Elizabeth Fama > Quotes

“She wanted a smile that was meant only for her.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Monstrous Beauty

“When you give your heart to the ocean, you either drown, or spend your life wishing you had drowned.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Men Who Wish to Drown

“The more she loved, the more she ached.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Monstrous Beauty

“There is no satisfaction in eternity,' she said. 'There is only loss.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Monstrous Beauty

“The thing is, when you’re with someone like Poppu - someone who sees straight through your battered facade and loves every bit of you, someone who makes you laugh until you pee your pants, someone who grabs you in a hug exactly when you need it - you don’t crave any kind of approval from strangers. You don’t need to “matter” in the world, because you already matter to the only person who counts.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Plus One

“Believe me I don't want to set the world on fire I just want to start a flame in your heart”
― Elizabeth Fama, Plus One

“She looked out across the water and allowed the feeling of longing to wash over her, spill into the crevices of her soul, and fill her completely.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Monstrous Beauty

“Death is the privilege of human nature
And life without it were not worth our taking
Thither the poor, the unfortunate, and Mourner
Fly for relief & lay their burdens down.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Monstrous Beauty

“Four houndred billion suns spiraling through space together. Our solar system just one grain on that galactic carousel. The carousel itself a speck in the cosmos. And here I am in this small clearing, on the surface of the heart, as transient and unnoticed to the universe as the dry blades of grass that are poking into my shirt. It's too much to comprehend up there, too enormous, and I'm so small when it's on top of me. It frightens me, like I'm being crushed.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Plus One

“What an ephemeral thing human will is, to be manipulated by a couple of drops of hormones!”
― Elizabeth Fama, Monstrous Beauty

“It was a woman--as pale and luminescent as a ghost, with swirling white hair. Ezra startled, dropping his pencil into the water. Her face snapped toward him. Her eyes were too large, clear green, and had horizontal, slit-shaped pupils, reminiscent of an octopus.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Monstrous Beauty

“But after he tells you how they died, I want you to remember how they lived(...)”
― Elizabeth Fama, Plus One

“Look at the mid- sky, about halfway up from the horizon, and wait for your eyes to adjust,” I said softly. “It will take five to ten minutes.”He was quiet. The sky was full of stars; and the spaces between them were not fully black, because the longer we stared, the more the pricks of other stars peeked behind and next to them. I stole that time to listen to him breathe. I soaked up his presence, storing it for the future, burning it into my memory.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Plus One

“Powerless But for the star destroyer Unknowing She crash-lands in his heart.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Plus One

“You're not a dork, you're adorkable.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Monstrous Beauty

“There was a smart, sunny girl out there right now somewhere, a Ray on a trajectory that would cross his path, a girl who made sense with him. I was just as glad not to know her this very minute, but she existed, and he would run into her, and with time I would accept it.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Plus One

“Ezra blew into Sarah’s mouth frantically, knowing it was hopeless, but unwilling to admit it to himself. If he stopped breathing for her, he would have to begin life without her”
― Elizabeth Fama, Monstrous Beauty

“The bridge was geologically ancient, an impassive observer, surrounded by life that was fleeting in comparison: trees that would only survive hundreds of years, tourists who would only live decades, insects that would thrive only for weeks.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Plus One

“If you're going to sleep through lectures and skip the readings, it's rude to do it from the front row. I'm at least a thoughtful reprobate.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Plus One

“Syrenka made a mistake all those years ago because she loved you. Now I'm fixing her mistake because I love you.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Monstrous Beauty

“The anticipation of pleasing someone you love makes you practically shiver with joy.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Plus One

“By definition 'winging it' is not a plan.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Plus One

“Day and Night with you would never be enough.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Noma Girl

“A man who is so cunning that he is sometimes stupid.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Plus One

“Choose wisely when your time comes. Live-or-die- without regret.”
― Elizabeth Fama, Men Who Wish to Drown