Isabel Ibañez > Quotes

“Catalina says that people are like books. Some you want to read and enjoy; some you hate before you've even read a word.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight

“Grief was like a memory keeper. It showed me moments I’d forgotten, and I was grateful, even as my stomach hollowed out. I never wanted to forget them, no matter how painful it was to remember.”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows

“Everyone deserved a living wage. No human ought to be treated as if their work didn’t matter, or their choices, or their dreams.”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows

“Art should outlive its creator.”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows

“Everything always seems sweeter in the minutes before darkness descends.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight

“That was the smile I didn’t trust—I just knew it came with consequences.”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows

“Because words empowered by justice can never be silenced”
― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight

“The Nile knew everything,had seen the best and worst if Egypt.”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows

“Dressed in his usual black ensemble, he reminds me of the perfect night. The kind of night that makes you want to get lost somewhere. The kind of night that invites adventure and misbehaving.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight

“Time is the worst kind of thief, sneaky and effective and gone before you realize what's been taken.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn

“No human ought to be treated as if their work didn’t matter, or their choices, or their dreams.”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows

“Despite the danger, my protest had burst from my lips, from my heart. Because words empowered by justice can never be silenced.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight

“Mamá called it stubbornness, my tutors thought it a flaw. But I named it what it was: persistence.”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows

“In Egypt? We’re all looking for something.”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows

“I would burn the world twice over to save her life.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“Is this it, Whit?” I whispered. He squeezed me and pressed his lips against mine lightly. “If it is, this where I want to be.”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows

“For the readers who stayed up all night agonizing over the epilogue in What the River Knows: This one is dedicated to you.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“I didn't create the system- I was born into it”
― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight

“Grief was like a memory keeper.”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows

“He eyed me warily. “Have I told you how much I live in terror of your ideas?” “That’s rude.”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows

“My hands stopped shaking, my entire being focused on one thing: I would not let her die. I would burn the world twice over to save her life.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“I did love my dresses, but did they have to be so delicate?”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows

“Their death was a truth that was both strange, and yet profoundly ordinary.”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows

“Inez,” he whispered, his voice hoarse, “it goes both ways.”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows

“He looks familiar."
Ravenna glanced at her Pluto, the resemblance to the knight uncanny. "Your face looks like it could guard the gates of hell.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Graceless Heart

“I want to be heard too. Sometimes, when my temper gets the best of me, I'm secretly pleased.That's the real me breaking through the mask.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight

“The world dimmed, narrowed to the barrel of her weapon.
‘I know you’re the type of person who would leave the safety of the camp with a near stranger, even knowing they carried a weapon.’
I backed away a step. ‘What are you playing at? Lower it.’
Isadora rolled her eyes. ‘Now you’re scared. A little too late, Inez.”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows

“Now you’re beginning to understand,” he said approvingly. Then he paused”
― Isabel Ibañez, Graceless Heart

“was having a hard time keeping my heart in line with my mind. Silly, foolish thing.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“Have a care for your reputation,” he said, towering over me. “As if you care about mine,” I snapped. “I’m just a job to you.”
― Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows