Quotes - Carol Joseph (caroljoseph) Showing 1-30 of 54

#1

“No need to be embarrassed,” he said. “Although if you need some practice before your wedding, I’m more than willing to help for free.”
Scarlett attempted to make a sound of disgust, but it came out more like a whimper.
“Was that a yes?” Julian asked.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

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#2

“I think this cut might need stiches,” Scarlett said, yet as her cloth wiped away the blood it revealed a smooth line of unmarked, unbroken flesh. “Wait, I don’t see a wound.”
“There’s not one. But that feels really good.” Julian moaned and arched his back.
“You scoundrel!”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

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#3

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books

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#4

“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: books, mind

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#5

“Kaz leaned back. "What's the easiest way to steal a man's wallet?"
"Knife to the throat?" asked Inej.
"Gun to the back?" said Jesper.
"Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina.
"You're all horrible," said Matthias.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

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#6

“I'm a business man," he'd told her. "No more, no less."
"You're a thief, Kaz."
"Isn't that what I just said?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

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#7

“She'd laughed, and if he could have bottled the sound and gotten drunk on it every night, he would have. It terrified him.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

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#8

“When everyone knows you’re a monster, you needn’t waste time doing every monstrous thing.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

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#9

“It's not natural for women to fight."
"It's not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

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#10

“Has anyone noticed this whole city is looking for us, mad at us, or wants to kill us?"
"So?" said Kaz.
"Well, usually it's just half the city.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

tags: crooked-kingdom, jesper-fahey, kaz-brekker

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#11

“She smiled then, her eyes red, her cheeks scattered with some kind of dust. It was a smile he thought he might die to earn again.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

tags: brekker, crooked-kingdom, ghafa, inej, inej-ghafa, kaz, kaz-brekker, leigh-bardugo, six-of-crows

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#12

“I am grateful you're alive", he said. "I am grateful that you're beside me. I am grateful that you're eating."
She rested her head on his shoulder.
"You're better that waffles, Matthias Helvar."
A small smile curled the Fjerdan's lips.
"Let's not say things we don't mean, my love.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

tags: crooked-kingdom, matthias-helvar, nina-zenik, six-of-crows

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#13

“Let's have a toast. To the incompetence of our enemies.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

tags: holly-black, jude, madoc, the-cruel-prince

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#14

“Come home and shout at me. Come home and fight with me. Come home and break my heart, if you must.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

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#15

“He pulls back to look down at me and when he sees my tears, he brings his hands up to my cheeks. “In the future... if by some miracle you ever find yourself in the position to fall in love again... fall in love with me.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

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#16

“If you don’t want me to be in love with you, you’re going to have to stop looking so lovely. First thing tomorrow I’m having your maids sew some potato sacks together for you.”
― Kiera Cass, The Selection

tags: america, maxon

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#17

“Most of my life, I’ve romanticized death. I used to love the idea of something being so tremendous that it was worth dying for. But I was wrong. I think the most magnificent things are worth living for.”
― Stephanie Garber, Finale

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#18

“Occasionally, there are minutes that get extra seconds. Moments so precious the universe stretches to make additional room for them.”
― Stephanie Garber, Finale

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#19

“This is my choice, and I choose you, Donatella. I don’t need immortality. You’re my forever.”
― Stephanie Garber, Finale

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#20

“Just because I don't like you doesn't mean you're not pretty."
"If you really hated me, you wouldn't find me attractive at all."
"I never said I had good taste.”
― Stephanie Garber, Finale

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#21

“He might have been a liar and villain, but he made both things look very good.”
― Stephanie Garber, Finale

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#22

“Just because it was a negative emotion didn’t mean it wasn’t a valuable one.”
― Stephanie Garber, Finale

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#23

“Be careful, Crimson.”

“I'm always careful.”

“I don't know . . .” He pulled way just enough for her to see his mouth twitch at the corner. “A careful girl wouldn't say she loved me.”

“You're wrong. I don't think my heart could be safer than in your hands.”
― Stephanie Garber, Finale

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#24

“How long was I out?” she asked.

“Long enough to make me worry that this wasn't just an elaborate ploy to get into my bed.”

Scarlett managed to smile. “What if I said it was a ploy?”

“I'd tell you that you don't need one. You're welcome in my bed anytime.”
― Stephanie Garber, Finale

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#25

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

tags: inspirational, love

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#26

“What rules?”

“Well, for one, I’m not allowed to break your heart,” he says. “Second, I’m also not allowed to break your damn heart. And last, I’m not allowed to fucking break your damn heart.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

tags: brothers-love, respect, understanding

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#27

“The pain will always be there.

So will the fear.

But the pain and fear are no longer my life. They're only moments.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

tags: miles, tate

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#28

“Hearts get infiltrated.
Promises get broken.
Rules get shattered.
Love gets ugly.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

tags: miles, tate

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#29

“If you aren't on Goodreads, you should be. I've said it before, it's like Facebook for readers on crack.”
― Colleen Hoover

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#30

“Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway.”
― Kiera Cass, The One

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