Maria Gomez > Maria's Quotes

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

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

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Once upon a time, in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who loved her kingdom …”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“You do not yield.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“Live, Manon. Live.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“I am here, I am with you.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“We are the Thirteen,” she said. “From now until the Darkness claims us.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“Betrayals don’t cancel each other out. They just hurt more.”
― Carley Fortune, Every Summer After

“I loved you so much that the word 'love' didn't seem big enough for how I felt.”
― Carley Fortune, Every Summer After

“You and me are special,” he started. “There’s no one else I’d rather spend time with than you. There’s no one else I’d rather talk to than you. And there’s no one else I’d rather kiss than you.”
― Carley Fortune, Every Summer After

“There aren’t enough sonnets for friendship. Not enough songs for the kind of love not born of blood or body but of time and care. They are the ones we choose to laugh and cry and live with. When lovers come and go, friends are the ones who remain. We are each other’s constants.”
― Kennedy Ryan, This Could Be Us

“When you hurt the way we women sometimes have to, when you lose so much, when the world ends over and over and over again, we are no longer butterflies. Those wings are much too fragile to carry us on and through. I’m a hornet. I can love. And I can sting.”
― Kennedy Ryan, This Could Be Us

“When are we ever done working on ourselves? I believe wholeness is not a destination, but a lifetime process. Something that instead of waiting for, you could be living for.”
― Kennedy Ryan, This Could Be Us

“The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love—whether we call it friendship or family or romance—is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light.”
― Kennedy Ryan, This Could Be Us

“a woman who wants more and realizes she deserves it is a dangerous thing.”
― Kennedy Ryan, This Could Be Us

“because first she loved herself.”
― Kennedy Ryan, This Could Be Us

“But the thing about love languages,” Charlie says, “is it’s not just about how we express love, but how we receive love. You need someone to do something for you that makes you feel loved. Someone to help you.” I shake my head. “I hate asking for help.” “That’s because deep down, you want someone to see what you need before you have to ask.”
― Carley Fortune, One Golden Summer

“No, it’s because when you speak, he listens. When you smile, he smiles. When you need something, he offers help. When you give him something, he thanks you. You’re peas and carrots—I think you’ve found yourself a lifelong friend.”
― Carley Fortune, One Golden Summer

“I’m turning thirty-three tomorrow. You’d think I’d be a little braver.” “I think the older we get, the scarier shit becomes.”
― Carley Fortune, One Golden Summer

“Charlie looks at you like he’d follow you anywhere.”
― Carley Fortune, One Golden Summer

“Some people are determined to live out their own personal tragedies.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, Heartless Hunter

“The hunted had fallen for the hunter.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, Heartless Hunter

“In forgiving him, a strange thing happened: Rune found forgiveness for herself, too. For what she’d done to Nan. The thing she’d needed all this time was right there inside her.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, The Crimson Moth

“One of us thinks ourself too good for the other. But it’s not me.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, Heartless Hunter

“The point is to let me give you this one small thing, because I couldn’t give you the rest.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, Heartless Hunter

“I love you.” “Yes, you do. Don’t forget.”
― Devney Perry, Shield of Sparrows