Catherine Downen > Quotes

“The future will remain unknown. It will remain a secret. A blank page that I get to write myself.”
― Catherine Downen, The Markings

“The highs. They don’t last long, but the effect they have on you does. So you learn to enjoy the highs and to make them last as long as possible, but you also learn to love the rain. You learn to love the sound of it as it pours down on the rocks and the creek. You learn to love it like a song the clouds above are singing for you. And that’s how you survive. In this hand of cards, you don’t live. You survive. And I think that’s been the hardest part of it all. To go from being a kid, living a safe and stable life, to being tragic, broken, and having to just simply survive. Just survive.”
― Catherine Downen, The Markings

“My mother, father, and Titus may not be there with me like I had envisioned in my head, but I will see the island’s edge. I will see just how blue the water is.”
― Catherine Downen, The Markings

“We are both broken and lost, but also hopeful and strong. And I think that’s what it means to be in a twisted love.”
― Catherine Downen, The Markings

“For the longest time, the only sounds are my breathing and the taps of rain on the river; a mix of beautiful sounds that consume me.”
― Catherine Downen, The Markings

“My brain sees him as a threat, as the enemy, a guard at the castle, but my heart feels he is a friend. The question is, which one is right?”
― Catherine Downen, The Markings

“I would rather fall in love once and live out a long, happy, and simple life. Trust me. I think people who can accomplish that are truly the ones who are lucky.”
― Catherine Downen, The Markings

“We can take care of ourselves," I say and our eyes meet. "We'll take care of each other."

Alexander nods and says, "Like we always do.”
― Catherine Downen, Crowning Keys

“People don’t ask to be broken.”
― Catherine Downen, The Markings

“Maybe it's in our blood to be fighters, but maybe we've never known to be anything else.”
― Catherine Downen, Crowning Keys

“I take in a deep breath of cool night air and force my mind to focus on running. Right foot. Left foot. Right foot. Left foot. Breathe in. Breathe out. Right. Left. In. Out. Right. Left. In. Out. I fall into a steady pattern as the sounds of our feet smacking against the wet mud consumes me.”
― Catherine Downen, The Markings

“Fear will kill this rebellion faster than King Renon's army, but we have given the people of Libertas something to believe in. I have given myself something to believe in.”
― Catherine Downen, Crowning Keys

“Just know that without any of them, there is no me, and there is no key.”
― Catherine Downen, Crowning Keys

“That's what the war is about. Fighting for a better world. A world where no one is put in chains for what makes them different.”
― Catherine Downen, Crowning Keys

“The thought of Libertas, a home for runaways, trying to start a rebellion against the largest force in the world seems idiotic, but when you have nothing to lose you’re willing to risk it all.”
― Catherine Downen, The Markings

“We aren’t lucky. We’re idiots.”
― Catherine Downen, The Markings

“Don't look now, our savior is trying to fool you into thinking she's royalty. I wouldn't bow to her if my life depended on it.”
― Catherine Downen, Crowning Keys