Amy Ewing > Quotes

“Hope is a precious thing, isn’t it,” she says. “And yet, we don’t really appreciate it until it’s gone.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“It would be easier to forget you," he says to me, "and these past few weeks we've had together. It would be easier if I could hate you. But the sad truth is, I will more than likely love you for the rest of my life.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“This is how The Jewel operates. Status is our sole occupation. Gossip is our currency.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“It's hard to remember who you were when you're constantly pretending to be someone you're not.”
― Amy Ewing

“I love sunrises, even more than sunsets. There's something so exciting about the worlds coming to life in a thousand colors.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“If you admit you need people, you can lose them.' Her gaze sharpens, returning to the present. 'But needing people can save your life.”
― Amy Ewing, The White Rose

“Surrogates are not just silly girls, to be bought and sold and treated like pets or furniture. We are a force to be reckoned with.”
― Amy Ewing, The White Rose

“What is life without a bit of excitement.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“The people you love make you strong, Violet. They make you brave and fearless. I wish there were some way I could make you see that.”
― Amy Ewing, The Black Key

“These people are the air I breathe and the blood I bleed. They are my courage. I will not let them down. I”
― Amy Ewing, The Black Key

“Oh, I do like you. You have such an interesting balance of obedience and contempt.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“We all have things we are ashamed of.”
― Amy Ewing, The White Rose

“Nature is unselfish," she says. "It only wishes to survive. Humanity inflicts harm on it, digs up the earth, poisons the waters, harnesses rock and metal and stone for its own purposes. We are the protectors. We are the connection between humanity and nature. Nature is always searching for balance.”
― Amy Ewing, The White Rose

“I think you can do anything you put your mind to”
― Amy Ewing, The White Rose

“It is frighteningly bizarre to hear myself described this way; a set of statistics, a musical instrument, and nothing more.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“I want to feel as though I am loved, no matter what decisions or mistakes I've made. Because I love him for all of his.”
― Amy Ewing, The Black Key

“I am a person. I am Raven Stirling. They are monsters.”
― Amy Ewing, The House of the Stone

“Something had to be done. No one deserves this life. No one deserves to have their choices taken away.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“This is about a race of people enslaved and made extinct.”
― Amy Ewing, The White Rose

“I look at my reflection and can almost believe I'm capable of something incredible.”
― Amy Ewing, The White Rose

“Violet’s eyes meet mine. I give her a look that tries to say, “What is wrong with these people?”
― Amy Ewing, The House of the Stone

“Hope is a precious thing, isn't it," she said. "And yet, we don't really appreciate it until it's gone.”
― Amy Ewing

“They can be remarkably helpful, the dregs of society. And they love rebelling against authority.”
― Amy Ewing, The White Rose

“My name is Raven Stirling!” I shout. “And I am stronger than you!”
― Amy Ewing, The House of the Stone

“My mother used to say that a good meal could ease a troubled heart.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“I feel myself dissolve into a thousand molecules, amazed at how three small words can completely alter my state of being.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“Who do you look like?” I laugh.

“No one. My father used to joke that my mother must have had an affair with the milkman.”
― Amy Ewing

“It hardens you, living in that place. It holds up a mirror and shows you the very worst parts of humanity. It changes people.”
― Amy Ewing, The White Rose

“The royalty take and take and it never seems to be enough for them. They steal girls to make their babies, boys to protect them, or seduce them, or serve them. But we are not objects. We are not the latest fashion or the most expensive prize. We are people. And I'm going to help make them see that.”
― Amy Ewing, The White Rose

“Don't recite that royal line of crap at me.”
― Amy Ewing, The White Rose