Isabelle Reinders > Isabelle's Quotes

“I wanted to kiss him. Possibly break a bottle and stab him first. But then definitely kiss him.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“Astra inclinant, sed non obligant; The stars incline us, they do not bind us”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“Assumptions are the death of truth.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“Why is it whenever a man throws a tantrum a woman is blamed for his poor behavior?”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed

“One of the hardest things anyone can do is live in the here and now. Not worry about the future, not rehash the past. Be present, that's the secret to changing your future. To finding true happiness.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“love and hate are both rooted in passion- strange how that line becomes blurred over time.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“Rise,” he said softly. “Just as they always feared you would.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“I believe I’m powerful, therefore I am.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Feared

“I think we all get to decide what good and bad and right and wrong mean to us, not what we’re told to accept.”
― Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood

“Some people are pretty good at hiding who they really are.”
― Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood

“I love having existential crises at bedtime, it's so restful.”
― Naomi Novik, A Deadly Education

“You have to ration sympathy and grief in here the way you ration school supplies.”
― Naomi Novik, A Deadly Education

“There’s no such thing as normal people, I said, a desperate flailing. “There’s just people, and some of them are miserable, and some of them are happy, and you’ve the same right to be happy as any of them—no more and no less.”
― Naomi Novik, The Last Graduate

“Intent doesn't matter, she'd say, when you've really injured someone else. You need to be open to their pain and anger if you're ever to make things whole between you.”
― Naomi Novik, The Golden Enclaves

“It was exactly what I wanted, only once I was in it, I didn’t want it after all.”
― Naomi Novik, The Golden Enclaves

“you know perfectly well you ought to stop reading and go to bed and you’ll feel hideously groggy in the morning if you don’t,”
― Naomi Novik, The Golden Enclaves

“I'm becoming an angry person with no tolerance for anyone. I'm aware of this shift and yet have no desire to change it. If anything, I want it. It's armor. It's easier to be angry than to feel to pain underneath it.”
― Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

“SLIPS ARE TOTALLY NORMAL. WHEN you have a slip, it’s just that. A slip. It doesn’t define you. It doesn’t make you a failure. The most important thing is that you don’t let that slip become a slide,”
― Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

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

“You can never trust a thief you have welcomed into your home.”
― Lexi Ryan, These Hollow Vows

“I can't even tell someone to have a good day without sounding like I secretly wish they'd die.”
― Lexi Ryan, These Hollow Vows

“The thing about desperation is that it steals the right choice from our list of options.”
― Lexi Ryan, These Hollow Vows

“Death is the only victor in war”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Sky and Breath

“You remind me that I am alive.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Sky and Breath

“Males will always try to control the females who scare them. Marriage and breeding are their go-to methods.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Sky and Breath

“To destroy monsters, we become monsters”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Sky and Breath

“Our lives reflect our hearts.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“You're an absolutely stunning, murderous little creature.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash

“Fear and bravery are often one and the same. It either makes you a warrior or a coward. The only difference is the person it resides inside.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash

“There was always someone whose pain cut so deeply, was so raw, that their anguish became a palpable entity”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash