Ashley Saunders > Quotes

“To think is to feel. To feel is to acknowledge hope. And hope is agony. Hope is cruel.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“My anger is my armor, and I am made of steel.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“Desperation is a hard foe to fight against, because the desperate never stop.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“It’s impossible to fight back; the government made sure of that long ago. Civilians are not allowed to own weapons—only the Guard has that authority. The people can fight solely with their raised voices, and I’ve only ever heard them silenced. The ones with the guns always win. MIRA”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“Resist much, obey little; Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved; Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city, of this earth, ever afterward resumes its liberty.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“Humankind is everything’s and everyone’s most dangerous predator.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“In grief all the little flaws of those we loved are colored over.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“Courage, for till all ceases, neither must you cease.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of Many

“That longing ache of desperately wanting something I never actually had in the first place, I’m learning, is the pain of true disappointment.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“Halton stands, taking his time to straighten his clothes. He smooths back his greasy hair and brushes the dirt from his jacket. He bends down so there are only a few inches of air between us. “You shouldn’t have done that,” he whispers”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“That longing ache of desperately wanting something I never actually had in the first place, I’m learning, is the pain of true disappointment”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“Jade’s eyes crinkled with excitement. She’d always heard revenge was a dish best served cold. And she knew just the recipe.”
― Ashley Saunders, Exiles

“For thousands of years, societies have built walls to keep their adversaries out or their populations in. But history tells us they all eventually fall. Stone, brick, wood, concrete, barbed wire, and tamped earth cannot keep a sharp mind and a desperate determination at bay forever”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“The key to survival is knowing your limits.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of Many

“Don’t think of the past. Make the future.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of Many

“The Common remains alive only where the government could never hope to censor,” she says, placing her hand over her chest. “Inside of those who still resist.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“thoughts can be more dangerous than anything if the right person is left alone to think.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of Many

“The threat of death—or worse, of being taken captive for a ransom the US government simply can’t afford to pay—is a risk not many take. It’s funny. Just when technology shrank the world, making everywhere and everyone accessible, it’s all never felt more out of reach.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“A student’s color rank curiously tends to correlate with their family’s economic status.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“But is truth enough? Can truth be seen in a blind world?”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of Many

“the back row by the window”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“I am Marley Townsend. I am Mira. I am more than just part of Ava.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“It’s impossible to fight back; the government made sure of that long ago. Civilians are not allowed to own weapons—only the Guard has that authority. The people can fight solely with their raised voices, and I’ve only ever heard them silenced. The ones with the guns always win.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“Humankind is everything’s and everyone’s most dangerous predator. Blindly killing its own planet, slowly wounding it over the centuries. Forcing my generation to mop up the blood.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“Resist much, obey little; Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved; Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city, of this earth, ever afterward resumes its liberty. -Walt Whitman”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“For people to understand their place in the world, they only have to stand in the center of an ancient forest and surround themselves with huge western red cedars, hemlocks, and cottonwoods that soar so highly their expansive canopies absorb nearly all sunlight.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“For the strength of many will forever outweigh the power of tyranny. Resist much.” Obey little.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of Many

“For people to understand their place in the world, they only have to stand in the center of an ancient forest and surround themselves with huge western red cedars, hemlocks, and cottonwoods that soar so high their expansive canopies absorb nearly all sunlight. No need to look to the immensity of space.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One

“But paranoia dies hard in this city.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of All

“In Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs, and a head with two faces. One soul in two bodies. These beings had great strength in this form, and the gods, fearing their power, sent Zeus to divide them into two separate parts, splitting apart the soul. Weakened and consumed with yearning, humans were condemned to spend their lives in search of their other halves in order to feel complete.”
― Ashley Saunders, The Rule of One