Haley Mathiot > Haley's Quotes

“Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?'
Jace said, "Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself."
..."At least," she said, "you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland."
"Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

“anyone who doesn't make mistakes isn't trying hard enough.”
― Wess Roberts

“Sometimes I think if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I'd choose the corn.”
― Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants

“It's your call," he said softly, "but whatever you decide, I'll help you." He placed a soft, warm hand at the back of her neck and Laurel's breath caught in her chest. "Whatever you need, I'll be. If you need the science geek to give you answers from a textbook, I'm your guy; if you just want a friend to sit by you in bio and help you feel better when you're sad, I'm still your guy." His thumb slowly stroked across her earlobe and down her cheek. "And if you need someone to hold you and protect you from anyone in the world who might want to hurt you, then I am definitely your guy." His pale-blue eyes bore into hers, and for a second she couldn't breath. "But it's all up to you," he whispered.”
― Aprilynne Pike, Wings

“It’s going to be gone soon, isn’t it?” he said, more than a tinge of regret in his voice as he studied the large flower.

She nodded, craning her neck to look back at the blue blossom. “It should be gone in another week or two,” she said. There was a distinct lack of regret in her voice. “Maybe less, after last night.”

Is it really such a bother?”

Sometimes.”

David’s hands stroked one of the longer petals on the blossom from base to tip, then brought it briefly to his nose and inhaled. “It’s just so . . . I don’t know . . . sexy.”

Really? But it’s so . . . plantish.”
― Aprilynne Pike, Spells

“I'm looking into my past lives. I'm convinced some of them still owe me money.”
― Graham Parke, Unspent Time

“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Alarms and Discursions

“...He is sure that the Bailey he is now is closer to the Bailey he is supposed to be than the Bailey he had been before”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.”
― Brian Andreas, Story People

“Instead of heading for a big mental breakdown, I decided to have a small breakdown every Tuesday evening.”
― Graham Parke, No Hope for Gomez!

“I growl with frustration at my reflection in the mirror. My hair is fifty shades messed up. Why is it so kinky and out of control? I need to stop sleeping with it wet. As I brush my long brown hair, the girl in the mirror with the brown eyes too big for her head stares back at me. Wait... my eyes are blue! It dawns on me that I've been staring at a poster of Kristen Stewart for five minutes. My own hair is fine.”
― Fanny Merkin, Fifty Shames of Earl Grey

“My Zombie apocalypse plan is simple but effective; I fully intend to die in the very first wave.

Seems more logical than undergoing all kinds of hardships only to die eventually anyway (through bites/malnutrition/or terminally chapped lips)”
― Graham Parke

“strength is a tourniquet. It isn’t a well.”
― T.E. Carter, I Stop Somewhere

“People want this to be an anomaly.... we can handle monsters, we can't handle our neighbors doing these things. we can't believe these are the same people we see at Christmas parties, and basketball games.”
― T.E. Carter

“A story is a largely false account of largely trivial events, fed to us by historians who are largely idiots.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Sezon burz

“No offense, but your explanations are as foggy as urine from an infected bladder," Geralt commented calmly, "and the loftiness of your expedition's goal is as dubious as a maiden's virginity after a village fate.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski

“Tell Philip Arnslade that I'm going to blow his fucking brains out. "

"Mr. Arnslade will be most relieved.”
― Claire North, 84K