Masquerade Quotes

“White for light. White for love. White for forever.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“Never trust a shiny surface. They hide a multitude of flaws.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“Wait--we have one left," the runner said, bringing out what was surely the most expensive bouquet of all: a three-foot tall arrangement of two hundred white roses, in the palest ivory color. All the girls swooned. Almost no boys bought white roses ever. It was a big sign of commitment. But this one practically trumpeted a captured heart.
The runner set the bouquet in front of Schuyler.
Mimi raised an eyebrow. She had always won the roses lottery. What was this all about?
For me?" Schuyler asked, awestruck by the size of the thing.
She took the card from the tallest stem.
For Schuyler, who doesn't like love stories." It was not signed.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“A brain with no heart and no reasoning ... well, nothing is more meaningless.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“One should not seek those who do not wish to be found.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“Every Valentine's Day, the student council sponsered a holiday fundraiser by selling roses that would be delievered in class. The roses came in four colors:white, yellow, red, pink, and the subtleties of thier meaning were parsed and analyzed by the female population to no end. Mimi had always understood it thus:white for love, yellow for friendship, red for passion, and pink for a secret crush.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“The rose fell into his lap, and he looked up, startled. Mimi grinned.
"Hey handsom" Mimi sent.
"What's up?" Jack replied, without speaking.
"Just thinking of you."
Jack's smile deepened, and he threw the rose back at her so that it landed in her lap. Mimi tucked it behind her ear and fluttered her eyelashes appreciatively.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“A mind is like a puzzle; you must unlock it to read its hidden secrets.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“That morning, she had found an envelope stuffed into her locker. It was from the Mercer Hotel, and held a plastic door key for their suite. "See you there tonight," Oliver had written. "Chomp! Chomp!”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“You may be to call up the entire encyclopedia, but a brain with no heart and no reasoning .. well, nothing is more meaningless.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“Don't," she said to her brother.
"What?"
"Don't act like I'm dead already. I, for one, am not giving up.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“Mimi knew now what she had to do. To save their bond, to save themselves. She had to destroy Schuyler Van Alen.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“But for Jack, the sight of Schuyler Van Alen had only served to ignite a feeling he had been repressing for months.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“Choice,” Charles cursed. “A romantic notion, but nothing more.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“I give myself to you." she whispered.
"No. Not yet," he sighed.
"If not now, when?"... "Time might be running out for me. For us.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“It's not you she hates, Schuyler. It's me. She just turned her anger outward because she couldn't bring herself to hate whom she loves.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“She had to be honest. And this was where the truth hurt. She wanted to see Jack Force again. But it was agony”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“I love you, you know," Mimi said. "You make me crazy, but God help me Jack, I do."
"I love you too," he replied.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“The stone is called the Rose of Lucifer, or Lucifer’s Bane,” the senator explained with a smile. “Have you heard the story?”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade

“Humans were not to be toyed with, they were to be respected.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Masquerade