Dissonance Quotes

“There's a danger in being drawn to something that's not real, in giving yourself to something you can never be a part of, instead of making your life where you are. But those infinite worlds, with their infinite potential, beckoned irresistibly.”
― Erica O'Rourke, Dissonance

“You're jealous," I said. His face went cold and remote, and I knew I should shut up, but my humiliation had been festering since the game, turning to anger, thick and oily in my veins. I couldn't stop myself. it was leaking out, contaminating everything, poisoning the one good thing I had left. "You're jealous because I actually go after what I want, and I get it.”
― Erica O'Rourke, Dissonance

“Given a choice, it seems like pity would be easier to bear than mockery, but that's not true. Mockery hardens defenses; pity slips through, finds the softest places you have, and slices to the bone. Pity will break you, every time.”
― Erica O'Rourke, Dissonance

“Breaking news gently is a misnomer. News doesn't break, people do, no matter how you try to cushion the blow.”
― Erica O'Rourke, Dissonance

“A loosening in my chest, the faintest stirrings of hope. But hope was a dangerous, fragile thing, easily shattered. I couldn't afford it.”
― Erica O'Rourke, Dissonance