Ariel Sullivan > Quotes

“it is normal to be afraid of doing something that matters. Power is a frightening thing. It’s even more terrifying to do what is right when they would all applaud you for doing what has always been done—”
― Ariel Sullivan, Conform

“Things are made more beautiful by pain. You see everything differently afterward. Not right away. It takes time”
― Ariel Sullivan, Conform

“Well, since I met you, I find myself watching the moon while I work.” Hal shot me one of his smiles that made his dimple appear. “What does watching the moon have to do with me?” “The moon rules our time, does it not?” “It does.” Hal raked a hand through his hair. “Since meeting you, you seem to rule mine.”
― Ariel Sullivan, Conform

“Their conflicting beliefs and ideologies created an irreparable divide that had resulted in near extinction.”
― Ariel Sullivan, Conform

“When everyone above the surface believes everyone below is uncivilized and defective and you all believe everyone above is immoral and self-serving, who wins? How can anyone win when you all hate one another?” I asked. Hal said nothing. “How are you any different from them?”
― Ariel Sullivan, Conform

“Things are made more beautiful by pain. You see everything differently afterward. Not right away. It takes time.”
― Ariel Sullivan, Conform

“I would risk injury daily to hear your laugh, Moonlight.”
― Ariel Sullivan, Conform

“Just something to think over. How much are you willing to do to help?” His eyes locked with mine. “Who are you willing to hurt?”
― Ariel Sullivan, Conform

“When you embrace hello”
― Ariel Sullivan, Conform

“I knew these wants were just the beginning. I was terrified. Terrified that if I continued to want—if I released what I had repressed—I would be the one who suffocated under the deluge of unmet desires. What about the injustice of it—that those in the sky had access to such things while the rest of us didn’t? Why were they permitted luxuries while the rest of us were denied basic human needs? Did they withhold it until we became desperate and compliant?”
― Ariel Sullivan, Conform

“Because it is normal to be afraid of doing something that matters. Power is a frightening thing. It’s even more terrifying to do what is right when they would all applaud you for doing what has always been done—to be his vessel.”
― Ariel Sullivan, Conform