Lilly > Lilly's Quotes

“Heads, I kiss you. Tails, you kiss me. And either way, it means something.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Hawthorne Legacy

“Est unus ex nobis. Nos defendat eius."
She is one of us. We protect her.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Hawthorne Legacy

“sometimes it feels good to smack the hell out of something.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Hawthorne Legacy

“Because power,I had learned, could be just as seductive as a warm loaf of bread.”
― Mary E. Pearson, Dance of Thieves

“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“There are a few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well.”
― Jane Austen

“Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.”
― Jane Austen

“Books were, and always would be, something a little magic and something to respect.”
― Sally Thorne, The Hating Game

“I am not a tomato”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Adoration of Jenna Fox

“Most of all, I hate you because I think of you. Often. It’s disgusting, and I can’t stop.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“I'm so tired. So tired. Of being powerless.”
― Holly Black

“You think because you can humiliate me, you can control me?”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Our lives are the only real thing we have, our only coin. We get to buy what we want with them”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“I hate everyone. I just don't hate them enough.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Every time you say 'trust me', I trust you even less”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“You know the problem with heroes and saints...They always end up dead.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“I have been made to protect you. Only in death will I be kept from this oath.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“I have been made to protect you. Even in death I will find a way.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“I just know there’s no way to live without pain—no matter how long or short your life is. People let you down. You get hurt and do damage in return.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“Know that I loved you, she said to the Darkling. Know that it was not enough.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“And while I was dancing with every girl in the room, I kept wishing the only girl in the room was you.”
― C J Redwine

“I can't do this alone. I . . . I can't be the last of us.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“Most women suffer thorns for the sake of the flowers. But we who would wield power adorn ourselves in flowers to hide the sting of our thorns.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“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

“grief and love were one and the same. Grief was the shadow love left when it was gone.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man”
― Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis

“I’m going to kill you,” he gritted out, little more than a growl. “If you say another word about the woman I love, if you look at her, if you even think about her - I’m going to fucking kill you.”
― Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis

“I wish you could see yourself the way I see you"
- Adam”
― Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis

“I'm starting to wonder if this is what being in love is. Being okay with ripping yourself to shreds, so the other person can stay whole.”
― Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis