Emilee King > Quotes

“You're not weak. Caring isn't weakness—it's one of the bravest things you can do.”
― Emilee King, Surviving to the End

“I have plans today and none of them include blood, guts, or monster dogs. So, yes, I'm in a good mood.”
― Emilee King, Surviving on a Whisper

“Sometimes surviving is all you can do”
― Emilee King, Surviving on a Whisper

“Can love make you sacrifice that heavily and completely? Sacrifice something you love for something you might love more?”
― Emilee King, Pieces in the Cinders, Season 1

“Being broken is a bit easier, though, when someone is broken with you—not because it's easier to deal with, but because you know you're not alone.”
― Emilee King, Surviving through the Night

“I heard once that we always have a choice. Always. I don't believe that anymore. We don't get to choose the bad things that find us. We don't get the choice of whether or not the darkness affects us, whether or not we break. When your feet get swept out from under you, you don't get to choose if you fall. You can only let your eyes adjust, gather your pieces, and drag yourself up.”
― Emilee King, Surviving the After

“That's why they should be afraid of me. I'm damaged because I should've died but instead I survived.”
― Emilee King, Surviving through the Night

“She knew the monster was with her.”
― Emilee King, Cracks in the Tower: A Realm Where Faerie Tales Dwell Series

“There should be a holiday to celebrate whoever invented self-checkout.”
― Emilee King, Surviving through the Night

“Counting helped in lots of situations. There was something calming about the succession, the order, the absence of chaos without the terror of dreading inevitability. Six came after five, and it would always come after five, and there was never a reason for anyone to be upset that it did.”
― Emilee King, Surviving to the End

“My jaw clamped shut in response, but the resolve in me only grew stronger: the resolve I'd first found months ago when I realized I had one friend in this big, angry world, and I would protect that redhead at all costs.”
― Emilee King, Surviving on a Whisper

“I was the definition of forgettable, and my survival counted on that”
― Emilee King, Surviving on a Whisper

“Don't fall asleep while you're driving. After everything...it would be stupid for us to die in a car accident.”
― Emilee King, Surviving through the Night

“Things were broken. Magic could fix nearly anything, but not everything.”
― Emilee King, Pieces in the Cinders, Season 1

“Some things are better left buried.”
― Emilee King, Pieces in the Cinders, Season 1

“I'll always remember that moment, that genuine look in her eyes as she tried to understand my life. That's when I decided that maybe humanity had a chance after all, and that maybe I did too.”
― Emilee King, Surviving to the End

“But over the past few years, some of the strongest people I met were always afraid. I learned that fear doesn't make you weak, it makes you human.”
― Emilee King, Surviving through the Night

“Today was awful. It was a day to survive, to grit your teeth, curl yourself up, and get through, not one to really live. But a little voice inside me whispered that at least I was beginning to learn the difference.”
― Emilee King, Surviving the After

“You really think that would be it? Honestly? You're afraid of killing someone and, what, never getting over it?"

"No. I'm afraid of killing someone and not feeling a thing.”
― Emilee King, Surviving to the End

“They say you aren't what happens to you. I don't completely buy that. I am what happened to me. I know I am. But now I've finally come to realize that it's not the only thing I am.”
― Emilee King, Surviving the After

“I ran, not recognizing the true danger of the monsters behind, how they'd stalk my every step and haunt my every nightmare. I ran, not realizing that was the last time I'd see my house, my parents, Charlie, or any shred of the life I had. I ran, not knowing I'd never stop.”
― Emilee King, Surviving on a Whisper

“Some people found it hard to celebrate when life sucked so much. Brennan said the best time to celebrate was when life sucked the most.”
― Emilee King, Surviving through the Night