, my heart, my blood," Trey responds immediately.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“I’m just saying that when there is little left to lose, the consequences of one’s actions don’t carry the same weight…painful or otherwise.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“We have to make the stars align for us now-- find a way for us now to get burned for being together." - Trey to Kricket”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“I can't figure out what's wrong with her feet! -Nothing's wrong with my feet! -They are an alluring shade of pink. -Jax, that's nail polish!”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“Don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine. I’m used to holding on to nothing as tight as I can.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“But…I told him that the more time that I spent with him, the more I began to realize how much he means to me. I told him that since it seems to be my destiny to dodge raindrops…I was grateful to be dodging them with him. So, I promised him that it would always be his name on my mind when I start my rotation…and when I go to bed each evening…and every quiet moment in between. It will be his name…savored on my lips…stretched across my heart…worshipped by my body…and branded in my mind…until death do us part…and forever after that.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“If I touch her, she’ll have my soul,” Trey replies.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“I should love her like there is an ache that won't go away unless I'm with her.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“He was telling us that your voice will give comfort when the night becomes its blackest,” he replies. “And I’ll protect that voice with my body, my mind, and my spirit . . . because without it, I’m alone in the dark.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“Trey, I thought that the Znou was beautiful and I wanted to keep it,” I say, explaining myself to him. “I wasn’t trying to kill myself. If I get suicidal, you’ll know ’cuz I’ll be dead. The only thing I’m feeling right now is homicidal, so watch your back.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“It’s when the crickets stop singing that you know the enemy is near and the battle is about to begin.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“Then I could just let the common symmetry that exists between us force you to see that you’re mine . . .”—I kiss him—“and I’m lost without you . . .”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“I prefer my justice to be blind.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“Wayra, it's very nice to meet you. -Get off! -What's wrong? -He touched me. -So? -So, he's going to get hurt if he does it again!”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“No,” Trey says. “Males rarely touch each other.” “Really?” “And females rarely touch males they don’t know or who aren’t a part of their family,” he adds, making me feel awkward all of a sudden. I’ve been holding his hand all day, I think, feeling stupid.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“I wouldn’t describe it like that. It was . . . hazardous and delicate. I’ve had easier times disarming explosives . . .”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“Pulling his hand back from my face, Trey tenses. “Inamorata is feminine. I would be your inamorato, your male lover.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“Cuz I look like Barbie.” I reply, knowing they can connect the dots. “Bad girls don’t like Barbie?” Michael asks, both his eyebrows rising. “No. Bad girls want to rip Barbie’s head off and flush it down the toilet,”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“It looks great on her because she has a bangin’ body.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“Drunken people make me nervous. I dislike their predictable unpredictability—the emotions that are so intense and seem to turn on a dime.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“Can't someone please tell me what that little, lacy thing is that I keep catching a glimpse of when she bends down?" Wayra asks. "I don't know, but I have to say that I like it more than I should." Jax replies, sounding amused.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“I’m just saying that when there is little left to lose, the consequences of one’s actions don’t carry the same weight—painful or otherwise.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
“My lips twitch at the mental image of him as a “queen.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Under Different Stars
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“Miriam wished for so much in those final moments. Yet as she closed her eyes, it was not regret any longer but a sensation of abundant peace that washed over her. She thought of her entry into this world, the harami child of a lowly villager, an unintended thing, a pitiable, regrettable accident. A weed. And yet she was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother. A person of consequence at last. No. It was not so bad, Miriam thought, that she should die this way. Not so bad. This was a legitimate end to a life of illegitimate belongings.”
― Khaled Hosseini, quote from Tisuću žarkih sunaca
“Gourville claims that for new entrants to stand a chance, they can’t just be better, they must be nine times better. Why such a high bar? Because old habits die hard and new products or services need to offer dramatic improvements to shake users out of old routines. Gourville writes that products that require a high degree of behavior change are doomed to fail even if the benefits of using the new product are clear and substantial.”
― Nir Eyal, quote from Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
“Nonna dice sempre che la gente è verde d'invidia, ma io non sono d'accordo. Il verde è calmo, fresco, pulito e piacevole come il dentifricio alla menta. L'invidia invece è rossa. Ti brucia nelle vene e ti accende un fuoco nella pancia.”
― Annabel Pitcher, quote from Rollercoasters: My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece Reader
“Release your cows so you can be truly happy.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, quote from Trái tim của Bụt
“I thought I’d gotten over feeling like I need to strangle members of this team. Turns out my desire to murder Cody in a violent, dehumanizing fashion had nothing to do with the darkness. It was completely natural.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Calamity
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