Michelle Diener > Quotes

“She hadn't seen him since yesterday, and Charlotte did not understand the sensation that gripped her at the sight of him.
As if she were a lightning rod, waiting for the storm above to strike. As if she had lost all control over her life and was thrown into chaos.”
― Michelle Diener, The Emperor's Conspiracy

“He was all but shouting, stalking toward her. He grabbed her arms and gave her a little shake. "This time, the bastards don't win. I win."
"What do you win?" she whispered.
He bent his head and crushed his lips to hers.”
― Michelle Diener, The Emperor's Conspiracy

“I think he's quite aware , as is everyone here, that you don't need to worm your way into my bed, Miss Raven." He stepped away from her. "You need only crook your finger and I would be ripping your clothes off your body.”
― Michelle Diener, The Emperor's Conspiracy

“When your enemies change the rules, take it as an invitation to cut yourself free of the rules completely.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Deeds

“I come all the way to the other side of the galaxy, and what do you know, itʼs still populated by boob men.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Horse

“It means take responsibility. If you have the opportunity to act, take it. Donʼt leave it for someone else to do at some other time. Why should they risk themselves more than you?”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Horse

“She smiled at the idea of being a captive princess in the rookeries, or a restrained mouse in the glitter of the ton.”
― Michelle Diener, The Emperor's Conspiracy

“Youʼre like Sherlock Holmes, Sazo. Scary, scary smart, and with an underdeveloped sense of empathy. But Sherlock Holmes was absolutely a person, and so are you.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Horse

“Of anyone, I know better than most we are what we make ourselves.”
― Michelle Diener, The Emperor's Conspiracy

“You can accept apologies graciously, her grandmother had always said. Doesn’t mean you forget, or ever trust the same way again.”
― Michelle Diener, The Turncoat King

“I have a choice. I can whine about things that have happened, and can't be undone, or I can make the best of the situation I'm in.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Deeds

“Their philosophy seemed to be that life would thrive where it could, it was the nature of the universe to do so.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Horse

“You're a hope-killer. 'Cause at least if you'd done it on your back, that's something we c'n understand. Something we c'n do ourselves. But kindness? Luck like that-- it's a million-to-one chance, and you already took the one chance going.”
― Michelle Diener, The Emperor's Conspiracy

“It doesn't matter what he would do. It matters what I do. If I behave in a certain way because of how others would behave toward me, then I'm not living life on my own terms. I'm allowing other people to dictate my life to me.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Deeds

“Sazo would have to learn to share.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Horse

“As she left, Rose thought perhaps she wasnʼt a bug to Kila anymore, but maybe a pedestal was just as uncomfortable as a microscope.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Horse

“The law of the Illy was clear. Since the Day of the Women almost one hundred and fifty years earlier, when every woman had put down her work, no matter what it was, and gathered silently for a full day in town squares across the country, refusing to do anything, grinding the entire country to a halt, the law had been unequivocal. Everyone was treated the same.”
― Michelle Diener, Sky Raiders

“Although your oppressor would love to think they've ruined your life and blighted your future, the best revenge you can have is to live a happy, successful life in spite of them.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Deeds

“He trailed off without answering, and Fee had the feeling he couldn't. He didn't know. She was talking to Mickey Mouse, not Walt Disney.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Deeds

“No. There are none like him. You found the only one strong enough to accept you as you are.”
― Michelle Diener, Mistress of the Wind

“The only thing she had going for her, she conceded, was Paxe. In her battlefield analogy, he was an independent sniper sitting on the sidelines, with an axe to grind against one side, and a willingness to cause havoc.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Class

“No one can guarantee any sentient being will only work for good. A sentient being is by definition autonomous, and therefore free to behave as it wishes.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Horse

“Her escape into her own head seemed to run on its own clock. Sometimes she lost track of time all together, her days punctuated only by meals.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Minds

“Youʼre thinking very hard.” It was her turn to chuckle. “Itʼs one of my worst failings, and my greatest strengths.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Horse

“It's almost as if you're trying to play it both ways. Fence straddling will only get you a sore ass.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Matters

“Parker came for her, striding out of the darkness like Hades in search of his bride.”
― Michelle Diener, Keeper of the King's Secrets

“It doesn't matter what he would do. It matters what I do. If I behave in a certain way because of how others would behave toward me, then I'm not living life on my own terms. I'm allowing other people to dictate my life to me.” She”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Deeds

“And if preferring to hand yourself over to a bunch of murderous, vicious Krik rather than stay where you were didn't say it all about your living conditions, he didn't know what did.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Deeds

“But there was a certain catharsis in saying how you truly felt.”
― Michelle Diener, The Emperor's Conspiracy

“She had enough on her plate coming to grips with her new change in circumstances. She could wait to get to the bottom of why people looked at her and more or less tore at their hair or broke into a sweat.”
― Michelle Diener, Dark Deeds