Mary > Mary's Quotes

“Lightning struck, except death isn't lightning. It's the sun setting because it rose. It's an inevitable thing...”
― Racquel Marie, If We Survive This

“But morbid curiosity is a bruise I've never been able to stop poking, a beast I can't stop feeding despite its insatiability.”
― Racquel Marie, If We Survive This

“I used to think love was a thing that made a man. Now I knew it was duty.”
― Nikki Ashton, The Lilac River

“My heart was pounding so hard I was sure she could hear it echoing between us.”
― Nikki Ashton, The Lilac River

“He has no idea this is just the beginning.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“Then again, plenty of men are idiots.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“He’s almost perfect. And I hate his guts.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“I put a banana peel on the top step of our steep staircase. But in the end, it was the cut brake line that did him in.”
― Freida McFadden, The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie

“And is there Hell, or do we make our own on earth?”
― Stephen King, 1922

“They say that loving eyes can never see, but that’s a fool’s axiom. Sometimes they see too much.”
― Stephen King, 1922

“Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they can flourish and grow. Between the ocean and the mountains is a wild forest. That is where I want to make my home.”
― Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer: A Memoir

“I knew I loved her – fiercely and with every part of my heart, even the broken parts, even the parts that felt unworthy and without value. And maybe those parts most of all.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“See, that’s the thing about trauma. You never get to quit it. You never get to walk away from it and rediscover the innocence and joy you felt just before The Thing happened.”
― Carter Wilson, Tell Me What You Did

“Sometimes miracles—like love—arrived gently. Softly. Without fanfare. Without a lightning strike. For true miracles needed no such thing.”
― Mia Sheridan, Savaged

“Sometimes being scared makes you do things you didn't know you could do.”
― Mary Kubica, Local Woman Missing

“Niko laughs, and the sound fills my heart like a sunflower in bloom, turning toward his sun.”
― Molly Gray, Accidental Getaway

“For once, I forgot to pretend I was anyone else. I forgot to try and fit in. And Niko wanted me anyway.”
― Molly Gray, Accidental Getaway

“But you? You are the waterfall. You are the summit. You are the person who can get through every obstacle thrown at you. You just have to stop living your life for someone else.”
― Molly Gray, Accidental Getaway

“Women are interrupted thirty-three percent more often than men in corporate meetings. That’s not okay.”
― Molly Gray, Accidental Getaway

“And I am so happy that he kept me from making that terrible mistake one year ago. You know you’re with someone really special when they are able to save you from ruining your own life.”
― Freida McFadden, The Crash

“That was love, wasn't it? It wasn't just a quick drop -- it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. It was learning how to exist with every new breath. It was uncertain and it was undeniably hard, and it wasn't something you could plan for.”
― Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

“Because that’s all we have in life, isn’t it? Our memories. It’s what makes the human experience. Best to get them onto paper before it’s too late.”
― Carter Wilson, The Dead Girl in 2A

“I was afraid that Autumn would break Finn's heart. Now I wish she had the chance. I wish he was inside, devastated by Autumn or perhaps severely injured in the accident. No matter how horrible, I wish Finn was able to feel something, anything.”
― Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her

“He looked like every hero in every fairy tale I'd ever dreamed come to life. And, God, I wanted to believe in heroes again. But sometimes, I supposed, a girl just had to be her own hero.”
― Mia Sheridan, Grayson's Vow

“Hope is a fickle, dangerous thing. It steals your focus and aims it toward the possibilities instead of keeping it where it belongs—on the probabilities.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“I would rather lose this entire war than live without you, and if that means I have to prove myself over and over, then I'll do it. You gave me your heart, and I'm keeping it.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Just because one person doesn’t get me, doesn’t mean I don’t get myself. I know what I feel, and I don’t need anyone’s validation or belief to accept it.”
― Madison Rose, You, Me & Heather Summers

“I know one thing, though: The Capitol can never take Lenore Dove from me again. They never really did in the first place. Nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping, and she is the most precious thing I’ve ever known.
When I tell her that, she always says, “I love you like all-fire.”
And I reply, “I love you like all-fire, too.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“Because as much as I don’t need a knight in shining armor to defend my honor, I’m relieved I have one who feels compelled to do so.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Love

“War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War