Heather Sunseri > Quotes

“I love you for your courage and your honestly. I love you for seeing things in me that aren't there.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindsiege

“Some really smart guy once told me that if I couldn't laugh through some of this shit, I'd cry.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindspeak

“You know I love you with every cell, every neuron, every fiber of my genetically modified being, right?”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindsiege

“That’s not what I… never mind. What are our fathers talking about, exactly?” “Oh, I’m sure they’re just catching up on old times.” Jack’s sarcasm lit the fuse of a slow-burning firecracker just beneath my skin. “They didn’t appear to be on that great of terms.” Understatement of the year. “Oh, you’d be surprised how much love and adoration was behind that punch.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindspeak

“I've got you." Jack sounded irritated, just like I imaged my knight in shining armor should.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindspeak

“LAB WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN ONE HOUR.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindsiege

“Seth, neurosurgeon and brother to Sandra Whitmeyer, seemed to be the one person everyone trusted to be honest about the history of our origin.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindspeak

“I couldn’t believe Coach had called a six a.m. practice. It was the first day of classes for crying out loud. Not to mention the start of my last year at Wellington.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindspeak

“Why are you hiding back here?” Jonas’s voice came out in a breathy whisper. The muscles in my waist and back tensed. He slithered in and around my mind.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindsurge

“What are you not telling me?” “Oh, there’s a ton I’m not telling you.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindspeak

“Fine.” I sat up. He kept a hand on my leg and drew nervous circles on my thigh. “Here’s what I’m thinking,” I began. “I know I’m supposed to be this strong, independent girl.” “Woman,” he corrected. I quirked a brow at him, and he shrugged. “It sounds better. More mature.” “Okay, a strong, independent woman. And most high school students are eager to go off to college—to study and experience and figure out what we want to do with the rest of our lives. We’re supposed to be just reckless enough to learn who we really are.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindsurge

“hand said, “My father, the renowned Peter Roslin, is speaking”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindspeak

“There was never a perfect time to steal a piece of jewelry off someone’s finger, but tonight seemed as good a night as any. And I had the ring in my sight. I pretended to sip champagne as I watched Lady Sarah Somerset flirt with a man not much older than she was.”
― Heather Sunseri, A Thief Revealed

“Jack is not at this school to fall in love, Dani, any more than I am."

"Who said anything about love? I didn't say the l-word. Did you say the l-word? Oh... I do believe you did.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindspeak

“I'm in love with you, Lexi. And I will do anything to protect you from the absurd cards we've been dealt.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindspeak

“I glanced back toward the ocean. I didn’t know how to answer him, so I walked over and knelt before him. I wrapped my arms around his neck. “Thank you.” It was what I’d hoped would happen, but I couldn’t possibly have asked him to do it.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindsurge

“But then innocent lives would have been lost, including Jonas’s.” Jack didn’t look at me, but I knew he was letting me know that, although our discussion had been cut short before, it wasn’t over.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindsurge

“How did you turn out so amazing, when she's so...so...so not amazing."
"Because she and I don't share a single ounce of DNA?"
"Smart aleck”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindsiege

“No, I most certainly am not okay. Something is terribly wrong. I think it has everything to do with falling for you.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindspeak

“shut off all noise—the sounds outside my head anyway. I pushed off the wall and glided arms first.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindspeak

“showed you into the devil’s lair and provided you with all the ammunition”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindsiege

“Shhh.” He rubbed my hair and cradled me in his arms. “It’s going to be fine.” “Watching her react made it feel real, Jonas. I imagined what it would be like to know I would never see Jack again. And I don’t ever want to feel that. Ever.” “I know. And you won’t.” I raised my head and looked at him. “You don’t know that. She was right. Everyone I touch dies.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindsurge

“People don’t like to be reminded of everything that ever happened. Especially the bad or embarrassing stuff. The past is supposed to fade—or better yet, be misremembered.”
― Heather Sunseri, Death is in the Details

“Haven't I convinced you yet? I'd do anything for you. For us.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindsiege

“I knew I’d never run. I wouldn’t turn my back on my newfound identity, even if it went against everything I believed in. Because turning my back on the monster that I was would be shutting out the beautiful creature who held me now.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindspeak

“Seems to me you could use a little Anjali Mudra.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindspeak

“yes, I have had feelings for Jonas. I have no idea how he gets under my skin, but he does. But I love you. Not him. And he knows that.” I turned my head to look beyond the dock, out into the great ocean. “Jack, I know in my heart that Jonas would put his own life in danger to save either one of us.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindsurge

“His words echoed in my ears. Only you. What did that mean? I was the only girl he was currently staking. The only girl who might find the journals that proved we were freaks.”
― Heather Sunseri, Mindspeak