Erin Mendoza > Erin's Quotes

“After all, if you make your enemy look like a fool, you lose the justification for engaging him.”
― John LeCarre

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

“The fact is, 100 percent of you will still be alive, just in a divided state.”
― Neal Shusterman

“This was dumb and admittedly creepy in an Edward Cullen kind of way, but it was the only thing I could think to do.”
― Cynthia Hand, Hallowed

“Once upon a time, a girl lived in a sandcastle, making monsters to send through a hole in the sky.”
― Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
― Margaret Thatcher

“...all members of Congress should be required wear NASCAR uniforms. You know, the kind with the patches? That way we'd know who is sponsoring each of them. I think he was kidding; they'd never be able to do it but it's a great idea and would wake people up in this country.”
― Brad Thor, Full Black

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“Her accent's funny, different from mine, different from anyone in Prentisstown's. Her lips make different kinds of outlines for the letters, like they're swooping down on them from above, pushing them into shape, telling them what to say. In Prentisstown, everyone talks like they're sneaking up on their words, ready to club them from behind.”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”
― Clive James

“Just because we're girls doesn't mean you have to coddle us.”
― Cynthia Hand, My Lady Jane

“Look larger than you are and don’t back down—if it was a valid way to survive a mountain lion, it had to work with run-of-the-mill highway robbers.”
― Sarah Henning, The Princess Will Save You