Dark Tide Quotes

“Lots of things are impossible,” she said softly. “Until they’re not.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“good warrior knows when to lose a battle so she can live to fight the war.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“If you wait for someone else to make things better, you'll be waiting a very long time”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“Even the strong couldn't be strong all the time.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“But here, surrounded by friends who wanted her, she recognized for the first time that there was only one voice that truly mattered. Only one she had to listen to. Her own.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“And a good warrior knows when to lose a battle so she can live to fight the”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“When you keep a secret, the secret keeps you. - Becca”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“Volnero as the new ruler of Ondalina or Miromara obliterates our entire realm. I will advise Ragnar to accept her terms.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“I’ve been in contact with her. She approached me months ago. I know the terms of her deal. She’s going to tell Ragnar that Ondalina’s attack on Miromara was an act of war and that he must surrender. Either he accepts Lucia”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“Her eyes drank in the colors of home—the soft gray of an arctic gull’s wing. The clear blue heart of an ice floe.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“Leaving us again?' Sera asked.
Astrid snorted. 'I've been trying to leave you ever since I met. I never seem to get very far.'
Sera smiled at that.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“I hardly recognize you. Where's the gown and the jewellery, little sister? Where are the conch you always carried around? Where's your hair?' Desiderio asked.
'Gone, Des. It's gone. Everything's gone. Cerulea. The palace. Mum and Dad-' Her voice broke.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“You're here with us, Astrid. We're the Six now, just like we were meant to be. And that means the world to me. - Sera”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“Oh, Astrid... You can't sing. - Becca”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“Becca drifted off hoping that friendship, some of the most powerful magic there was, had cast its spell on Astrid.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“I don't trust her, Becca said to herself. I don't even like her. She's difficult and rude…
… and brave, a voice inside her countered.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“Astrid's eyes widened. 'What happened?' she asked quietly.
Becca arched an eyebrow. 'Suddenly you care?'
'Yeah, Becca, I do. A lot.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide

“The blue whale was so magnificent and her song so beautiful, that Becca’s heart swelled. She felt Marco’s hand tighten on hers and knew he felt the same way. She turned to him, but Marco wasn’t looking at the whale anymore, he was looking at her. He was still holding her hand and was floating close to her now.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Dark Tide