Bridget McCue > Bridget's Quotes

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Blink, and the years fall away like leaves.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“Even death has a heart.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Hope is a pocket of possibility.
I'm holding it in my hand.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“And when you get down to it, Lily, that is the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love but to persist in love.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

“A DEFINITION NOT FOUND
IN THE DICTIONARY
Not leaving: an act of trust and love,
often deciphered by children”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“All your life you wait, and then it finally comes, and are you ready?”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

“If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don't give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“There is a defiance in being a dreamer”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“no one ever says good-bye unless they want to see you again. aa”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

“The only way to learn is to live.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Hate looks just like everybody else until it smiles. Until it spins around and lies with lips and teeth carved into the semblance of something too passive to punch.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Hope in this world bleeds out of the barrel of a gun.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“I spent my life folded between the pages of books. In the absence of human relationships, I formed bonds with paper characters.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“How can you be afraid of women?”
“Those ain’t normal women.”
― Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers

“True terror isn’t being scared; it’s not having a choice on the matter.”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

“I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“Life is a bleak place. Sometimes you have to learn how to shoot first.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Falling's the part that takes your breath away. It's the part when you can't believe the person standing in front of you both exists and happened to wander into your path. It's supposed to make you feel lucky to be alive, exactly when and where you are.”
― Emily Henry, Beach Read

“There will be a bird today. It will be white with streaks of gold like a crown atop its head. It will fly.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Aut viam inveniam aut faciam tibi.

I will either find a way or make one.”
― Kendall Ryan, Unravel Me

“You only need one ray of light to chase all the shadows away,”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“Don't feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Sometimes you just jump and hope it's not a cliff.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
― Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian