Bec (Aussie Book Dragon) > Bec (Aussie Book Dragon)'s Quotes

“Demon pox, oh, demon pox,
Just how is it acquired?
One must go down to the bad part of town
Until one is very tired.
Demon pox, oh, demon pox I had it all along—
No, not the pox, you foolish blocks,
I mean this very song—
For I was right, and you were wrong!”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

“KISS ME, HARDY! Kiss me, QUICK!”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“I am no longer afraid of getting old. Indeed I can't believe I ever said anything so stupid. So childish. So offensive and arrogant.
But mainly, so very, very stupid. I desperately want to grow old.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“But a part of me lies buried in lace and roses on a riverbank in France-a part of me is broken off forever. A part of me will be unflyable, stuck in the climb.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“A whore, we've established that, filthy, it goes without saying, but whatever else the hell I am, I AM NOT ENGLISH.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“Von Loewe really should know me well enough by now to realize that I am not going to face my execution without a fight. Or with anything remotely resembling dignity.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“Nothing like an arcane literary debate with your tyrannical master while you pass the time leading to your execution.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“The anticipation of what they will do to you is every bit as sickening in a dream as when it is really going to happen.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“A part of me will always be unflyable, stuck in the climb.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

“I am one of billions. I am stardust gathered fleetingly into form. I will be ungathered. The stardust will go on to be other things someday and I will be free.”
― Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight

“A dream dirty and bruised is better than no dream at all.”
― Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight

“You have only to begin, Lir. Mercy breeds mercy as slaughter breeds slaughter. We can’t expect the world to be better than we make it.”
― Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight

“Dead souls dream only of death. Small dreams for small men. It is life that expands to fill worlds. Life is your master, or death is”
― Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight

“Nothing made you feel so useless as another person's grief.”
― Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight

“What can a soldier do when mercy is treason, and he is alone in it?”
― Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight

“Mercy, she had discovered, made mad alchemy: a drop of it could dilute a lake of hate.”
― Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight

“When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“You dress to impress," I said approvingly.
"No, Angel." He leaned in, his teeth softly grazing my ear. "I undress to impress.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick, Finale