Brandi > Brandi's Quotes

“I have never been in love before," Julian said. "You're my first-and you'll be my only.”
― L.J. Smith, The Hunter

“Lena's hair was sticking out in about fifteen directions, and her eyes were all small and puffy from crying. So this was what girls looked like in the morning. I had never seen one, not up close.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person.”
― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

“Who are you anyway? What are you even doing here?”
“Haven,” she said quietly, peeking at him.
He gazed at her peculiarly. “Heaven? No, this definitely isn't Heaven. But I get why you’re confused, since I'm standing in front of you.” She stared at him, and he
cracked a smile. “I'm kidding. Well, kinda… I have been told I've taken a girl to Heaven a time or two.”
“Haven, not Heaven,” she said, louder than before. Nothing about the conversation made sense to her. “My name’s Haven.”
― J.M. Darhower, Sempre

“First loves can fuck you up.”
― Tara Kelly, Amplified

“Never," said Gregor. "I'll never get rid of you, no matter how hard I try." It was no longer an effort to say the words. "I love you."
"I love you, too," said Luxa.
After that there was nothing left to say.”
― Suzanne Collins, Gregor and the Code of Claw

“Oh, dear." She let her head fall back to the pillow. "There it went. I've fallen in love with you now."
"Just now?" Chuckling, he came to a sitting position, resting his forearm on one bent knee. "Well, thank God for belated blessings." He ran a hand
through his hair. "It's been coming on rather longer than that for me."
"What?" She sat bolt upright. "What can you mean? Since when?"
"From the first, Amelia. From the very first.”
― Tessa Dare, One Dance with a Duke

“No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over.”
― Eugene Field

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

“ The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council

“Kevin: 'Hey, Dad. How do you stop people from being stupid?'

Dad: 'You don't.'

Kevin: 'Really?'

Dad: 'I've tried to explain to people when they're being stupid, but then I realized something: Most people like being stupid.'

Kevin: 'I don't get it.'

Dad: 'Some people just prefer it. It makes their lives easier if they let other people think for them.'

Kevin: 'But that doesn't make sense. That's just stu...Oh...”
― Barry Lyga, Hero-Type

“He turns to the Council. 'Sounds like Foolish behavior to me, boys. I hereby nominate the human race for membership in the Council of Fools!' He raises both arms and shouts to the sky. 'Humanity! Join us! Join your masters! All opposed, say nay!"

And then nothing but silence and Flip's panting as he strains, listening.

'There are no dissenting votes!' he cries. 'I hereby admit humanity to the Council of Fools!' He punches the air in triumph. 'Dude,' he says, grinning, 'I just upped our membership by six billion. Not bad, huh?”
― Barry Lyga, Hero-Type

“The best way to support the troops is to not send them off to die in the first place. And the second best way to support them only to send them off to die when you absolutely have to. And the only way to know that you've done that is to talk about it, debate it, examine it, and make damn sure.”
― Barry Lyga, Hero-Type

“She swore vengeance on all men with dark hearts.”
― Lisa Papademetriou, Siren's Storm

“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“The greatest ideas are the simplest.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“We did everything adults would do. What went wrong?”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“People don't help much.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“Which is better--to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“The rules!" shouted Ralph, "you're breaking the rules!"
"Who cares?”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.”
― William Golding

“Language fits over experience like a straight jacket.”
― William Golding

“Worse than madness. Sanity.”
― William Golding, Pincher Martin

“We're not savages. We're English.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies