Cidney Swanson > Quotes

“For the record, chocolate’s a pretty decent antidote for unrequited love.”
― Cidney Swanson, Rippler

“Did the continents, I wondered, feel lonely for each other as they drifted apart eons ago?”
― Cidney Swanson, Unfurl

“Then like gravity, or maybe like magnets, our lips met again because they had to. And in that touch it felt like I was buried treasure he’d crossed seven seas to claim. I couldn’t feel the edges of my own body anymore; I was melting into his.”
― Cidney Swanson, Rippler

“Even if the truth is dark, there’s still beauty in knowing it at last.”
― Cidney Swanson, Rippler

“I’ve been trying to figure something out. Why on earth would your ponytail stick straight out from your head?”
― Cidney Swanson, Rippler

“I find myself able to act … for those who do live, but who will not know a tomorrow if I stand by and do nothing."

Swanson, Cidney. The Ripple Trilogy: Book Two - Chameleon”
― Cidney Swanson, Chameleon

“You move on when your heart has broken because moving on is the right thing to do.”
― Cidney Swanson, The Ripple Trilogy

“There are many ways to be brave. But where we see someone who acts in spite of great fear, we say: that is courage.”
― Cidney Swanson, Saving Mars Series Books 1-2

“belly–laugh”
― Cidney Swanson, Chameleon

“Who can guess at the sorrows borne by another?”
― Cidney Swanson, The Ripple Trilogy

“twenty–four”
― Cidney Swanson, Chameleon

“of recycled water for Jessamyn. “This scandal sells,”
― Cidney Swanson, Striking Mars

“Sometimes you just didn’t want to speak your losses aloud.”
― Cidney Swanson, The Ripple Trilogy

“Pfeffer”
― Cidney Swanson, The Ripple Trilogy

“you see that old Chinese guy?” Gwyn asked. “Down the”
― Cidney Swanson, The Ripple Trilogy

“chaperone–mode”
― Cidney Swanson, Chameleon

“Guess she didn’t see the Mythbusters episode where they prove you can’t shoot doors open.”
― Cidney Swanson, The Ripple Trilogy: 10th Anniversary Edition with Bonus Content

“The screaming was the first clue that I’d turned invisible again. Above the steady roar of the river, my teammates shouted: some with paddles flailing, others”
― Cidney Swanson, Rippler

“Good thinking,” said Coach. “Paddle for shore!”
― Cidney Swanson, Rippler

“hadn’t even known if it was real or if I was losing my grip on sanity. But now, surrounded by people who looked”
― Cidney Swanson, Rippler

“ill–gotten”
― Cidney Swanson, Chameleon

“As Coach explained his version of the day’s events to Dad and Sylvia on the brick drive of our house, Will finally decided to acknowledge me.”
― Cidney Swanson, Rippler

“happy accident,”
― Cidney Swanson, The Ripple Trilogy

“Few of us deserve all the good or ill we receive.”
― Cidney Swanson, A Thief in Time

“This was stupid–fun.”
― Cidney Swanson, The Ripple Trilogy

“My step–mother taught me … she taught me forgiveness is one of the greatest acts of love we can offer to another. Or to ourselves.”
― Cidney Swanson, The Ripple Trilogy

“Can you not find a space within yourself, a space where forgiveness is possible? We”
― Cidney Swanson, The Ripple Trilogy

“Sham–sundar. It means the beautiful and the dark together,” said Will.

Swanson, Cidney. The Ripple Trilogy: Book Two
- Chameleon”
― Cidney Swanson, Chameleon

“I want Sam,” said Will to his sister, “Not you.” He smiled at Mickie”
― Cidney Swanson, The Ripple Trilogy

“I missed you so bad,” he said. “Me? The Incredible Vanishing Girlfriend?”
― Cidney Swanson, The Ripple Trilogy