The Inheritance Games Quotes

“Sometimes, things that appear very different on the surface are actually exactly the same at their core.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“But the last girl at this school who got tangled up with the Hawthorne brothers? The last girl who spent hour after hour in that house? She died.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“They were a twisted, broken mess before you got here, and they'll be a twisted, broken mess once you're gone”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“No feminism at the dinner table.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“I felt... numb wasn't the right word. My mouth was too dry. My heart was beating too fast. I hurt, but it felt like I was hurting from a distance.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Where are you going?" I asked him. [...] "To hell, eventually," Jameson answered. "Probably the wine cellar, for now.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“It’s okay Heiress’ Jameson murmured. ‘I’ve got you”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“The morality of an action depends, ultimately and only, on its outcomes”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Do you know why Jameson was daddys favorite when by all rights it should have been perfect, dutiful Grayson?"
"It wasn't because my Jamie is brilliant or beautiful or charismatic. It was because Jameson Winchester Hawthorne is hungry.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“There’s nothing like speed for getting out of your own head—and out of your own way.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Avery Grambs is not the result of infidelity on the part of our father, who was faithful to his beloved wife, our mother, for the entirety of their marriage.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“The sales attendant’s tone was so carefully nonjudgmental that I was almost certain she was judging me.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Ik was zo sportief me maar een heel klein beetje te verkneukelen. 'Wat is het toch heerlijk om de koningin te zijn.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“All that glitters is not gold”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“I agree," Xander told me, even though I hadn't said anything for him to agree with. "This party sucks. The socialite-to-scone ratio is pretty much unforgivable.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Have you thought about hair and makeup?" she asked.
"Constantly," I replied in a deadpan. "These days, I think of literally nothing else. A girl has to have her priorities in order."
Thea smiled. "And here I was thinking your priorities all had the last name Hawthorne.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Can I have one of the blueberry scones?" I asked--my version of a peace offering.
Xander handed me a lemon scone. "Let's not get ahead of ourselves.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Your nature is skeptical," Xander noted. "That will serve you well in these halls, but if there is one universal truth in the human experience, it is that a finely honed scone-eating palate does not just develop overnight.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Nothing said fairy tale like an attempted assassination.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“There was no paper inside my envelope, no letter. The only thing it contained was a single packet of sugar.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Drake isn’t a gentleman,” I told Grayson. “And I’m not just worried about him getting violent.” I was worried about him being sweet, worried that, instead of losing his temper, he’d be so kind and tender that she’d start to question the fading bruise ringing her eye.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“You might think you’re playing the game, darlin’, but
that’s not how Jamie sees it.” Nash’s voice was gentle
enough, but for the words. “We aren’t normal. This place
isn’t normal, and you’re not a player, kid. You’re the glass
ballerina—or the knife.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“I’m fine,” I told Libby. But I wasn’t. Even after two years, missing my mom could hit me like a tsunami. “I’m going to step outside,” I said, forcing a smile. “I just need some air.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Story of the century. My brain kicked back into gear because there was every indication that this wasn’t a joke. I wasn’t delusional. I wasn’t dreaming. I was an heiress.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Heiress and I,” Jameson replied pointedly, “are following a hunch, doubtlessly wasting sinful amounts of time on what I’m sure you would consider to be nonsensical flapdoodle.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Why do I have to tell a story?" I asked.

"Because if you don't tell the story, someone else will tell it for you.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“A guy I play chess with in the park. He lives there. In the park.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Even after two years, missing my mom could hit me like a tsunami.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“THAT FAXING CHIPHEAD CAN GO STRAIGHT TO ELF AND EAT A
BAG OF DUCKS!!!”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games