M.S. > M.S.'s Quotes

“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
― Rudyard Kipling

“His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he had heard their tale before.”
― James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

“I'm oxygen and he's dying to breathe.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“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

“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.”
― Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Wendy: Why are you staring at me?
Finn: Because you're standing in front of me.”
― Amanda Hocking, Switched

“Finn: I look at you because I can't look away Wendy.
Wendy: That's kinda creepy.
Finn: I will work on being less creepy then.”
― Amanda Hocking, Switched

“I wanted to show you that it's not all cold and intimidating," Finn explained. "I wanted you to see something warm and beautiful.”
― Amanda Hocking, Switched

“The desperation was coming off you in waves. You were all but begging to dance with me. I am doing you a favor.”
― Amanda Hocking, Switched

“I need to call Matt and let him know I'm okay," I said. Finn held the passenger door open while I got inside. As soon as he got in the driver's seat, I turned to him. "Well? Can I call him?"
"You really want to?" Finn asked as he started the car.
"Yes, of course I do! Why is that so suprising?”
― Amanda Hocking, Switched

“I don't want only one night. I want all the nights. I want all of you, forever.”
― Amanda Hocking, Ascend

“What's your angle?" I asked, trying to sound more playful than demanding.
"Isosceles," Jack quipped.”
― Amanda Hocking, My Blood Approves

“Being liked for the way you looked is worse than not being liked at all.”
― Amanda Hocking, My Blood Approves

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

“Hearts are made to be broken.”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

“Well, now
If little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you
Little by little
If suddenly you forget me
Do not look for me
For I shall already have forgotten you

If you think it long and mad the wind of banners that passes through my life
And you decide to leave me at the shore of the heart where I have roots
Remember
That on that day, at that hour, I shall lift my arms
And my roots will set off to seek another land”
― Pablo Neruda, Selected Poems

“Life is crazy, unexpected, and endlessly beautiful.”
― Daniel Wallock

“Visits always give pleasure--if not the arrival, the departure.”
― Portuguese Proverb

“We are the visitors in the lives of others; we visit them and we disappear!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“We are surrounded by story.”
― Alice McDermott

“He pressed the blade of his sword into the ground. As he pulled his arm over his head for a stretch, a bead of sweat trickled down his neck and over a row of muscles on his stomach. I swallowed hard. The window's edge dug into my skin but I refused to move an inch. The tiny droplet disappeared into the waistband of his shorts. I had seen plenty of guys in gym class with their shirts off, but none of them looked like...that. He was physical perfection - a living work of art.

I sat on my knees with my chin relaxed on my crossed arms, unable to look away.

"Enjoying the view?" he said, eyes suddenly on me. His chiseled face wore an overly confident grin. Clearly he was used to being admired.

My cheeks burned.

I stood, pretending to check out the scenery. "Not much to see."

He raised an eyebrow, letting me know he knew I was full of crap.”
― Stacey O'Neale, Storm Born

“I wonder if I can get pizza in Avalon.”
― Stacey O'Neale, Storm Born

“ Every sacrifice has consequences.”
― Stacey O'Neale, The Shadow Prince

“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
― Anton Chekhov

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
― William Wordsworth