CathyT > CathyT's Quotes

Showing 1-30 of 61

« previous 1 2 3 next »

#1

“It felt like acceptance. . . . Finally, he was feeling complete and whole.”
― Octavia Yvonne Webb, Mixed Bloodline: The story of a young biracial boy overcoming racism growing up in the South doing the 1930's Jim Crow Era

tags: acceptance, belonging, family-story, healing, heartfelt-reads, hope, identity, spiritual-memoir

0 likes

#2

“Clarity of purpose often comes from wandering through mistakes”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

tags: am-writing, author-quotes, creative-process, fail-forward, growth-mindset, revision-life, writer-life, writers-of-instagram, writing-community, writing-quote

13 likes

#3

“So, let me get this right. You invented this groundbreaking medical technology that changes the way we literally do everything in trauma and blood, and you are out here, 30.3 light-years away from Earth, on a planet where everyone involved in the Eden project was a hundred percent sure there’d be no DNA, blood, or anything? And now here we are playing with the DNA of an alien race? What is this? What is actually going on here?”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

tags: alien-dna, bio-tech, deep-space, ethics-in-science, first-contact, genetic-engineering, hard-sci-fi, medical-sci-fi, science-gone-wrong, space-exploratio

17 likes

#4

“He falls further into darkness. The stinging pain of daily torture and the numbing cold hardly bother him now, and he relishes the thought that soon he might disappear entirely. Then Lylitte is there in his thoughts again, and the splitting pain brings him back into this life, and again, only one thing eases the torment: winding further out of existence.”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

tags: broken-heroes, character-driven, dark-sci-fi, descent-into-darkness, existential-fiction, griefin-fiction, mind-and-memory, psychological-sci-fi, survival-story, trauma-in-fiction

29 likes

#5

“You need to use your damned technology and make us blood. There's a war going on and unless you can do that you're kinda useless," - Hannah Khalili in book one Eden 2:b”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

tags: science-and-magic, science-fiction, science-fiction-fantasy

7 likes

#6

“You must enjoy the time and make the most of the experience because time slips away and before you realize it your youth has passed, and you are old.”
― Amanda Adams, The Voyeur's Yacht

tags: adult-fiction, coming-of-age, erotic-romance, goodreads-quotes, life-advice, save-this-quote, wanderlust-reads, youth-and-time

40 likes

#7

“I've learned, my dear—never give your heart away to a man who doesn't want or deserve it.”
― Amanda Adams, The Voyeur's Yacht

tags: adult-fiction, book-quotes, dating-advice, goodreads, heart-guarding, romance-reads, self-respect, women-supporting-women

85 likes

#8

“Sleep well, my beautiful lover,” I said. “. . . the journey is just getting started.”
― Amanda Adams, The Voyeur's Yacht

tags: adult-romance, adventure-vibes, new-beginnings, quote-of-the-day, romantic-reads, travel-romance, wanderlust

32 likes

#9

“As we say our final goodbyes here today, let us carry forward the lessons of Kyle's life and continue to weave the fabric of our own stories with love, kindness, and empathy.”
― Lo Monaco, Fallen in a Dark Uneven Way

tags: book-quote, empathy, goodreads-quotes, heartstrings, kindness-matters, life-lessons, love-and-loss

9 likes

#10

“Always, I had been worried that, if given free rein, my love for him and, truth to tell, my need for him would overwhelm me.”
― Lo Monaco, Fallen in a Dark Uneven Way

tags: book-quote, emotional-reads, goodreads-quotes, heart-on-page, love-and-longing, romantic-suspense, slow-burn-feelings

37 likes

#11

“I didn’t like being so cynical about marriage, but I had yet to encounter a marriage free of lies, subterfuge, duplicity and betrayal.”
― Lo Monaco, Fallen in a Dark Uneven Way

tags: book-quote, emotional-thriller, goodreads-quotes, marriage-and-betrayal, romantic-suspense, trust-issues, truth-vs-lies

14 likes

#12

“I was strong, and I deserved better than someone who would disregard my love so callously.”
― Lo Monaco, Fallen in a Dark Uneven Way

tags: book-quote, choose-yourself, goodreads-quotes, healing-journey, self-worth, strong-heroines, womens-fiction

14 likes

#13

“My mind shouted, “no way,” but my heart wasn’t so sure.”
― Lo Monaco, Fallen in a Dark Uneven Way

tags: book-quote, emotional-reads, goodreads-quotes, heart-vs-head, relatable-reads, romantic-suspense, second-chances

18 likes

#14

“I didn't love him anymore, but at the same time, I didn't hate him, either.”
― Lo Monaco, Fallen in a Dark Uneven Way

tags: book-quote, complicated-love, emotional-reads, goodreads-quotes, healing-journey, letting-go, romantic-suspense

19 likes

#15

“I didn’t love him as I had before, but I felt love toward him as I would toward a dear friend from my past. ”
― Lo Monaco, Fallen in a Dark Uneven Way

tags: bittersweet, book-quote, emotional-reads, friendship-love, goodreads-quotes, romantic-suspense, second-chances

13 likes

#16

“As I sat there, my mind drifted back to the memories of our past, and the pain resurfaced, stinging my heart once again”
― Lo Monaco, Fallen in a Dark Uneven Way

tags: book-quote, emotional-reads, goodreads-quotes, healing-journey, heartbreak, past-haunts, romantic-suspense

16 likes

#17

“My heart felt so heavy that I thought I’d pass out from sadness and grief.”
― Lo Monaco, Fallen in a Dark Uneven Way

tags: book-quote, cathartic-reads, emotional-reads, goodreads-quotes, healing-journey, heavy-hearts, romantic-suspense

18 likes

#18

“Heavy clouds obscured the sun and a light mist turned everything damp and gray.”
― Lo Monaco, Fallen in a Dark Uneven Way

tags: atmospheric-reads, book-quote, goodreads-quotes, moody-vibes, mystery, reading-mood, suspense-fiction

14 likes

#19

“I tried to imagine how it might look if there were a fire roaring, giving heat and light to the room.”
― Lo Monaco, Fallen in a Dark Uneven Way

tags: atmospheric-reads, book-quote, goodreads-quotes, hope-in-the-dark, light-and-heat, reade-rfeels, suspense-fiction

6 likes

#20

“A wonderful, unrestrained, bubbling laugh burst out from deep inside me.”
― Lo Monaco, Fallen in a Dark Uneven Way

tags: book-quote, bright-spots, emotional-reads, feel-good-moment, goodreads-quotes, joy-in-small-things, romantic-suspense

8 likes

#21

“Life has no obligation to make sense, and the beauty of it is that it rarely does, but if you can get lost in the sweet spot in between, you may find some answers, too - or at least create some good stories.”
― Jeff Johns, Jet Lag Junkie: Unfiltered Tales of a Compulsive Wanderer

tags: beautiful-mess, get-lost-to-find-yourself, life-is-weird, life-lessons, meaning-in-chaos, memoir-quotes, story-worth-living, wander-and-wonder, wild-wisdom

20 likes

#22

“His heart was empty, but light.”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

tags: character-journey, emotional-reads, grief-and-healing, heart-line, historical-fantasy, quiet-hope, save-this-quote

12 likes

#23

“Nothing is ever going to be perfect,” said Zillah. “Things are not meant to be perfect.”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

tags: biblical-fiction, historical-fantasy, imperfect-life, life-lessons, perspective-shift, prehistoric-fiction, quote-to-keep, reflective-reads

42 likes

#24

“No one is perfect, you know”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

tags: character-driven, found-familyfeels, goodreads-quotes, hardt-ruths, historical-fantasy, quiet-wisdom, reader-reflection

12 likes

#25

“A tribe needed many stabilizers, as many as they could get”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

tags: book-club-pick, community-strength, found-family, historical-fantasy, leadership-themes, survival-story, tribal-saga

16 likes

#26

“The world was perverse, set up in such a way that bad decisions seemed obvious only in retrospect.”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

tags: character-driven, hard-choices, historical-fantasy, human-nature, leadership-pressure, quote-of-the-day, thought-provoking

19 likes

#27

“Such waste could be deadly.”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

tags: grit-and-grace, keep-moving-forward, prehistoric-fiction, resilience-reads, survival-mindset, wilderness-fiction

14 likes

#28

“If you push people, they snap. It’s just like dogs. Or horses.”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

tags: emotional-pressure, hard-won-wisdom, historical-fantasy, human-nature, recovery, relationships, save-this, trauma-truth

8 likes

#29

“Yes, she had been right to come back to Guernsey and hopefully this cottage would be the haven she had been seeking since…”
― Anne Allen, The Ghost of Seagull Cottage: Inspired by The Ghost and Mrs Muir

tags: comfort-read, cottage-life, cozy-paranormal, guernsey, healing, new-beginnings, paranormal-romance, seaside-setting

59 likes

#30

“Well, now she was free to make her own decisions and she couldn’t wait to come back with Emilia and move into the lovely cottage near the sea.”
― Anne Allen, The Ghost of Seagull Cottage: Inspired by The Ghost and Mrs Muir

tags: coastal-fiction, finding-home, fresh-start, seaside-reads, second-chances, single-mom, weekend-read, womens-fiction

25 likes

« previous 1 2 3 next »

All Quotes

CathyT > CathyT's Quotes

Tags From CathyT’s Quotes