Karri > Karri's Quotes

“Meryn shrugged. "That's not my fault, I tried to indoctrinate you into the wonderful world of the gamer geek, but it's like you have some sort sci-fi/fantasy narcolepsy. It's weird. The second I try to show you something you fall asleep.”
― Alanea Alder, My Protector

“Since it happens every month I don't think she'll die from blood loss. What's the mission?" Darian asked. "She needs tampons. Evidently it helps with this process. We have to secure the location of where they are being sold, acquire them and then get them back to my mate post haste." "You can rely on us Aiden.”
― Alanea Alder, My Commander

“That's what heroes did. They ran straight toward danger and didn't ever give up.”
― Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, The Bronze Key

“The human soul is the opposite of chaos, of nothingness. The soul is everything.”
― Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, The Bronze Key

“Call reached out and grabbed Aaron’s hand. Aaron looked surprised for a second. Then his grip locked with Call’s.
Call wanted to tell his best friend how sorry he was, how this was all his fault because he was Constantine Madden. But Aaron spoke before he got a chance.
“At least we’re going to die together,” Aaron said. Then, unbelievably, he smiled at Call.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Bronze Key

“The next slide is titled: 'Exploring your sexuality: Healthy, but does it have to be with the Prince of England?' She apologizes for not having time to come up with better titles. Alex actively wishes for the sweet release of death.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“To know the past is to know the present. To know the present it to know yourself.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

“We can't attack a thing we don't know. That's dangerous. And...foolish. It would be like trying to chop down a tree from the top of it. If we understand how the tree works, how the trunk and roots are where the power lies, and how gravity is on our side, we can attack it, each of us with small axes, and change the face of the the forest.”
― Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

“But you know how death is. Your body goes but your ideas don't. Your impact lingers on even when it's poisonous. Some bodies get put into the ground and daisies bloom. Others encourage the sprouting of weeds. Weeds that work to strangle whatever's living, and growing, around them.”
― Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

“The most addictive drug known to America. Racism. It causes wealth, an inflated sense of self, and hallucinations.”
― Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

“If there's one thing we know about humans, it's that most of us are followers. Looking for something to be part of to make us feel better about our own selfishness.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

“I think I really am back this time, Call, Aaron’s voice said. Now what the heck are we going to do?”
― Holly Black, The Silver Mask

“Call stroked his head. Alex laughed. “Stupid animal.” Tamara bristled. “Don’t talk about Havoc that way.” “Who says I was talking about Havoc?”
― Holly Black, The Silver Mask

“You’re the only one I can talk to, Call,” said Jasper. “You mean because I’m chained to this floor and can’t get away?”
― Holly Black, The Silver Mask

“just had my first kiss in a stronghold of the Enemy of Death, in a room full of his dead brother’s stuff, Call thought. Story of my life.”
― Holly Black, The Silver Mask

“Secrets hurt the keeper more than you think.”
― Holly Black , The Silver Mask

“At that moment, I truly understood what Halmeoni meant when she said there was a world inside all of us. A world that grew as we let people in, allowing them to shape us in ways we could never do alone.”
― Sarah Suk, Made in Korea