Series Quotes

“You really saw some?" Liz said an hour later. Sure, we had the stereo blaring and the shower running, but Liz still whispered, "They really...exist?"
"Liz," I whispered back, "they're not unicorns."
"No," Bex said flatly, "they're boys. And they're...good.”
― Ally Carter, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

“The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.”
― Jess C. Scott, The Darker Side of Life

“Hurricanes couldn’t remove you from my mind. You’re my world and I’m incapable of not loving you.”
― Billie-Jo Williams

“Life is merely a series of moments and is in fact an unflinching serial killer, since it kills steadily each moment one after the other. Memory is the only survivor. (“Just for a moment”)”
― Erik Pevernagie

“She had no time for sleep, with the weight of the world upon her shoulders. And she feared to dream. Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings of the Other, who would drag us all into his eternal night.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“Some people are just sad when there aren't talking squirrels.” —Lily Winter”
― Richard Due, The Moon Coin

“Nothing is forever. Except atoms.”
― Dannika Dark, Gravity

“Anya looked upon Nin admirably. Having him as a partner-in-crime—if only on this one occasion, which she hoped would only be the start of something more—was more revitalizing than the cheap thrills of a cookie-cutter shallow, superficial romance, where the top priority was how beautiful a person was on the outside.”
― Jess C Scott, The Other Side of Life

“Well, here’s the shocker,” said Kirby. “Majors Miller and McKinsey believe our former Captain Paul Remmich is acting as a spy for the Iraqi government.”
― Karl Braungart, Counter Identity

“Trust, you give it and you take it away. You believe it with everything you have in you, you allow your heart to trust somebody else. I trusted very few in life, but sometimes you just needed to give in and fight the urge to flee.”
― Holly Hood

“All cats are gray in the dark. And besides, her actions have less to do with her, and everything to do with you.”
― Jaye Frances, The Kure

“I want to follow your orders, but, I…I still work for military intelligence, and I need permission to travel out of my stationed area.”
― Karl Braungart, Counter Identity

“Wait a minute. What was that name you mentioned? Something about Allah?”
― Karl Braungart, Counter Identity

“Paul, tell him you need to talk to international security advisors. Briefly explain the army asked you to act as a temporary diplomat. You don’t have to give the details. Now, what are your calendar plans?”
― Karl Braungart, Counter Identity

“ “We think a spy scheme could be brewing with one or more of the Middle East scientists going to Los Alamos.”
― Karl Braungart, Fatal Identity

“Let’s not forget—we already have a highly ranked officer secretly working for us at Patch Barracks, V Corps headquarters.”
― Karl Braungart, Lost Identity

“Now, when their glances met, they understood one another. The power that lay within both their souls had met, and, as it were, clasped hands. They accepted one another's sacrifice. Hers, mayhap, was the more complete of the two, because for her his absence would mean weary waiting, the dull heartache so terrible to bear.”
― Baroness Emma Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel

“Dorian offered a lazy grin in return, believe it or not, this ship has an unnatural number of attractive men and women on board. You'll fit right in, and fit in with the cranky immortals, I suppose.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

“Tavin cupped his hands to his mouth. “Here, dragon-dragon-dragon!” he yelled.
Lily stared in amazement. Well, that was bold, she thought, and stupid.”
― Richard Due, The Moon Coin

“Perhaps I was being picky, but I really didn’t think being able to spell orgasm without being spotted a vowel was asking too much.”
― Summer Daniels, Summer's Journey: Volume One - Losing Control

“Your conscience troubles you unnecessarily, and you see a deliberate intention in every simple act.”
― Baroness Emma Orczy

“Odd names: Winter, Autumn—they almost sound as if someone just made them up.” —Dubb”
― Richard Due, The Moon Coin

“Tis only in the future you can prove your true worth.”
― Baroness Orczy

“I return my attention to the situation at hand and realize Reality—the impatient bitch—has made my decision for me. She does that a lot. You get busy planning your life, then it has the nerve to just go ahead and happen to you before you’re ready. Before you even get the chance to aim yourself right!”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced

“Why write a song when no one can play the notes or understand the lyrics?”
― Christopher Moore, Bloodsucking Fiends

“Loving someone isn’t a hard task, it’s not a chore, you don’t wake up one day and decide to break their heart because you got all hot and bothered, that doesn’t happen!” he boomed.”
― Holly Hood

“Ending a series is a difficult one .......where should a story that you have followed for so long end? When do you step away from the characters and let the readers decide their fate from there? When they can stand on their own is my only answer for that.”
― Shandy L. Kurth

“Hers was the perfect love that dwells on the other's happiness, and not on its own. She knew that, though for the time being he would find bliss and oblivion in her arms, he would soon repine in inactivity whilst others fought for that which he held sublime.”
― Baroness Emma Orczy

“It's hard. Being 15, 16, 17. You get so angry. You want to do something with that anger. I guess try to find some other way to let it out. Don't kill people. Don't kill yourself. Let yourself grow up a little. Then you might start to think differently about things. You might get new opportunities to do something with your life that you never thought possible as a teenager." -- Thomas Harvey from the upcoming novel, "Nikki White: Polar Extremes" (Nikki, #3)”
― Jack Chaucer, Nikki White: Polar Extremes

“I know the plans I have for you, and they're all about me. (Rufus says to Chloe)”
― Ellen C. Maze, Rabbit Legacy