Maddie > Maddie's Quotes

“We should always make time for the things we like. If we don't, we might forget how to be happy.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Hate is loud, but I think you'll learn it's because it's only a few people shouting, desperate to be heard. You might not ever be able to change their minds, but so long as your remember you're not alone, you will overcome.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Change often starts with the smallest of whispers. Like-minded people building it up to a roar.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Just because you don’t experience prejudice in your everyday doesn’t stop it from existing for the rest of us.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“When something is broken, you can put it back together. It may not fit quite the same, or work like it did once before, but that doesn't mean it's no longer useful.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Your voice is a weapon. Never forget that.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“The things we fear the most are often the things we should fear the least. It’s irrational, but it’s what makes us human. And if we’re able to conquer those fears, then there is nothing we’re not capable of.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“The world likes to see things in black and white, in moral and immoral. But there is gray in between. And just because a person is capable of wickedness, doesen't mean they will act upon it.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Because even the bravest of us can still be afraid sometimes, so long as we don’t let our fear become all we know.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Home is where you feel like yourself,”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Why can’t life work whatever way we want it to? What’s the point of living if you only do it how others want you to?”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“It takes courage to let down your armor, to welcome people to see you as you are. Sometimes I feel the same as you: I can’t risk having people behold me as I truly am. But there’s also a small voice in the back of my mind, a voice that tells me, “You will miss so much by being so guarded.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“I don't think you realize how strong you are, because sometimes strength isn't swords and steel and fire, as we are so often made to believe. Sometimes it's found in quiet, gentle places.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“I love the words I write until I soon realize how much I hate them, as if I am destined to always be at war within myself.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“That’s it. You’re doing great, Winnow.” “Shut up, Kitt.” “Absolutely. Whatever you want.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“And I’m not afraid to be alone, but I’m tired of being the one left behind.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“to be vulnerable is a strength most of us fear.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“He found me on my darkest day. He followed me to war, to the front lines. He came between me and Death, taking wounds that were supposed to be mine.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“Even in the silence, I hope you will find the words you need to share.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“She has to survive this, Roman thought. He didn’t want to live in a world without her and her words.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“How do you make your life your own and not feel guilt over it?”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“Just because something doesn't seem right to most, doesn't mean it's not right for you.”
― Kat Cho, Wicked Fox

“So the fox became a woman, and the woman became a demon. And she lived forever as a gumiho.”
― Kat Cho, Wicked Fox

“Well, dear, sometimes the universe works in odd ways, but family does not always come about through blood.”
― Kat Cho, Wicked Fox

“When you're constantly treated as a pariah and labeled bad, you might begin living up to that expectation.”
― Kat Cho, Wicked Fox

“Tears never did anyone any favours, but sometimes they just needed to fall.”
― Caroline Peckham, The Awakening

“My deepest fear is being cast aside, my heart crushed by trusting blindly again. So I’ll never let anyone in again.”
― Caroline Peckham, The Awakening

“Okay this is going from weird to mental asylum real fast.”
― Caroline Peckham, The Awakening

“Never trust a writer who doesn’t have too many books to read. Or a reader, for that matter,” said Zelia.”
― Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust

“Every book is a little mirror, and sometimes you look into it and see someone else looking back.”
― Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust