Gaby > Gaby's Quotes

“The dark means stars and moonlight ... You shine golden in the moonlight; you thrive under the glow of the stars, Lore. You are worthy of adoration. Unveil your mosaic wings for me. Let me adore you.”
― Analeigh Sbrana, Lore of the Tides

“I am yours until the seas run dry and the earth dissolves to dust.”
― Analeigh Sbrana, Lore of the Tides

“I hope you understand that I will make every day of your life more difficult than the last, more complicated than it otherwise would be.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“My favorite stories are the ones I can escape into. The ones where I can leave be-hind this bleak existence and be somebody else, even if just for a little while. Someone braver than me. Someone with the power to change their circumstances.”
― Analeigh Sbrana, Lore of the Wilds

“I don’t see any ladies here. Just a mouse with a shockingly filthy mouth.”
― Analeigh Sbrana, Lore of the Wilds

“Any sacrifice that I make will be worth it if we can become our ancestors’ wildest dreams.”
― Analeigh Sbrana, Lore of the Wilds

“If the price for your power is ink- stained fingers, then I’ll worship this ink. Power is beautiful and, Lore, you’re the most beautiful creature I’ve ever laid eyes on.”
― Analeigh Sbrana, Lore of the Wilds

“I have no desire to twist myself into knots to please people I don't even respect.”
― Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

“You have to choose your own happiness, whatever that looks like. You can’t live your life for other people.”
― Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

“We all die. You and I are dying right now, but we are also alive. Love is what makes life worth living. Love is what makes us act when we most need to. That's what your legacy is. Its how you love the people around you, not how much you've sacrificed for them”
― Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

“But for someone in need, she could always find something to spare. —there was always more of herself to give.”
― Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

“Love is not the sharp-edged thing she's always believed it to be. It's not like the sea, liable to slip through her fingers if she holds on too tight. It's not a currency, something to be earned or denied or bartered for. Love can be steadfast. It can be certain and safe, or as wild as an open flame. It's a slice of buttered bread at dinner table. It's a grudge born of worry. It's broken skin pulled over swollen knuckles.”
― Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

“Girls like her don’t get to dream. Girls like her get to survive.”
― Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

“it's not meaningful to kill yourself little by little to make people happy!”
― Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

“How could you not know I wanted you?"

Never in her life had Lorelei been subjected to so many emotions at once. "How could I have possibly known? If you truly wanted me" - she stumbled over the words - "why have you bene such a menace all this time?"

"Because you despise me! You think me beneath you. I could see it in your eyes, and I... God, I would have done anything to earn your respect, your attention. I just wanted you to look at me." Sylvia floundered for a moment. "When you do, I... It's terrifying. It's exhilarating. You're like something out of a nightmare.”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Niamh had spent all of her life sorry for taking up space, guilty for inconveniencing anyone with her emotions or needs.”
― Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

“Lorelei had well and truly lost her mind to even consider following. And yet, somewhere deep down, she knew she'd never had a chance at remaining sensible when it came to Sylvia con Wolff. She'd already lost her heart. What was one more thing?”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“You've acted the part of a villain so well, you've gone and convinced yourself it's who you truly are”
― Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide

“Tyrants never question whether they deserve power. Leaders do.”
― Amy Ressa, Inherit the Stars

“Shocking though it may be, I don’t actually know everything.” “That must be very difficult for you to admit.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Splintered Kingdom

“All that brooding you’ve been doing must be taxing indeed.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“You think you’re so expendable, that you’re not worth saving? I disa-fucking-gree. And I really wish you would stop with this self-pitying, self-sacrificing bullshit.”
― Gretchen Powell Fox, Smoke and Scar

“Books are like adventures. They take you to new places and let you be new people. The best ones teach you about life or inspire you.”
― Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations

“Someone near us was holding a small canister and inspecting it. When he shook it and held out his other arm, the guy with him grabbed his hand.
"Dude. That's bear spray."
"Yeah, it keeps the bears away.”
“It doesn't work like bug spray, man. You spray the bear not yourself."
"Why would I spray the bear?”
― Becky Dean, Hearts Overboard

“In this life or the next, there is no end when there is love.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Zhara

“Trust is not a river that flows in only one direction [...] Nothing can be received without something being given in return.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Zhara

“Burdens are meant to be shared [...] We must do all we can to look out for each other.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Ami

“The problem with love stories [..] is that no one ever writes about what happens in the ever after."
"That's because the ever after is for grown-ups, and grown-ups are boring.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Ami

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

“If this was weakness, he wanted to be weak. If this was sin, let him be damned to hell.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, Rebel Witch