Julia > Julia's Quotes

“She laughed for her wasted, difficult life that never had to be wasted or difficult in the first place.”
― Leslye Walton, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

“He darted a look at the uncovered basket behind me, saw what I was eating, and glared at me. "That's appalling," he said.
"They're wonderful!" I said. "They're all coming ripe."
"All the better to turn you into a tree," he said.
"I don't want to be a tree yet," I said.”
― Naomi Novik, Uprooted

“You know–I think my best course of action is to just let the ridiculousness of that sentence marinate.”
― David Arnold, Mosquitoland

“Life can be a real son of a bitch sometimes, bringing things back around long after you've said good-bye.”
― David Arnold, Mosquitoland

“But that’s the personality of change, isn’t it? When it’s slow, it’s called growth; when it’s fast, it’s change.”
― David Arnold, Mosquitoland

“Hold my hand because I might disappear.”
― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

“So why would I want someone to be my everything when one day they might not be around?”
― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

“Because being so dependent on people scares me.”
― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

“You collect scars because you want proof that you are paying for whatever sins you've committed. And I know this because I've been doing the same damn thing for two hundred years. Tell me, do you think you will go to some blessed Afterworld, or do you expect a burning hell? You're hoping for hell--because how could you face them in the Afterworld? Better to suffer, to be damned for eternity and--”
― Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire

“I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix. They will break no matter what we do.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus