Keelyn Schubert > Keelyn's Quotes

“I’d sworn off spaghetti, but pasta is like a best friend: you can’t stay mad at it forever.”
― Rick Riordan, The Chalice of the Gods

“Things'll get worse before they get better.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“Correct." Kekrops sounded bitter, like he regretted his decision. "My people were the original Athenians--the gemini."
"Like your zodiac sign?" Percy asked. "I'm a Leo."
"No, stupid," Leo said. "I'm a Leo. You're a Percy.”
― Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

“Hercules,huh? Percy frowned. "That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn--there he is.”
― Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena

“I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue plastic hairbrush.”
― Rick Riordan

“There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“It's useless to lecture a human.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

“I think it’s because when we’re not looking at our watches, we’re looking at the light fading in the sky. The anticipation never escapes our perception.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“There were so many things that I did not understand about him over the years, but of course, of course, of course, of course, they all make sense now.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“Just because something seems impossible, doesn't mean it's not worth trying.”
― Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her

“You said—you said that you loved me too.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“Finny. My Finny.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“We have Forever now”
― Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her

“Time always goes slower whenever you're waiting for something.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“I can’t be who you need me to be,” he says. His tone is that of someone reciting a memorized lesson, a catechism. “You need me a lot, and it’s more than I can handle. You’re depressed all the time—” “I am not depressed all the time.” “Yeah, you are.” “No, I’m not.” “You’re depressed a lot.” “My parents are getting divorced.” “You’ve always been like this. I can’t do it anymore.” My arms are wrapped around my stomach now, and I’m leaning forward as if I need to hold my internal organs in place. Finny’s car is blurry. “How long have you felt this way?” I ask. “A couple of weeks.” “A couple of weeks? You want to throw away what we’ve had for four years after a couple of weeks? That’s stupid.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.”
― S.E. Hinton

“Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold . . .” The pillow seemed to sink a little, and Johnny died.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“I've been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you're gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything's new, dawn. It's just when you get used to everything that it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's gold. Keep that way, it's a good way to be.”
― Susan E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man do I have fun!”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“When I stepped out into the bright sunlight, from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home...”
― S.E. Hinton

“...I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“You know what the crummiest feeling you can have is? To hate the person you love the best in the world.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This Is Now

“The difference is that was then, this is now.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This Is Now

“Asleep, he looked a lot younger than going-on-seventeen, but I had noticed that Johnny looked younger when he was asleep too, so I figured everyone did. Maybe people are younger when they are asleep.”
― S. E. Hinton