The Siren Quotes

“Books were a safe place, a world apart from my own. No matter what had happened that day, that year, there was always a story in which someone overcame their darkest hour. I wasn't alone.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“There’s always room for love. Even if it’s as small as a crack in the door.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“Love is a risk worth taking.
I'd waited an eternity for this.
I'd have waited all over again if I had to.
I was meant to be kiss this boy, designed to be held by him.
All the careful postures I held melted away, and I pulled him closer.
We were stars.
We were music.
We were time.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“Whatever happened, I'd met my person, the one my soul connected to.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“It was like staring at a piece of art or the stars in the sky. I just had to watch him.
-Kahlen, The Siren”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“She told me to live. . . . I didn’t know how to tell Her that simply being alive was not enough to be called living.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“Wanting to cry doesn't mean you can.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“She would want me to forget all about him. But how could eyes not notice the light? How could lungs not acknowledge the air? There are just some things you can't ignore.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“Sometimes you have to give the hurt a noise and let it out. If you don’t, it fills you up with its emptiness.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“We were stars, we were music, we were time.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“Life was just a collection of small decisions”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“Life is pointless. Love is pointless. And still, wouldn’t I do every second of it all over again?”
“I’m guessing yes.“
“Undoubtedly. Yes.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“And you, you make me feel like I could do the stupidest thing in the world, and you’d still like me how I am.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“Instead of worrying about taking, we should worry about giving. We can’t stop the take. But we can do a hell of a lot about the give.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“It seems to me that we value individuality, but only to a point. When what sets one person apart from another is beyond our understanding or becomes too much to handle, we dismiss the quirk and the soul that accompanies it to give ourselves the greatest comfort. What does that accomplish?”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“I instantly dragged my fingers across a shelf of book spines, in love with each one already. Books were a safe place, a world apart from my own. No matter what had happened that day, that year, there was always a story in which someone overcame their darkest hour. I wasn't alone.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“Am I talking too much?” He paused, staring into my eyes, genuine worry coloring his face.
I shook my head. No, I thought, I’d listen to you talk about nearly anything. You make phone calls sound like an adventure.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“I’d waited an eternity for this. I’d have waited all over again if I had to. I was meant to kiss this boy, designed to be held by him.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“Come throw your heart into the waves
Your soul is lost, and still it saves
Drink me in and come undone
Trade a thousand lives for one
Come away, drink it in
Drink and sink and let it end
Drink and sink and let it end
You are no more, you are no less
For all must die, all must rest
Bring your body unto me
Let your graveyard be the sea
Come away and drink it in
Drink and sink and let it end
Drink and sink and let it end”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“It was the color of ice and honey and sky and rain mixed together into a sheet of flawless glass with broken frothy edges that tickled my feet”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“We'll figure this out, I promise. I won't let you sink.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“It’s weird, all the things that go into that feeling of being home.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“I held the water to my chest, and I loved.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“I could tell in his face that I could burn the house down, and he’d just get out marshmallows and thank me for the lovely flame. I’m not sure I could make a mistake big enough for him not to forgive.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“I picked up another book, and we sat there in the happiest silence I’d ever known.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“Akinli: You never told me your favorite color before you left
Kahlen: So many, but mostly I like the color of autumn
Akinli: The color of autumn...yea how everything looks like it's on fire
Kahlen: But it's dying! Death never looked so lovely”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“I can text in complete sentences. Oh, yeah, it’s a skill.” He smiled, proud of his accomplishments. “And, thanks to my mom being a competitive dancer as a teen, I know how to do the Lindy hop and the jitterbug.”
I sat bolt upright, and Akinli rolled his eyes.
“I swear, if you tell me you can jitterbug, I’m going to . . . I don’t even know. Set something on fire. No one can dance like that.”
I pursed my lips and dusted off my shoulder, a thing I’d seen Elizabeth do when she was bragging.
As if he was accepting a challenge, he shrugged off his backpack and stood, holding out a hand for me.
I took it and positioned myself in front of him as he shook his head, grinning.
“All right, we’ll take this slow. Five, six, seven, eight.”
In unison, we rock stepped and triple stepped, falling into the rhythm in our head. After a minute, he got brave and swung me around, lining me up for those peppy kicks I loved so much.
People walked by, pointing and laughing, but it was one of those moments when I knew we weren’t being mocked; we were being envied.
We stepped on each other’s toes more than once, and after he accidentally knocked his head into my shoulder, he threw his hands up.
“Unbelievable,” he said, almost as if he was complaining. “I can’t wait to tell my mom this. She’s gonna think I’m lying. All those years dancing in the kitchen thinking I was special, and then I run across a master.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“I'm not sure what it is, but you look like you've made and broken a lot of things and then made them all over again.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“Why does she even bother sleeping?” I heard Elizabeth ask quietly. “You’d think by now she’d stop trying. We don’t need it.”
I paused, waiting to hear Miaka’s response. “She must have a really wonderful dream often enough to make the bad ones worth it.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren

“Wanting to cry doesn’t mean you can. Or at least not in any way that can give you some sort of satisfaction. It’s a luxury really. The same goes for songs and laughter, or the words whispered in the ear of a friend.”
― Kiera Cass, The Siren