C.J. Aralore > C.J.'s Quotes

“If only I were magic like him, then I could keep him without having to keep him in the dark.”
― C.J. Aralore, Gravity’s Fire

“You’re the sun to my earth and the light I want to open my eyes to every morning for the rest of my life. Even when you’re old and gray and cranky all the time, you’ll always be my soulmate.”
― C.J. Aralore, Gravity’s Fire

“Before I realize it, I’m crying. So this is who I am now that I’m not Phoenix. I cry in front of men with giant mustaches.”
― C.J. Aralore, Gravity’s Fire

“When the gravity of a star becomes too great, it collapses and its fire burns itself up in a huge explosion. That’s what it feels like when I talk to you, like my gravity is burning me up until I’m a billion stars. You make me feel like starlight.”
― C.J. Aralore, Gravity’s Fire

“I take a deep breath. I can do this. It won’t be like when I tried confessing to Raymond at last year’s school fair and got caught in the cotton candy machine’s vicious pink web. Or, like freshman year, when I gave Toby a valentine that caught on fire for no reason at all. I might always forget exactly what the boy I dream about every night looks like the moment I wake up, but this time is different.”
― C.J. Aralore, Gravity’s Fire

“Nix, look over there.” She points across the room to Max, who’s watching me rather than the friends who are talking to him. “You see that boy with hearts in his eyes?”
“He doesn’t have hearts in his eyes.”
“Look at him, really look. I bet you the whole world could fade away until it’s just you and him floating in space and he wouldn’t notice a difference.”
“He’d notice when he can’t breathe.”
― C.J. Aralore, Gravity’s Fire