Mindee Arnett > Quotes

“I didn't do anything wrong. I swear.'
He grunted. 'Like I've never heard that before. Funny, but I expected a little more originality from Moira's daughter.'
'Yeah, well, the dog ate my notebook with all my good excuses.”
― Mindee Arnett, The Nightmare Affair

“I didn't want to be a part of anything special. Bad things happened to special people. Usually failure followed by an early death”
― Mindee Arnett, The Nightmare Affair

“There is no greater weapon than knowledge.”
― Mindee Arnett, Onyx & Ivory

“The world is black and white and all the shades of grey in between.”
― Mindee Arnett, Onyx and Ivory

“It's always a choice, to do right or wrong, no matter the power.”
― Mindee Arnett, Onyx and Ivory

“The werewolf pointed at a bench next to the door into the Kirkwoods’ tomb. “Sit. Wait.”
Did I mention werewolves were chatty?”
― Mindee Arnett, The Nightmare Affair

“It’s the cruelest part of this life, I think, that we don’t get to choose the families and situations we’re born into.”
― Mindee Arnett, Onyx & Ivory

“Stealing a spaceship shouldn't be this easy.”
― Mindee Arnett, Avalon

“But no amount of wishing could change their hearts, and desire could not be mined, only ignited.”
― Mindee Arnett, Onyx & Ivory

“He didn't know if it was real, if freedom was something you could earn or win after a long, hard fight, or if it was just an illusion. But he decided it didn't matter. Only this mattered. This moment right here, surrounded by the people he cared about. And he realized this was the paradise his parents had meant when they named this ship.”
― Mindee Arnett, Avalon

“No way am I letting you mess around in my brain. You might incinerate it."
I rolled my eyes. "Like you'd even miss it."
"Ha, ha.”
― Mindee Arnett, The Nightmare Dilemma

“He kissed her, and something moved between them, an unspoken bond pulling them together over what they had gone through and what they would face. But those memoires and thoughts faded away until there was nothing but the sensation of his lips on hers, the exchange of breath and the soft harmony of hearts beating. For one blissful moment they were nothing but feelings and physical sensation.
The moment lasted a very long time.”
― Mindee Arnett, Avalon

“Eli grinned, a dimple appearing on one cheek. "Could it be you're starting to care whether Lance Rathbone lives or dies? Miracles and wonders abound."
"Shut up”
― Mindee Arnett, The Nightmare Dilemma

“I stole it from the grave of the king of Skaar, and when his kinsmen found out, they sent twelve warriors to bring me back, but I killed them one by one, the first with a hunting knife and the last with a kiss.”
― Mindee Arnett, Onyx & Ivory

“You have been given a great power. But no power comes without a price. That is how magic works. How the universe works. All things kept in balance.”
― Mindee Arnett, The Nightmare Charade

“Soon they reached the opened city gates. Two massive horse statues stood, one on either side of the entrance. They weren’t identical but asymmetrical complements of each other. The left one, carved in sleek ivory, was leaned back on its haunches, just coming up to a rear, muzzle pointed skyward. The right, carved from glistening onyx, black as pitch, was in full rear, its head curved downward, forelegs striking.”
― Mindee Arnett, Onyx & Ivory

“Never before had Corwin fully appreciated the magic of a library, and the magicians who wielded it's power – librarians.”
― Mindee Arnett, Shadow & Flame

“As Kate fell into the rhythm of Darby’s stride—horse and rider becoming one—she felt her spirits soar. For a little while, with the scenery blurring by, she was no longer Traitor Kate. No longer the girl despised by a kingdom. No longer the girl cast aside by the friend and prince she had once loved. In moments like these, atop a horse and flying over the ground, she glimpsed her old life. She became Kate Brighton again. Daughter of Hale Brighton, master of horse to the high king. She was free. A girl with a future. Someone who mattered.”
― Mindee Arnett, Onyx & Ivory

“Better to have two people whose love is true than a whole city of fair-weather friends.”
― Mindee Arnett, Onyx and Ivory

“Just thought you should know,” she said, winking. “Can I tell them to piss off?”
“Oh sure,” Jeth said, not nearly as amused by the situation as she was. “Just be polite about it.”
Lizzie grinned and said into the comm, “This is the Montrose. The captain says piss off. Politely.”
― Mindee Arnett, Avalon

“I left then too, more confused and hurt than ever and with a sadness tugging on my heart like a sinking anchor. If I wasn't careful, I would drown.”
― Mindee Arnett, The Nightmare Dilemma

“Holy mother of horses. - Dal”
― Mindee Arnett, Onyx and Ivory

“Why should we believe you when you’ve lied so much before?”

“Because liars deal in truths. It’s the only way we can get away with it.”
― Mindee Arnett, The Nightmare Dilemma

“Be a good king, Corwin Tormane. As I was the worst of us, may you be the best.”
― Mindee Arnett, Shadow & Flame

“We may be a little broken these days but I wouldn't trade it for anything.”
― Mindee Arnett, The Nightmare Charade

“I took a step toward him, planning to knock him out of his chair, then pour milk on him for good measure.

Selene put a hand on my shoulder. “Don’t bother.”

She was right, and I knew it. The Will wouldn’t let me hit him. I contemplated using Mr. Ankil’s snatch-and-smack trick, but I hadn’t practiced it yet, and Lance wasn’t carrying his wand, just the stupid joker playing card he liked to fiddle with whenever he was bored, weaving it in between his fingers like he was some kind of card shark.

I’d once asked Selene what the deal was with the card, and she explained that Lance was obsessed with the Joker from Batman. In an ordinary high school, he would’ve been ridiculed for this behavior, but not at Arkwell. Most magickind teenagers were fanatics about ordinary pop culture. Almost everybody was a Comic-Con–attending, play-dress-up fan boy. And he had the nerve to make fun of me. Go figure.”
― Mindee Arnett, The Nightmare Affair

“Titles served their purpose in creating necessary boundaries, reminding people of their place in life. Once she hadn’t realized how vast the chasm was between the highborn and lowborn, but she’d spent the last few years learning better. It was a vast chasm indeed, uncrossable.”
― Mindee Arnett, Onyx and Ivory

“Flynn,” Jeth hissed, crossing his arms. “This isn’t the high seas. This is the middle of space. We don’t have any lifeboats, and we don’t need panic. We need solutions.”
― Mindee Arnett, Avalon

“It’s not stupid to fight for what’s yours,”
― Mindee Arnett, Avalon

“You are your own boss. No one else.”
― Mindee Arnett, The Nightmare Charade