R A C H > R A C H's Quotes

“The moon is a loyal companion.
It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it’s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human.
Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Tell me the story..
About how the sun loved the moon so much..
That she died every night..
Just to let him breathe...”
― Hanako Ishii

“Be true to yourself. But that's something everyone says and no one means. No one wants you to be yourself. They want you to be the version of yourself that they like.”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites

“Sorry, always sorry. What in the world can you buy with an apology?”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites

“The world is made of countless threads that connect all things. These threads give the world both its color and its life.”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“He talked about the ocean between people. And how the whole point of everything is to find a shore worth swimming to.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“People really are like house with vast rooms and tiny windows. And maybe it's a good thing, the way we never stop surprising each other.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“Because I'm the kind of girl who fantasizes about being trapped in a library overnight.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“Sometimes it seems like everyone knows who I am except me.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“I’m too busy trying not to be in love with someone who isn’t real.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“I love the way that each book—any book—is its own journey. You open it, and off you go….”
― Sharon Creech

“Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway.”
― Kiera Cass, The One

“I hope you find someone you can't live without.I really do. And I hope you never have to know what it's like to have to try and live without them.”
― Kiera Cass, The Selection

“It's always the fear of looking stupid that stops you from being awesome.”
― Kiera Cass, The Selection

“Love is beautiful fear”
― Kiera Cass, The Elite

“This isn’t happily ever after.
It’s so much more than that.”
― Kiera Cass, The One

“Maxon: “To be clear, no one agrees with you.”

America: “To be clear, I don’t care.”
― Kiera Cass, The One

“It wasn’t like I made his world better. It was like I was his world. It wasn’t some explosion; it wasn’t fireworks. It was a fire, burning slowly from the inside out.”
― Kiera Cass, The Elite

“Bravery hides in amazing places.”
― Kiera Cass, The One

“I'm not sure anyone knows what they're looking for until they find it.”
― Kiera Cass, The Heir

“Mistakes mean it’s real.”
― Kiera Cass, The One

“But even now I know this isn't a fairy tale. I know that we'll have hard times, confusing times. I know that things won't always happen the way we want them to and that we'll have to work to remember that we chose this. It won't be perfect, not all the time.

This isn't happily ever after.

It's so much more than that.”
― Kiera Cass, The One

“Maybe it's not the first kisses that are supposed to be special. Maybe it's the last ones.”
― Kiera Cass, The Crown

“To really be a nerd, she'd decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“Sometimes writing is running downhill, your fingers jerking behind you on the keyboard the way your legs do when they can’t quite keep up with gravity.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“You belong where you're loved.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight

“No one is ever the villain of their own story.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight

“Life is short, and wisdom long to learn.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight