Kate Jarvik Birch > Quotes

“Sometimes it’s nice to have a little bit of imperfection, isn’t it?”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Perfected

“Powerful men tire of their toys easily. And the novelty of a pet doesn’t last forever. After a while even the prettiest things become ordinary.”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Perfected

“Maybe freedom wasn't a state of being. Maybe it was an act of courage. Maybe freedom was defiance and sacrifice and pain, something that couldn't be won without giving away something else in return.”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Perfected

“Who would have imagined when we were first starting out that they would come up with something like this?”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Perfected

“It's a beautiful cage. But it's still a cage" -Penn”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Perfected

“Would this feeling follow me for the rest of my life: happiness and sorrow intertwined so tightly inside me they could never exist without each other? Maybe it would. Maybe this was what it meant to truly be alive, to own a life, not just to exist inside it" -Ella”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Unraveled

“Years can go by in a blink of an eye and then you meet somebody and one day feels like eternity.”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Perfected

“I am what I am. I don't need to be prized to know my value" -Ella”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Unraveled

“His hand still rested against the bare skin of my shoulder, but he didn’t attempt to move it. Leaning forward, he brushed his lips lightly against my cheek. When”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Perfected

“You couldn't choose whom you loved, just like you couldn't choose if you were born a pet or a princess or a poor boy in India. It just happened to you" -Ella”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Tarnished

“I'd never been proud of my looks, but I was proud of that scar. It was a part of myself I'd earned. My eyes, my nose, my lips - they were part of my breeding, but this scar was my own" -Ella”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Unraveled

“Perfection wasn't the state humans were meant to live in. We were built for pain as well as pleasure. We were meant to be broken again and again so we could remember what it was to heal.

I smiled, focusing on the bittersweet agony. I would take it. Every heartbeat. Every glorious, painful, beautiful breath. Because it was mine. All mine." -Ella”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Unraveled

“Even though the morning started out crisp, by the afternoon the day had turned muggy and humid. Ruby and I sat in the conservatory working on her puzzle while the fans buzzed above our heads. She sighed and flicked another abandoned piece into the lid. “This”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Perfected

“It just seems like they're happy not to be contained. People might try to force them to be something different for a little while, but in the end, their true nature still comes through" -Ella

"Yeah. It's *just* like that. Sometimes it's nice to have a little bit of imperfection, isn't it" -Penn”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Perfected

“He leaned down and placed the flower behind my ear. When he pulled his hand away, his fingers brushed the side of my cheek. “See ya around, Ella.” As”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Perfected

“Remember. You’ll never be one of them,” Miss Gellner said, repositioning each of us on our divans in the sitting room so our gowns draped elegantly around our crossed ankles. She”
― Kate Jarvik Birch, Perfected