Emily Luebke > Emily's Quotes

“Are you serious right now?” Hailey asks. “What’s wrong with saying his life matters too?” “His life always matters more!” My voice is gruff, and my throat is tight. “That’s the problem!” “Starr!”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

“She reminded him of an ocean - beautiful, with enough salt to kill a man. He suspected it would take a knight or a hero of legend to impress one such as her.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“We’re quite a mess, aren’t we?”
“Let’s be a mess tonight. We can be people again tomorrow.”
-Adventurer Mage (I really should collect these quotes somewhere)”
― Emily Luebke, Adventurer Mage

“How fast is your magic, mage? Faster than a bullet?"
-Maeve, Adventurer Mage”
― Emily Luebke, Adventurer Mage

“Don't talk. You sound like a dying person when you talk"
-Adventurer Mage”
― Emily Luebke, Adventurer Mage

“Despite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naïveté, that fabulous quality that keeps you from knowing just how unsuited you are for what you are about to do.”
― Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

“He paid for your freedom and it nearly cost him everything”
― Julian Greystoke, Words in Winter

“He knows I was Abigail’s first choice. He never quite recovered.”
“Leaving a trail of broken hearts in your wake, eh?”
“Not intentionally. Apparently I’m extremely charming.”
― Julian Greystoke, Words in Winter

“After a life of being stepped on or stepped over, it was blissful to do the stepping.”
― Julian Greystoke, Words in Winter

“You must not seem like a brute, Ryone. These people will not tolerate someone who does not behave as gently as they do. Unless you are in battle, you must remain thoroughly civilized.”
― Julian Greystoke, The Wolf and The Hawk

“Musician?” Penny asked.
“Pardon?”
“Are you a musician?”
“Er, no, I'm a writer.”
“Ah.” Penny nodded sagely. “I knew you were an artist; you have that look. Hungry. Unfulfilled.”
― Julian Greystoke, 2nd Floor