Ash > Ash's Quotes

“Some things are worth the danger, aren’t they? I don’t believe anyone should be allowed to dictate what I read or who my friends are. It gives me pleasure t know that I can thwart the Brotherhood in some small way.”
― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked

“Have you ever been on a monster roller coaster? Ever rode it
five times in a row? That was what it felt like, as if my mind and body
were being whipped around and around in an unforgiving and
uncontrollable rhythm.”
― Nicky Peacock, The Assassin of Oz

“There was a sliver of moon and a splash of stars, and the light outlined her face and glistened on the tears that ran like mercury down her cheeks.”
― Jonathan Maberry, Rot & Ruin

“The hunter…became the hunted,” she translated haltingly. “The hounds…were struck with a wolf’s frenzy…and tore him to pieces as they would a stag.”
― M.A. Bennett, S.T.A.G.S.

“– I understand the world can be cruel place and there are people out there counting on naive kids like you to take advantage of. Don't just think because it's video games people can't get hurt.”
― Cory Doctorow, In Real Life

“I don't know why it's so hard for people to admit that sometimes they're just assholes who screw up because they don't expect to get caught.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“Anyone who has actually been that sad can tell you that there's nothing beautiful or literary or mysterious about depression.”
― Jasmine Warga, My Heart and Other Black Holes

“I didn’t even notice that, along the way
somewhere, she’d become my best friend.”
― Sonya Sones, Saving Red

“She was a soul-sucking vampire and I was a sixteen-year-old cheerleader, but I was damned if she was going to suck the life out of all my friends. High school was hard enough.”
― Marlene Perez, Dead Is the New Black

“Everything is a game, Em. Whether you know it or not. Which means that sometimes a lie is more than just a lie. Sometimes it's the only way to win.”
― Riley Sager, The Last Time I Lied

“I knew my sister was dead. I felt it in my body, as if my bones could tell me the truth.”
― Cylin Busby, The Stranger Game: Gone Girl for Teens―A Dark YA Mystery of Sisters, Secrets, and Impersonation

“Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.”
― Ray Bradbury

“It wasn't enough that the warden was in his head; now he was in his body too.”
― Madeleine Roux, Escape from Asylum

“Best get moving. At nightfall they’ll come for the rest of you.”
― Katherine Arden, Small Spaces

“Six years and my parents are still dead, and I still feel like I'm rotting away in purgatory, waiting for a killer to determine my fate.”
― Laurie Faria Stolarz, Welcome to the Dark House

“There was esoteric knowledge to being a burglar—broad areas that took some thought and skill. There was choosing the house, entering the house, and finding the items that were worth taking. Elle Stowell was good at all three.”
― Thomas Perry, The Burglar

“Nathalie was never afraid of the dark, even as a child. If anything, she wanted to know what was in it.”
― Jodie Lynn Zdrok, Spectacle

“Unlike her older sister, Kim, Olivia did not believe you were forced by destiny to fall in love with someone just because they happened to come next to you in the alphabet.”
― Stephanie Kate Strohm, That's Not What I Heard

“Well, I started Tae Kwon Do pretty early before moving into Muay Thai—” “What’s that?” “Muay Thai? It’s this Thai kickboxing style where you use your whole body to put force into kicks and strikes.” “Oh, like the way I eat pizza.”
― Jeff Zentner, Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee

“I also think it’s better to have loved and lost, you know? I just think everyone should get to experience that happiness, even if there’s a chance it might lead to heartbreak.”
― Lizzy Mason, The Art of Losing

“Don’t use what you know how to do to hurt people.
Because once you know this stuff, you have responsibility.”
― Katie Sise, The Boyfriend App

“I finally get the point of all this. You let go and the music holds you up and you don't even have to think. You just feel.”
― Shivaun Plozza, Tin Heart

“Seeing the body was supposed to be cathartic, but the man in the lipstick wasn’t my dad.”
― Savannah Brown, The Truth About Keeping Secrets

“After all, lies that make other people feel better must be kind of okay.”
― Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, Last Girl Lied To

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“I tried to find a place for this new pain, this brand-new baby grief, but there was nowhere to put it. I'd just have to carry it.”
― Carrie Fountain, I'm Not Missing

“I like them all more when they accept that without asking a lot of questions. If we click, I’ll tell them about my life, but I hate giving personal details for no other reason than to satisfy the curiosity of strangers. Any info I divulge should come by choice.”
― Ann Aguirre, Heartwood Box

“I understand now. The three of you share a single iota of common sense. I'm just a little unclear on which one of you has custody of it now.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Lovely and the Lost

“There are three rules for living here. One, never leave your windows open after dark, even if it's hot. Two, no dolls in the house. And three, never, ever go by the house in the woods.”
― K. R. Alexander, The Collected

“Mine was napping on a tree one sunny day when, out of nowhere, mine sleeping-papaya was plucked and made to plummet into a crate filled with more papayas.”
― Anna Humphrey, Megabat