Bookishly Ever After Quotes

“I'm supposed to push a loose strand of hair out of your face, then let my hand linger on your cheek, or isn't that how, like, every other kissing scene in those books you read goes?" He gently tucked that piece of hair behind my ear and let his fingers slide down to tilt my chin up until my eyes met his. "Well?”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“Fiction is the best kind of reality”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“Too bad real boyfriends aren't as awesome as book boyfriends.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“Too bad real boyfriends aren’t as awesome as book boyfriends.”
“At least real boys don’t get brainwashed by the enemy and try to kill you?” I said, trying to play devil’s advocate.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“I wasn't the kind of girl who fell for musicians, but it wasn't fair that Dev had a beautiful singing voice that did things to the surface of my skin. I opened my eyes, and there was Lexie again, in the wings, staring at Dev like he was an advanced reader copy of the last book in a series.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“the only person I know who has book hangovers.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After: Ever After Book One

“I loved new books . The crisp pages, the smell, and the sense of potential as I carefully broke in the spine made getting them one of the best feelings in the world.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“Any boy who would quote a romantic line from a bestselling YA novel had me, heart and soul.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“Is that the book with the whispering lips on the jawline?”
Out came the blush, rushing at warp speed from my roots and down my neck. “No, it’s the book about the violinist. And I’m never going to live that down, am I?” His lips turned up in a wicked little smile in response, and I sighed. “Didn’t think so.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“Sometimes you need to leave everything you know to find yourself and to learn that life isn’t a solo,’” I read aloud to the pines.
“Talking to yourself?” A voice said behind me and I nearly fell off the dock. Dev grabbed my shoulder to steady me. “Sorry, didn’t mean to scare you.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“I really wanted to get this over with so I could enjoy what would potentially be my last afternoon of not feeling like an idiot.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

““Sometimes, fear like this can be a gift. It means you’re growing beyond any artificial boundaries you thought you had.”
-Daymeon, Starbound”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“I picked up a rock and tossed it into the lake so it made a satisfying plunk. Like my heart in a minute.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“You know crescendo and decrescendo, right? Like, the way they work in music?”
I tilted my head and snorted inelegantly, cringing at my faux pas. “No. I’ve only played flute for seven years.”
“Nice sarcasm.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“Why is she torn?”
“Because she thinks she’s falling for the guy.”
“Who wants to be a potato farmer.”
I laughed. “Yeah. You know, not everyone can be a Bollywood star.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“C’mon. This has to beat hanging out in the corner of the mess hall with your knitting or a book.”
I almost stopped to give him an incredulous look, then realized that he wouldn’t be able to see it, anyway. “Um, no.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“I’m so glad I’m not a marcher.” I stumbled as the path changed to soft sugar sand and Dev quickly righted me.
“With smooth moves like that, I’m glad you’re not a marcher, too.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“His lips whisper along my jawline and I gasp just before they skim my cheek and brush against mine. I melt into his arms, my hands reaching…’” Dev looked up at me, not even bothering to hide his amusement. “Phoebe Martins, I didn’t know you were into,” he searched for the word, “scandalous books.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“When a guy you obviously like asks you to hang out, you don’t say ‘maybe.’ Sometimes I swear, you’re like Sandra Dee on steroids.”
“Ooohh, a Grease reference. Now I’m really worried.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“His grin revealed a dimple I hadn’t noticed before. I was screwed.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“You need to get a hobby. Preferably something that keeps you too busy to talk.”
“Oh, I have that. His name is Wilhelm.”
“Making out in the movie theater isn’t a hobby.”
“I disagree. Plus, the people who called it French kissing apparently never made out with a German.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

““What are the chances, between ‘No way in hell’ and maniacal laughter, that this might actually work?”
“In my time, we’d say we have the same chance as a cat in hell without claws.”
“Thanks for the confidence.” --Marissa and Cyril--The Hidden House series book 3, Found.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“ Golden series
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Golden
PG 210

“You’re not a warrior.”
The whole ‘you’re a weak human’ thing was starting to get on her nerves. She drew herself up, looking him straight in the eye. “I am part goblin, you know.” She bared her teeth in what had to be an awful grimace. “My ancestors probably had yours for dinner.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“Call me tonight. We need to talk about growing you a spine.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“From the minute Leia first met me and said in her sing-song voice that my “little knitting hobby” was just so “archaically adorable,” her voice always grated on me. Being around her was like knitting with bargain bin acrylic yarn.
I wanted to punch her. Maeve probably would.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“You told me to pick up a book or two and call you in the morning. I didn’t have your number, so I figured this is second best.” He flashed that grin again, the one that had gotten under my skin on Saturday and now made me speechless. What was wrong with me? Maybe it was the way he held the book, with his thumb absently running over the raised swirls on the cover. It was kind-of hot.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“I passed the book back to him, but not before catching that he was a dog-earer. It hurt my heart to see page abuse like that, but I’d deal.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After

“Well, if the world is ending, we’ll just leave you behind to fend for your half-blind self.”
“Thanks, Em. Thanks so much.”
“I’ll blindly fight off the zombies with you.” Came a voice from behind me. I looked up to find Dev standing over me with his lunch tray. He pointed at his eyes. “Contacts. We can stand back-to-back and just swing at whatever blurry things come our way.”
― Isabel Bandeira, Bookishly Ever After