Elio > Elio's Quotes

“All legends have a spark of truth. Sometimes more than a spark.”
― Elizabeth Lim, Spin the Dawn

“Oh my fucking God, is that adorable or are my standards apocalyptically lowered?”
― Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World

“What happens if no one is there? If everyone in the world is dead and all that’s left in the world is Fort Caroline, a gay guy, a broken straight boy, a cartography genius with PTSD, and a seven-Ty-year-old woman with a shotgun fighting zoo animals?”
― Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World

“Seaward ho! Hang the treasure! It's the glory of the sea that has turned my head.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

“Dead men don't bite”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“One was a book thief. The other stole the sky.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“If they killed him tonight, at least he would die alive.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“I could say the night felt magical, but that would be embellishment.
That would be romanticization.
What it actually felt like was life.”
― Nina LaCour, We Are Okay

“We were miraculous.
We were beach creatures.
We had treasures in our pockets and each other on our skin.”
― Nina LaCour, We Are Okay

“She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close.”
― Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“Death and Famine and War and Pollution continued biking towards Tadfield. And Grievous Bodily Harm, Cruelty To Animals, Things Not Working Properly Even After You've Given Them A Good Thumping but secretly No Alcohol Lager, and Really Cool People travelled with them.”
― Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“You don't have to test everything to destruction just to see if you made it right.”
― Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“Anyway, if you stop tellin' people it's all sorted out afer they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive. ”
― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“I admire warriors,” he says with such intensity it’s like a spell. “Those who are willing to do what others can’t or won’t do for the community.” He smiles. “Any questions?”
― Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

“To keep something wild is far more difficult than to preserve it.”
― Agatha Christie, Hallowe'en Party

“There is always a brave new world,” said Poirot, “but only, you know, for very special people. The lucky ones. The ones who carry the making of that world within themselves.”
― Agatha Christie, Hallowe'en Party

“When something terrible happens—or at least, when you learn about it—it feels like it should affect the entire world. It feels like something should change. But it doesn’t.”
― Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

“I want to peel off all my skin, if only so I could be anything other than a naked body, something horrifying instead of vulnerable. Nobody looks at a pig corpse and thinks it could be made beautiful.”
― Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

“He was slumped over, blood trickling from the side of his mouth. I shook his furry hip, thinking, No! Even if you are half barnyard animal, you're my best friend and I don't want you to die!”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“I wonder- if nobody is listening to my voice, am I making any sound at all?”
― Alice Oseman, Radio Silence

“I wish I could be as subtle and beautiful. All I know how to do is scream.”
― Alice Oseman, Radio Silence