Faceless Quotes

“You have to learn to love yourself before you can love someone else. Because it's only when we love ourselves that we feel worthy of someone else's love.”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless

“Oh my god. I can’t believe I slapped him.

And I can’t help thinking Wow, I did it with my left hand, Marnie would be so proud.”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless

“Part of us did die. Literally - that tissue on your face, the part they removed. It died. And you can't recover from any kind of death without mourning it.”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless

“Before that, I listened to music as loud as I could, like I thought I could drown the pain out.”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless: an incredibly gripping YA story of identity, love, and redefining who you are for fans of Kathleen Glasgow

“Whoever she is, and however close we become, my history will never be all twisted up with hers”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless

“I never thought before how strange the notion of a transplant list is. The only list I've ever really given thought to were grocery lists and to-do lists, lists of homework assignments and list of clothes I wanted to buy before school started. I never thought there was such a thing as a list of names, people waiting for new faces. People waiting for someone else to die.”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless

“We were about a mile from school, on a path in the park, when Chirag reached down and took off his shoes, tossing them into the trees beside us.

“What are you doing?” I shouted in between breaths. Step, breath. Step, breath. He was a few yards ahead of me. I took advantage of his pause to pass him; I wasn’t about to let him beat me.

“There’s a tribe of Indians in Mexico who are the best runners in the world,” he shouted. “They run barefoot for miles and miles and never break a sweat.”

“You’re not that kind of Indian,” I shouted back, and Chirag laughed, his golden skin shimmering beneath his sweat.

“You should try it, too!”

“No way!” I replied without turning around to face him. “The ground is filthy. There could be glass or splinters or something.”

“Aw, come on, Maisie,” he cooed, coming up on my left side and getting a few steps ahead of me once more. “I dare you.”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless

“Adam shakes his head. “The point isn’t to forget what happened to us.”

“I didn’t mean forget, like, I wouldn’t actually remember what had happened. I just don’t want to be constantly reminded of what I look like now.”

“Like Clyde said, eventually you have to accept it.”

I shake my head. “That’s not what Clyde said.”

“Yeah, but you know as well as I do that that’s what he was getting at.”

“Well, now you’ve deprived me of the chance to figure it out myself. I’m going to tell Clyde on you.”

“Tattletale,” Adam says, grinning. “Seriously, though, Maisie—acceptance is the key. Acceptance is everything.”

“Don’t use your motivational speech stuff on me.”

“How do you know I give motivational speeches?”

“I Googled you.”

“You Googled me?”

“Right after we met.” I don’t add that I haven’t looked up any other injuries since I Googled his.

“Guess I made quite an impression, huh?”...

“Nah,” I answer. “I was just impressed you found a way to parlay your injury into a lucrative career.”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless

“You have it so together, like you’re my freakin’ spirit guide through this journey, or whatever it’s supposed to be.”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless: an incredibly gripping YA story of identity, love, and redefining who you are for fans of Kathleen Glasgow

“It’s funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn’t it?”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless: an incredibly gripping YA story of identity, love, and redefining who you are for fans of Kathleen Glasgow

“class b tooecause”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless: an incredibly gripping YA story of identity, love, and redefining who you are for fans of Kathleen Glasgow

“Our convesation is awkward, as though our friendship is another skill that I remember but can't use anymore.”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless

“Part of us did die. Literally-that tissue on your face, the part they removed. It dies. And you can't recover from any kind of death without mourning it.”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless

“I also understand that who I am is fluid, ever-changing, impossible to pin down - no matter how much I'd like to make a list and stick to it. And who I am would be ever-changing even if I hadn't been out running that morning, even if that tree had never been struck by lightning, even if I'd never heard the words 'electrical fire' or 'face transplant'.”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless

“My mother wants me to be the kind of strong and special patient you read about in books, the kind who doesn't get cranky even when she can barely move half her body, has lost her face to an electrical fire, and is in quite a lot of pain. Instead I'm the kind of person who says, "I think I've earned the right to be a little rude.”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless

“And all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again.”
― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless: an incredibly gripping YA story of identity, love, and redefining who you are for fans of Kathleen Glasgow