Verna > Verna's Quotes

“Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty...”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Bites

“It's awkward, isn't it?" he said.
"What's that?" I replied, my voice far too breathy.
"These moments when we're not hating each other.”
― Mary E. Pearson, Dance of Thieves

“There is no place like home.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

“Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

“Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?”
― Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

“Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.”
― L. Frank Baum

“You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

“Now I know I've got a heart because it is breaking.
- Tin Man”
― Noel Langley, The Wizard of Oz Screenplay

“You have some queer friends, Dorothy,' she said.

The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends,' was the answer”
― L. Frank Baum, The Road to Oz

“Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.”
― L. Frank Baum

“I wonder how biology can explain the physical pain you feel in your chest when all you want to do is be with someone.”
― Dan Howell

“Such words only hurt when the person saying them means something to you.”
― Grace Draven, Master of Crows

“I do hope the things I've forgotten don't matter.”
― Mary E. Pearson, Dance of Thieves

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“I'm going up to my room now, where I may die.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“At the door, Audrey called, "Are you coming?"
"No, just breathing hard, love." He glanced at her and was rewarded by an outraged glare, followed by, "Oh, my God!”
― Ilona Andrews, Fate's Edge

“Curran looked back at me. "Why is it you always attract creeps?"

"You tell me." Ha! Walked right into that one, yes, he did.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Strikes

“Kate short-circuits my brain. In my head we always have these clear coherent exchanges, but once we meet, what comes out it is, “Kate, do what I say or I’ll kill you.” Her default reply is, “Fuck you!” and we go downhill from there.”
― Ilona Andrews

“Are you out of your mind?"
It's not polite to lie to your best friend. "It's a possibility.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Bleeds

“Learn to change what you can and accept what you can’t. Be the palm that bends in the wind to withstand the gale.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Winter King

“Idiots and frost brains,” she muttered as she stalked out after finishing. “That’s what men are. I’ve no idea why Freika ever bothered creating you. She should have recognized perfection when she created woman and stopped while she was ahead.”
― C.L. Wilson, The Winter King