J. Gabriel Gates > Quotes

“The problem is, most folks these days don't have enough faith to see the magic that's all around them. These days, normal means confused, fallen, lost.”
― J. Gabriel Gates, Ghost Crown

“The day I understand what's going on in her psychotic little brain they'll have to lock me in a psych ward.”
― J. Gabriel Gates, Ghost Crown

“A wise man's questions surpass the answers of the fool, but the silence of the enlightened is divine. Meditation is the key.”
― J. Gabriel Gates, Ghost Crown

“If the world is polluted, we are polluted. If the world dies, we die anyway. I don't pretend to be separate from the world. If she is poisoned, I jump in and be poisoned with her.”
― J. Gabriel Gates, Blood Zero Sky

“Well, you do what you think best. Just know that your life might seem even more upside down for a while yet, before it starts going right side up again. You might even end up inside out, backwards, and head over heels, too. But most of all, you got to find your faith. Could be in yourself, or others, or something greater, but you got to have it. And you will.”
― J. Gabriel Gates, Ghost Crown

“We communicate through movements of our eyebrows, quirks of our lips, or through simple deadpan eye-contact. And we text if we can get away with it. Probably all best friends have similar powers,”
― J. Gabriel Gates, Girl of Hearts

“Stopping in the middle of doing real, groundbreaking science to go to high school. It was cruel and unusual punishment.”
― J. Gabriel Gates, Girl of Hearts

“What did you say your name was?” “I didn’t,” I said. Something told me to lie. “It’s Claudette.” “How old are you, Claudette?” “I just graduated kindergarten last week,” I told him. Nervous sarcasm—another trait inherited from Mom.”
― J. Gabriel Gates, Girl of Hearts

“I needed to think this through. To consider, to examine, to look at the problem from every angle. Chart the pros and cons. Or did I? I would do anything to get Mom back, wouldn’t I? Even the impossible.”
― J. Gabriel Gates, Girl of Hearts