Dani Kline > Dani's Quotes

“Just keep going, do your best, and hope it's good enough. That's all any of us can do.”
― Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes

“There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven't started wondering about yet.”
― Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

“My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“Oh, my daughter,
at times you have to fight,
but preferably
not with your fists.”
― Thanhha Lai, Inside Out & Back Again

“It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“All salvation is temporary”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Pain demands to be felt.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“I hope you won't mind, my dear, if we take it," said Thunder Karlsson.
"Oh, not at all," said Pippi. "Of course not."
And with that, Blom went over and took out the suitcase.
"I hope you won't mind, my dear, if I take it back," said Pippi, as she climbed out of bed and went over to Blom.”
― Astrid Lindgren

“Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss...." He turned to me. "But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped

“There's no winning arguments with your parents”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped

“You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.”
― Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped

“It's a Thing thing. You wouldn't understand.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor

“It's a good thing Jack was no longer in my hands, because I would've pulled a full-on Kylo Ren temper tantrum.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor

“Well, good news, " Blitzen said. "I found the bag. Bad news...I found the bag.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor

“At this point, most people would have thrown themselves down on the ground and given up hope. And by most people, I mean me.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor

“I was hoping Tiny might scoop us up and give us a ride. That seemed like the proper thing to do for travelers who'd just had a hit-and-run with your shoestring.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor

“You invented the selfie stick," Alex said. "I was wondering who to blame for that.”
― Rick Riordan

“Nothing beats camping out in a dreary Jotunheim forest while your friend stitches runes on a giant bowling bag!”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor

“His brother Blerg had a red ball with Kurt Cobain's face on it. Blerg kept looking back and forth between me and the ball like he was trying to imagine me without the choppy haircut.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor

“Otis clopped forward and sighed. "Well, if you need a volunteer to die, I suppose I can do it. I've always loved weddings-"
Shut up, dummy!" Marvin said. "You're a goat!”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor

“The place went on forever-like Costco or a chemistry lecture.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor

“The manager turned up his palms. "I don't have those answers, Samirah, but Huginn and Muninn will brief you privately. Go with them to the high places of Valhalla. Let them show you thoughts and memories."
To me, that sounded like some trippy vision quest with Darth Vader appearing in a foggy cave.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor

“Think, guys. What was strange about the story Uncle Goerge told us?"
"That a woman outsmarted the men", Mike said. For which he received a scowl that did a thunderstorm justice.”
― Sigmund Brouwer, Phantom Outlaw at Wolf Creek

“Chizpurfle infestations explain the puzzling failure of many relatively new Muggle electrical artifacts.”
― J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

“The sight of a tree at night full of glowing Clabbert lifestyles, while decorative, attracted too many Muggles wishing to ask why their neighbours still had their Christmas lights up in June.”
― J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

“What matters to you defines your mattering.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

“I don't think you can ever fill the empty space with the thing you lost.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

“You matter as much as the things that matter to you. And I got so backwards trying to matter to him. All this time, there were real things to care about: real, good people who care about me, and this place. It's so easy to get stuck. You just get caught in being something, being special or cool or whatever, to the point where you don't even know why you need it; you just think you do.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

“I don't think your missing pieces ever fit inside you again once they go missing.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

“You're not boring. You've got to stop saying that, or people will start believing you.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines