All That Shimmers Quotes

“Just keep one foot on the ground while you reach for the stars.”
― Kady Ambrose, All That Shimmers

“And remember that summer promises tend to shrivel with the autumn leaves.”
― Kady Ambrose, All That Shimmers

“But you’re still allowed a summer vacation?” He turned to her in exaggerated surprise. “Father’s not a monster!”
― Kady Ambrose, All That Shimmers

“Orphans with dreams were on the express train to heartbreak.”
― Kady Ambrose, All That Shimmers

“The city’s threats she understood . . . and more importantly, knew how to avoid.”
― Kady Ambrose, All That Shimmers

“What happened to change girls from being normal and relatively easy to understand when they were young, to being such frustrating mysteries as they grew older?”
― Kady Ambrose, All That Shimmers

“Her original attraction to his handsome face and rarified status was more akin to mooning over some cinema star, like Rudolph Valentino or Richard Barthelmess.”
― Kady Ambrose, All That Shimmers

“Part of her railed against the injustice, and sympathized with the labor organizers, fighting and dying for workers’ rights. And, she hated to admit, a conflicting part yearned to find shelter in that privileged world and the protections it offered. To be freed from her ball and chain of anxiety . . . to float up to their cushioned realm of perpetual safety and comfort.”
― Kady Ambrose, All That Shimmers

“It was ironic the Home had been her only refuge after her recent ordeal. The debt of gratitude she owed the place chafed alongside her well-tended resentment.”
― Kady Ambrose, All That Shimmers

“Oh, don’t pout, my sweet. Devils are far more fun than angels.”
― Kady Ambrose, All That Shimmers