Cora > Cora's Quotes

“Lightfoot directs me to a car. I don't know what I was expecting. Maybe a van with the name of the institute painted on its side, as if to say Caution: Contents Are Dangerous (To Themselves and Others).”
― Alyssa Sheinmel

“Technically, I’m a murderer, but I like to think that’s one of my better qualities.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“Three dark queens
Are born in a glen,
Sweet little triplets
Will never be friends

Three dark sisters
All fair to be seen,
Two to devour
And one to be Queen”
― Kendare Blake, Three Dark Crowns

“In the forest of primeval
A school for Good and Evil
Twin towers like two heads
One for the pure
And one for the wicked
Try to escape you'll always fail,
The only way out is
Through a fairytale.”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

“I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed - or worse, expelled. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to bed.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“They celebrate love as though it's power, even though it has killed far more humans than I ever have.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“Love and madness are two stars in the same sky. You cannot build a roof to keep out last year’s rain.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“He has eyes like vast pools and a jaw made from shipwrecks and broken coral. Every movement he makes is as quick and fluid as a tidal wave. He belongs to the ocean. He is made from it, as much as I am.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“At last, her Weasel had come.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“Parents: Perfecting ways to humiliate their children since the dawn of time.”
― Shannon Messenger, Let the Sky Fall

“They pulled apart when Keefe shouted, "YOU GUYS HAVE TO SEE THIS!"
They ran to the main room and found Keefe standing under the skylight, holding up Mr. Snuggles like it was a baby lion about to be made king. The sparkly red dragon twinkled almost as much as Keefe's eyes as he said, "I went in to check on our boy and found him cuddling with THIS!"
"Isn't that the same dragon Fitz brought to your house that one time?" Dex asked Sophie.
"WHAT?" Keefe shouted. "YOU KNEW AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?!"
"Mr. Snuggles wasn't my secret to share," Sophie said.
"IT'S NAME IS MR. SNUGGLES?! That is... I can't even..." Keefe ran back to Fitz's room shouting, "ARE YOU MISSING YOUR SNUGGLE BUDDY?!"
"Fitz is going to die of embarrassment, you know that, right?" Biana asked.”
― Shannon Messenger, Neverseen

“And I'm the only one with a plan," Fitz reminded them.
"Hey- I've got plans," Keefe argued.
"Plans that don't involve tormenting Dame Alina," Fitz clarified.
"But those are always the best plans!”
― Shannon Messenger, Everblaze

“Ajax gaped. "What the f-"
"Fibula? Another excellent word! Tra la!”
― Jessica Cluess, House of Dragons

“Look! A riddle! Time for fun!
Should we use a rope or gun?
Knives are sharp and gleam so pretty
Poison’s slow, which is a pity
Fire is festive, drowning’s slow
Hanging’s a ropy way to go
A broken head, a nasty fall
A car colliding with a wall
Bombs make a very jolly noise
Such ways to punish naughty boys!
What shall we use? We can’t decide.
Just like you cannot run or hide.
Ha ha.
Truly,
Devious”
― Maureen Johnson, Truly, Devious

“When you have enough power and money, you can dictate the meanings of words.”
― Maureen Johnson, Truly, Devious

“QUESTION EVERYTHING; STAND BACK, I’M GOING TO TRY SCIENCE!; I REJECT YOUR REALITY AND SUBSTITUTE MY OWN.”
― Maureen Johnson, Truly, Devious

“Survival is insufficient.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

“The stars in his eyes aren't only crafted by adventure. They've been formed by years of loneliness. Of looking up into a sky full of dreams and never being quite able to reach it.”
― Adalyn Grace, All the Stars and Teeth

“As women, we must have our weapons in this world, whether they’re our minds or our fists or our wiles or our tears.”
― Laura Sebastian, Lady Smoke

“But sometimes remembering isn’t for yourself, sometimes you do it just to make someone else smile.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

“If you want a chance at being happy, exist. Because yes, life can suck, but as long as you're alive, there's a chance you can be happy.”
― Kathryn Ormsbee, Tash Hearts Tolstoy

“But remember that if you try anything, I'll stab you without a second thought."
"Are you flirting with me? It's a bit hard to tell, considering how terrifying you are.”
― Adalyn Grace, All the Stars and Teeth

“Fascinating, isn’t it? I believe the most extraordinary ideas come from children,” the queen said. “If only we all could be so perceptive, we would find the simplest solutions to the greatest problems are right under our noses.”
― Chris Colfer, The Enchantress Returns

“Does such a place exist where people can’t unexpectedly be helped or hurt?”
― Chris Colfer, The Wishing Spell

“My most scientific analysis, with all means of science and technology in mind, is that it's magic.”
― Chris Colfer, The Enchantress Returns

“I'll kill him. I don't care if he's already dead. I'll kill him harder.”
― Kathryn Purdie, Bone Crier's Moon

“I'm not leaving you. You are worth the risk, do you hear me? You're always going to be worth the risk.”
― Kathryn Purdie, Bone Crier's Moon

“Eva had reached her limit for human interaction.
She could feel the climbing tension in her muscles. the sharp stab of irritation every time another person spoke, the rising desire to pluck one of the hairpins out of her braids and shove it through someone's throat.”
― Alicia Jasinska

“Do you have to stare at me like that?"
"Like what?"
Like you're planning to eat me.”
― Alicia Jasinska, The Dark Tide

“Betrayal cut so much deeper when you loved the hand that held the knife.”
― Alicia Jasinska, The Dark Tide