4 stars
5 strars
5 stars
“When we allow ourselves to explore, we discover destinations that were never on our map.”
― Amie Kaufman, Unearthed
3 out of 5 stars
“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince
4 out of 5 stars
“You‘re a grown woman, and a clever one. I believe you understand the situation. And I‘m going to trust that you know your own mind.”
― Tessa Dare, Beauty and the Blacksmith
4 out of 5 star
“Kate realized she had a grave problem. She was infatuated. Or mildly insane. Possibly both.”
― Tessa Dare, A Lady by Midnight
4 out of 5 stars
“Is it truly so unfathomable, that an imperfect girl might be perfectly loved?”
― Tessa Dare, A Week to Be Wicked
“As an experienced wallflower, Violet Winterbottom knew to stake her ground and guard it.”
― Tessa Dare, Once Upon a Winter's Eve
When Susanna cocked her pistol, the others followed suit. The chorus of clicks raced down Bram‘s spine.
“I find this scene wildly arousing,” Colin murmured, echoing Bram‘s own thoughts. “Is that wrong?”
“If it is, I can promise you company in hell.”
His cousin made an amused sound. “And you thought we have nothing in common.”
Susanna leveled her pistol and took aim. “One... Two...”
Crack.”
― Tessa Dare, A Night to Surrender
“She wasn't interested in telling other people's futures. She was interested in going out and finding her own.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys
“I think you underestimate my capacity for taking normal human interaction and making it awkward.”
― Tessa Dare, When a Scot Ties the Knot
“I love you. I wish I had better ways to show it. All I have is this brash, reckless heart. But it's yours.”
― Tessa Dare, Say Yes to the Marquess
“Never say no when you really want to say yes.”
― Jenny Han, Always and Forever, Lara Jean
“People come in and out of your life. For a time they are your world; they are everything. And then one day they‘re not. There‘s no telling how long you will have them near.”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You
3.5 out of 5 stars
“I'm always wondering about the what-ifs, about the road not taking.”
― Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before
“I barely know him. I guess that is every relationship. You start with nothing and maybe end with everything.”
“All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
“All Eli had to do was smile. All Victor had to do was lie. Both proved frighteningly effective.”
― Victoria Schwab, Vicious
“No mourners. No funerals. Among them, it passed for 'good luck.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows
“I'm the Sun Summoner. It gets dark when I say it does.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising
“She was a pistol wrapped up in silk. She was a blade disguised as a girl.”
― Amanda Foody, Ace of Shades
“I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was.”
― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
“In all the world, there are only two strong enough. One born for it, the other through great sacrifice.”
― Jessica Leake, Beyond a Darkened Shore
“It must be a marvelous thing to feel so sure, to be able to meet someone's eyes and not look away.”
― Shannon Hale, Princess Academy
“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“I feel like I'm losing my damn mind, like your face has been carved into my heart, and I don't remember when, and I don't understand why, but the scar is there, and I can't get it to heal. It won't go. I can't make it fade. And you won't even look at me.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Never Fade
“When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm
“Anne laughed.
"I don't want sunbursts or marble halls, I just want you.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island
“Every person has the power to change their fate if they are brave enough to fight for what they desire more than anything.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval
“Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea
“What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
“Life is worth living as long as there's a laugh in it.”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
“When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help.”
― Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs
“Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.
Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.
Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor.
Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball.”
― J.K. Rowling