A.B. Whelan > A.B.'s Quotes

“I don’t know who those other people are and what they did to you, but I’m not one of them,” I whispered, on the verge of tears. (Molly)
“You are. You just don’t know yet.” (Victor)”
― A.B.Whelan, Fields of Elysium

“See? Instead of thinking of a way to help my people, all I can think of is the smell of your hair and that small dimple on your cheek when you smile.” (Victor)”
― A.B.Whelan, Fields of Elysium

“Oh, God … you’re so beautiful,” I said in a weak voice, my head enchanted. He smiled at me and turned to the thin, elderly lady next to him whose skin seamed with wrinkles.“She must still have a fever,” Victor said, fighting a smile, which just made him even more breathtaking.”
― A.B.Whelan, Fields of Elysium

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Victor wrapped his fingers over my hand, pressing his face against my palm. “You’re the bravest girl I’ve ever met. I’m so incredibly proud of you.”
“Who knew that one day the word someone would use to describe me is brave. Life is very unpredictable.” I chuckled.
“There are many other words I could think of to describe you but I’m not really good at flattery.”
― A.B.Whelan, Valley of Darkness Part 1 & Part 2

“I looked at Victor, my heart swelling from the emotion. “When I die, please do the same ceremony for me,” I whispered, choking up. “This is the most captivating and emotional event I have ever been part of.”
“I’m afraid you’ll have to ask somebody else for that because if you die before me I won’t survive it.” He kissed the tip of my nose. I gazed at him with so much love that my heart almost burst out of my chest.”
― A.B.Whelan, Valley of Darkness Part 1 & Part 2

“The look in his eyes reminded me of myself. We were both alone in a new environment, trapped by our circumstances, and we both needed to grow up much faster than planned. Who knew that once I’d have something common with a deer.”
― A.B.Whelan, Valley of Darkness Part 1 & Part 2

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.”
― W.E.B. Du Bois

“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
― Euripides, The Bacchae

“When you are perfectly happy with what you have, it's absolutely unnecessary to crave new things. If you always want what you don't have, then you won't find happiness.”
― A.B.Whelan, Fields of Elysium

“Could it be that he felt sorry for me after all? Or that his hostile attitude was really a cover up, designed to protect me? I pondered over my wishful thinking, but when his black eyes locked on mine again, all positive thoughts had vaporized. There was no question about it; Victor detested me beyond my wildest imagining.”
― A.B.Whelan, Fields of Elysium

“When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can't make them change if they don't want to, just like when they do want to, you can't stop them.”
― Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol: In His Own Words

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
― Dr. Seuss

“Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realize that nothing really belongs to them.”   ― Paulo Coelho”
― A.B. Whelan, Safe and Sound

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

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction. ”
― Ray Bradbury

“If somebody was blind his entire life, just seeing a color, any color, would be fascinating even if it was just a dull color to a healthy eye.”
― A.B. Whelan, Fields of Elysium

“My mother is right. I can’t change the world or the people in it. But I can do something about my mood,”
― A.B. Whelan, As Sick as Our Secrets