Summer Lane > Quotes

“You're staring at me."

"I am not. I'm just... thinking. Without blinking.”
― Summer Lane, State of Emergency

“As long as we're both alive and our hearts are still beating, there's still a chance. I won't go down without a fight, and I know you won't either. That gives us a chance.”
― Summer Lane, State of Emergency

“I’ve never been on a bike,” I say. “I mean, I’ve been on a bike but not a motorcycle.”
“And why is that?” he asks.
“Bugs. They get in your mouth, right? That’s just gross.”
Chris makes a face.
“If you ride around with your mouth hanging open, I assume that could be a possibility.”
― Summer Lane, State of Emergency

“What’s your name?” I ask again.
“Chris,” he says. “Chris Young.”
I exhale dramatically, blowing my bangs out of my eyes.
“I can take you,” I reply. “But if you try anything, I’ll shoot you right between the eyes. Seriously.”
He almost smiles.
“Yes, ma’am.”
― Summer Lane, State of Emergency

“Wake me up if you see anything alarming."

"Like...?"

"Like an airplane dropping on our heads or a band of marauders on the side of the road. Little things like that.”
― Summer Lane, State of Emergency

“Chris hops out of the vehicle, wearing a tight black tee. He pulls his hair back and throws his backpack over his shoulder, looking read to punch somebody out. Or maybe that's his happy face. I don't know.”
― Summer Lane, State of Emergency

“Outside, the dogs whine over the wind. They sense the wolves - they sense the wild. It calls to them, like it calls to me, and I wonder sometimes if we are the only ones who hear it.”
― Summer Lane, Running with Wolves

“She’s got the kind of exotic beauty I always dreamed about. But really, who cares about stuff like that anymore? Being pretty isn’t going to keep my butt out of Omega’s crosshairs.”
― Summer Lane, State of Chaos

“I don’t know how it happened. Nobody does. There are only theories, empty rhetoric and doomsday prophecies. None of them are right, but none of them are completely wrong, either. They all have a grain of truth. All I know is where I was and what I was doing when it happened.”
― Summer Lane, State of Emergency

“Things used to be easy. Flip a switch? On goes the light. Press a button? You’re calling your parents. Swipe a credit card? You just paid for lunch. Easy, simple, convenient. Nothing is like that anymore”
― Summer Lane, State of Chaos

“There isn’t a Zen zone on this side of the planet that could calm me down.”
― Summer Lane, State of Chaos

“Grief is like an ocean. It comes in waves - some waves are bigger than others and you cannot prepare for it.”
― Summer Lane, Running with Wolves

“Despite everything, every piece of Alaska sang to me. I remembered every curve in the trails, every tree in the forest. It was familiar to me, comfortable. The more I thought about leaving it, the less I liked the idea. This was my home.”
― Summer Lane, Running with Wolves

“Your traveling companion, the soldier, is well trained. The two of you were planning something, weren't you?"

"Planning what? An evil scheme to steal all the Big Macs left in the McDonalds along 1-99?”
― Summer Lane, State of Emergency

“Why don’t I ask the questions?” he purrs. “What is your name?” “Anne of Green Gables,” I say. “Where are you from?” he demands. “Canada. Where the moose live.” “Give me real answers,” he hisses. He no longer smiles.”
― Summer Lane, State of Emergency

“I didn't care, because I loved him, and that was the end of every argument and the beginning of every promise.”
― Summer Lane, Running with Wolves

“I can take you,” I reply. “But if you try anything, I’ll shoot you right between the eyes. Seriously.”
He almost smiles.
“Yes, ma’am.”
― Summer Lane, State of Emergency

“I am not the girl I once was, and that is okay. I am a new woman, because this is a new world, and I will do what I must for the people I love...Nothing is perfect, but we have a chance now. We have hope, and that is all I ever asked for.”
― Summer Lane, State of Hope

“At last, somebody in line steps forward. “I can commit,” he says. He’s a tall, lean young man with a rifle slung over his back.
“What’s your name?” Chris asks.
“Andrew,” he replies. “And I’m in.”
Chris nods. A few other guys step forward and, after a few moments, the entire crowd of ex-POWs takes one step, signifying their decision. My chest swells with pride – pride for Chris’s leadership, pride for the people willing to give their lives to take down Omega.
It’s a rush.”
― Summer Lane, State of Chaos

“Alaska was the cure to the disease of my despair.”
― Summer Lane, Running with Wolves

“We'll fight,' I interrupt. 'And if we die, that's how it ends. Fighting. With purpose.”
― Summer Lane, State of Hope

“Oh, man. Junk food. I miss you…”
― Summer Lane, State of Emergency

“Tecumseh recognized that standing alone is never the way. There is strength in numbers.”
― Summer Lane, State of Alliance

“pictures of modern art and stacks of historical books on the coffee”
― Summer Lane, Day One

“Nobody can stand on their own two feet forever,” I say. “We all need friends.”
― Summer Lane, State of Alliance

“survivors and militia”
― Summer Lane, Day Zero

“This is a kiss worthy of a blood-soaked battlefield, a kiss born out of tragedy and misery and death and loss. A kiss that has been long in the making, one that I have strenuously avoided, and he has tortuously waited for.”
― Summer Lane, State of Hope

“What makes us the good guys?” Elle asks softly. “We kill just as much as the enemy.” I”
― Summer Lane, State of Vengeance

“Oh, that’s a lovely sight. I’m going to gag now.”
― Summer Lane, State of Chaos

“I'm not scared," I say.
I'm such a liar.”
― Summer Lane, State of Rebellion