Brett Kinzel > Brett's Quotes

“Some green police don't speak it at all, and they're annoyed when we're not fluent in German, as if we should have been preparing our entire lives for the day when they invaded our country.”
― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat

“Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray

“I love you more than I love books.”
― Brodi Ashton, My Lady Jane

“All shall be done, but it may be harder than you think.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

“Reading is...” His brows knit together and then his forehead smoothed as the right words appeared to dawn on him. “It’s going somewhere without ever taking a train or ship, an unveiling of new, incredible worlds. It’s living a life you weren’t born into and a chance to see everything colored by someone else’s perspective. It’s learning without having to face consequences of failures, and how best to succeed.” He hesitated. “I think within all of us, there is a void, a gap waiting to be filled by something. For me, that something is books and all their proffered experiences.”
― Madeline Martin, The Last Bookshop in London

“but I had long since given up trying to make sense of a world that refused to make itself logical.”
― Beatriz Williams, All the Ways We Said Goodbye

“Missing him. Longing for him. Worrying about him. Those were her nightmare journeys.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

“you will honor them by staying alive, surviving this place and telling the world what happened here.”
― Heather Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz

“If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us...then there wouldn't be so much fuss about love in the first place.”
― Amor Towles, Rules of Civility

“I spent my life folded between the pages of books.
In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I lived love and loss through stories threaded in history; I experienced adolescence by association. My world is one interwoven web of words, stringing limb to limb, bone to sinew, thoughts and images all together. I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Through love, all is possible.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“Our love is stronger than time, greater than any distance. Our love spans across stars and worlds. I will find you again, I promise.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Sky and Breath

“But what is eternal, what is made of love … that can never be destroyed.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Flame and Shadow

“Rhysand stared at me for long enough that I faced him.
"Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don't feel anything at all.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“I loved you so much that the word 'love' didn't seem big enough for how I felt.”
― Carley Fortune, Every Summer After

“I'd never thought about what my favorite color was before. It never seemed important.
Not until I looked into a pair of ocean blue eyes and realized that perhaps drowning was a beautiful thing.
Not until I looked into a pair of fiery blue eyes and realized that perhaps burning was a painless thing.
Not until I looked into a pair of sky blue eyes and realized that perhaps falling was a peaceful thing.
I'd never thought about what my favorite color was before because I hadn't seen one that was worthy of the title. Until now, that is.
"Blue," I say, my voice low.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“At least you kept your promise. You stayed alive long enough to stab me in the back.’ He laughs bitterly, remembering the attack after the first ball when I tended to his wound. ‘And now I promise to return the favor.’ His voice strains with emotion. ‘Run, Paedyn. Because when I catch you, I will not miss. I will not falter. I will not make the mistake of feeling for you.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“To the stars who listen—and the dreams that are answered.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Remember that you are a wolf. And you cannot be caged.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“He said, 'Mom, I met her.' And I said, 'Who?'" Loretta's lips curve up, her eyes taking on a faraway look. "He said, 'The woman I'm going to marry one day.”
― Elsie Silver, Reckless

“I think my heart knew you were mine long before I ever realized it.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight

“For the girl who shines so bright that the sun pales in comparison.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerful

“But I still don’t know how to fix myself.”
“There’s nothing broken to be fixed,” he said fiercely.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“Truth breaks the chains of silence." Puri puts a trembling hand to her chest. Her voice drops to a whisper.
"It sets us all free.”
― Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

“Personally, I think she liked living there, between the pages with him. Always adding little bits of memory but never closing the door.”
― Rebecca Yarros, The Things We Leave Unfinished

“You’ve no right to starve people, to punish them for no reason. No right to take away their life and freedom. Those are things everyone is born with, and they’re not yours for the taking. Winning a war doesn’t give you that right. Having more weapons doesn’t give you that right. Being from the Capitol doesn’t give you that right. Nothing does.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“Despite the fairy-tale snowstorm out there, this isn’t Narnia. This is London, real life, where hearts get kicked and bruised and broken, but somehow they still keep beating.”
― Josie Silver, One Day in December

“Hope is the most powerful force in the universe.”
― William H. McRaven, Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World

“Funny thing, watching gods realize they’ve been mortal all along.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

“I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander