Book Quotes

We forget our dreams, but our nightmares linger with us evermore.

A good book was its own brand of magic, one I could safely indulge in without fear of getting caught by those who hunted. I loved escaping from reality, especially during times of trouble. Stories made everything possible.

Others would always be out there, trying to knock me down, to tell me who I was or who they thought I should be. People carved words into weapons often, but they only had power if I listened to them instead of trusting in myself.

“And you're not lost?"

"Maybe I am. But the difference is that I want to be found. I'm not happy pretending everything is fine when I know it's not."

"And just who is it that you suppose will find you?"

"It'll be me. I will find myself.

Man had a funny way of blaming the devil for things he didn’t like.

That you try to flatter me when I have a blade at your neck makes me want to slit your throat and spare the world your ignorance.

One day you'll call me Death.

For now, Wrath will do.

Never forget: forging a bond made from love is as dangerous as those made though hate.

In the end, the monster we feared didn’t come from Hell. He came from privilege.

I don't want to be saved by some knight in shining armour. I'd like to be the one in the armour, and I'd like to be the one doing the saving.

I think sometimes we make the mistake of thinking monsters are abhorrent aberrations, lurking in the darkest recesses, when the truth is far more disturbing. The most monstrous men are those who sit in plain sight, daring you to challenge them.

“We are all someone’s monster.”

“There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about.”

I can tell she still finds me both loathsome and distasteful, but Rome wasn’t built on mutual admiration.

There was none of that “he loved me in spite of” nonsense. Thomas saw who I was—flaws and all—and I was more than enough for him, as he was for me. We needn’t complete each other; we complemented each other. He and I were whole on our own, which made us so much stronger when combined than two symbolic halves coming together to create one. Our bond had double the strength.

“My road to hell isn't paved with good intentions - or bad - it's just my road.”