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“Is she just putting it on?' 'It's not a real thing, is it?' They say, 'It's all in your head.' They say, 'It's not real.' And I think, What is more real than that? I think, therefore I am, right?
So, no, I'm not putting it on and yes, it is a real thing. It just happens to be a real thing that a lot of people haven't heard of, let alone understand.”
― Sara Barnard, A Quiet Kind of Thunder

“Every good story needs a villain.
But the best villains are the ones you secretly like.”
― Stephanie Garber, Legendary

“But there's always something left to be broken.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“Gold shimmered no matter what, but few people could make darkness glitter the way he did.”
― Stephanie Garber, Legendary

“What if I speak at the same time as someone else? What if no one hears me and I have to repeat myself? What if I say something stupid and they all look at me weirdly? Why would anyone care what I have to say anyway?”
― Sara Barnard, A Quiet Kind of Thunder

“Queens cast shadows too.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“Bad brain: You know that thing on Saturday? It's going to be a disaster.
Good brain: No, it won't. It'll be fine.
Bad brain: You'll say something stupid.
Good brain: No, you won't.
Bad brain: Yeah. You will.
Good brain: OK, yeah, you will. But that's not a disaster.
Bad brain: Yeah it is. Rhys will be like, damn, I've made a mistake here.
Good brain: No, he won't.
Bad brain: Yeah. He will.
Good brain: That might happen, actually.”
― Sara Barnard, A Quiet Kind of Thunder

“This is going to be the kind of thing I remember in the middle of a normal day in like five years time.
Hey, Steffi, remember when you made a complete twat of yourself?”
― Sara Barnard, A Quiet Kind of Thunder

“There were many beautiful young men in the world, but Tella believed that none of them could be trusted with something as fragile, or valuable, as a heart.”
― Stephanie Garber, Legendary

“Speak your truth, even if your voice shakes”
― Sara Barnard, A Quiet Kind of Thunder

“But we all still have the ability to choose, in the end.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“If you can convince yourself it's true, you can convince anyone.”
― Stephanie Garber, Legendary

“See how small it is, Eden?' he said. 'You remember that, if life ever feels too much. It's all so very small.”
― Sara Barnard, Goodbye, Perfect

“But for all its sparkle, once Tella looked closer she thought it seemed more like glitter pretending to be stardust.”
― Stephanie Garber, Legendary

“With lightning, you're never really sure if that's what it was; it's just a flash. Thunder, you know. You feel it.”
― Sara Barnard, A Quiet Kind of Thunder

“I don't believe it's as hopeless as it seems.”
― Stephanie Garber, Legendary

“What are you thinking, Steffi? What are you thinking?
Everything, all the time.
You're so quiet, Steffi. Why are you so quiet?
But in my head it's so loud.
I'm sure everyone has an inner monologue, but I doubt many are as wordy as mine.”
― Sara Barnard, A Quiet Kind of Thunder

“I can understand people just fine," I grumble, flicking my fingernails against the skin of my thumb. "But can they understand you?" Jane asks gently. "Remember life is about dialogues, not monologues.”
― Sara Barnard, A Quiet Kind of Thunder

“You forged this crown yourself - now wear it. Or don't.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“Fortune-tellers aren't like you and me. They see the world as it could be, and sometimes they try to bring about what they want, rather than what should be.”
― Stephanie Garber, Legendary

“I used to fear I wouldn't come back, until I learned that it's the fear that feeds him. It's the same way hopes and dreams give Legend so much power during Caraval.”
― Stephanie Garber, Legendary

“I'm just not fond of cages,' she said, 'and this place looks like one giant dungeon.”
― Stephanie Garber, Legendary

“The very thing he'd done to keep her was the very thing that had broken them apart.”
― Stephanie Garber, Legendary

“You're the starlight to his darkness, and if you feel the same about him, you should give him another chance.”
― Stephanie Garber, Legendary

“I can't," I bite out, looking anywhere but his face. He responds quickly, with force. "Neither can I." "But I also can't - " Stay away. Keep doing this. Denying ourselves in the face of always-looming death. Tiberias hisses out a breath. "Neither can I.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“I promised I would catch you”
― Leife Shallcross, The Beast's Heart

“I wish I could make her see any amount of money was only the least of her virtues.”
― Leife Shallcross, The Beast's Heart

“Is that an adventure, though?
It would be if I was with you, he says.”
― Sara Barnard, A Quiet Kind of Thunder

“To you, Rhys says.
To you, I respond.
He grins. To us. Bronze and Gold.”
― Sara Barnard, A Quiet Kind of Thunder

“Sometimes it just takes that one person to see beyond what everyone tells them they're meant to see.”
― Sara Barnard, Goodbye, Perfect