Kaitlin's quotes

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"Suddenly, all I can think about are all the things I don't know about him. All the things I never had time to learn. I don't know if his feet are ticklish or how long his toes are. I don't know what nightmares he had as a child. I don't know which stars are his favorites, what shapes he sees in the clouds. I don't know what he is truly afraid of or what memories he holds closest.
And I don't have enough time now, never enough time. I want to be in the moment with him, feel his body against mine and think of nothing else, but my mind explodes with grief for all that I am missing. All that I will miss. All that I have wasted."
— Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth)

18 people liked it

"It's not about surviving. It should be about love. When you know love...that's what makes this life worth it. When you live with it everyday. Wake up with it, hold on to it during the thunder and after a nightmare. When love is your refuge from the death that surrounds us all and when it fills you so tight that you can't express it."
— Carrie Ryan

tags: adult, carrie, forest, hands, lit, ryan, teeth, ya, young, zombies
22 people liked it

"" I want a relationship i can finally sink my teeth into. " - Alexander Sterling. "
— Ellen Schreiber

61 people liked it

"Black is a girl's best friend."
— Ellen Schreiber (The Coffin Club)

40 people liked it

"Just because he has black fingernails doesn't mean he's a monster-that's how you've defended yourself for years."
— Ellen Schreiber (Dance with a Vampire)

24 people liked it

"Only cops and vampires have to have an invitation to enter."
— Christopher Moore

tags: law
53 people liked it

"How absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people--girls, women--went unarmed and were taught nothing of fighting, while the strong were trained to the highest reaches of their skill."
— Kristin Cashore (Graceling)

45 people liked it

"Say yes to life, even though you know it may devour you."
— Stephen Larsen

5 people liked it

""I want to sleep, I want dreams to pull me from this world and make me forget. To stop the memories from swirling around me.To put an end to this ache that consumes me.""
— Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth)

20 people liked it

"Reading, for me, is like this: consumptive, pleasing, calming, as much as edifying. It's how I feel after a good dinner. That's why I do it so often: It feels wonderful. The book is mind and I insert myself into it, cover it entire, ear my way through every last slash and dot. That's something you can do with a book, unlike television or movies or the Internet. You can eat it, or mark it, like a dog does on a hydrant. "
— Tara Bray Smith

tags: book, books, internet, marginalia, movies, read, reading, television, writing
8 people liked it

"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain

tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
16,589 people liked it

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: cry, crying, experience, happiness, joy, life, optimism, sadness, smile, smiling
15,282 people liked it

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough"
— Mae West

tags: humor, life
9,236 people liked it

"Women are like teabags; you never know how strong they are until they're put in hot water."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

tags: women
7,281 people liked it

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace
7,219 people liked it

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
— Robert Frost

tags: life
7,434 people liked it

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, be-yourself, conformity, individuality, world
7,166 people liked it