Julia Wej > Julia's Quotes

“Sometimes you just meet the right person at the wrong time,”
― Josie Silver, One Day in December

“If anyone ever asks if I've ever fallen in love at first sight, I shall say yes. For one glorious moment on the 21st of December 2006.”
― Josie Silver, One Day in December

“You tread lightly through life, but you leave deep footprints that are hard for other people to fill.”
― Josie Silver, One Day in December

“Despite the fairy-tale snowstorm out there, this isn’t Narnia. This is London, real life, where hearts get kicked and bruised and broken, but somehow they still keep beating.”
― Josie Silver, One Day in December

“I'll tell you what I think. Your place isn't somewhere. It's someone.”
― Josie Silver, One Day in December

“Sometimes you just meet the right person at the wrong time,” I say softly. “Yeah,” he says. “And then you spend every day afterward wishing that time could be rearranged.”
― Josie Silver, One Day in December

“Do you think we were always destined to know each other?' I say.

In my head I'm cresting the Ferris wheel with Jack beside me, our heads tipped back to look at the stars. Perhaps it's the wine, but my stomach flips slowly as he laughs quietly against my ear.

'I don't know if I believe in all that destiny stuff, Lu, but I'll always be glad you're in my life.'

He looks down into my eyes and his mouth is so close I can feel his breath on my lips. I ache.

'Me too,' I whisper. 'Even though being with you is hard on my heart sometimes.”
― Josie Silver, One Day in December

“Sometimes you just meet the right person at the wrong time”
― Josie Silver, One Day in December

“From now on, if anyone asks me if I've ever fallen in love at first sight, I shall say yes, for one glorious minute on December 21, 2008.”
― Josie Silver, One Day in December

“And that’s when I realize that, at the end, we’d all wish for the same thing. Just a little more time.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“That's the difference between the real and the virtual. Reality is where you can lose the ones you love. Reality is the place where you can feel the cracks in your heart.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“I promise I'll miss you forever,' I whisper. 'I promise I'll miss you forever,' he echoes.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Zero isn’t real. He is an illusion.
Sasuke Tanaka died a long time ago.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“You are forever a piece of my story. I couldn’t turn my back on you without turning my back on myself. I had to try.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“Well, as they said, it's not over until the mockingjay sings.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“People aren’t so bad, really,” she said. “It’s what the world does to them.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“Snow lands on top”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“Before need, before love, came trust.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“Wars are won by heads not hearts.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“You're mine and I'm yours. It's written in the stars.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“Everyone handles grief differently.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“Everyone's born as clean as a whistle—
As fresh as a daisy
And not a bit crazy.
Staying that way's a hard row for hoeing—
As rough as a briar,
Like walking through fire.

This world, it's dark,
And this world, it's scary.
I've taken some hits, so
No wonder I'm wary.
It's why I
Need you—
You're pure as the driven snow.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“Good-bye, District Twelve. Good-bye, hanging tree and Hunger Games and Mayor Lipp. Someday something will kill me, but it won’t be you.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“Star-crossed lovers meeting their fate.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“Roses are red, love; violets are blue.
Birds in the heavens know I love you.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“She could fly around District 12 all she liked, but she and her mockingjays could never harm him again.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“Hey, you found some katniss. Good work, CC.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“You can’t take my sass.
You can’t take my talking.
You can kiss my ass
And then keep on walking.
Nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

“We live in a world where exceptional women have to sit around waiting for mediocre men.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Carrie Soto Is Back