Alisha Dempsey > Quotes

“Their thoughts spread throughout the settlements like a plague, echoing off of the metal walls and hallowed halls like a cry into an empty cavern...”
― Alisha Dempsey

“When I looked at her, it was as though everything I’d done wrong beforehand, every negative feeling I had had prior to meeting her, melted away like sugar in hot tea at the end of a bad day.”
― Alisha Dempsey, Stargazer

“Fossil fuels are scarce, and people are still reluctant to use renewable energy sources for fear that they'd ruin buildings and landscapes with solar panels and wind turbines. Apparently, the sacrifice of Earth's health was worth its fleeting and impermanent beauty.”
― Alisha Dempsey, Stargazer

“...what Ludivigne hadn’t understood is that whilst, yes, she could overpower every single person in Antwerp, she hadn’t anticipated them banding together all at once to stop her. Whilst one voice in the night won’t be heard, many chorused together sounds like thunder, and right now, there was a storm brewing.”
― Alisha Dempsey, Stargazer

“Ruby fumbled, trying to find the words. “Klootzak? Why won’t that translate?”
Remy laughed. “It’s more colloquial, it might not be in your vocabulary. “It’s, uh,” he whispered here, “it means asshole, nutsack, that kind of thing.”
― Alisha Dempsey, Stargazer

“Ruby sat quietly, and finally sipped her tea. “I hadn’t considered that Charlie might be upset, too. Does that make me a bad friend?”
“Not at all,” Hugo assured her, putting down his own tea. “It means you just considered your own feelings first. If you need to help yourself before helping someone else, that’s okay.”
― Alisha Dempsey, Stargazer