Paige > Paige's Quotes

“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
― John Green

“Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing.'

'Well,' he says, 'I would only go if there was cake.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“My cigarettes and I are going outside. At least they show me respect.”
― Richelle Mead, Shadow Kiss

“Ah, my daughter,ʺ he said. ʺEighteen, and already youʹve been accused of murder, aided felons, and acquired a death count higher than most guardians will ever see.ʺ He paused. ʺI couldnʹt be prouder.”
― Richelle Mead, Last Sacrifice

“Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?” I say.

“I don't know. I don't think I cry out or thrash around or anything. I just come to, paralyzed with terror,” he says.

“You should wake me,” I say, thinking about how I can interrupt his sleep two or three times on a bad night. About how long it can take to calm me down.

“It's not necessary. My nightmares are usually about losing you,” he says. “I'm okay once I realize you're here.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“I don’t care how hard being together is, nothing is worse than being apart.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“She decided that if Lucas was gay then she was going to have to get a sex change operation. He would be so worth it.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“How do you know all this about me?" Helen sputtered. Claire sighed.
"After I pushed you off the roof..." she began.
"After you WHAT?" Lucas yelled.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“So, what can't you take? Decide which of the two options is harder, and do the other. That way, no matter how hard your choice turns out to be, at least you can find comfort in knowing you're avoiding something even worse.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“I don’t know why you’re fighting it, Len. One, he’s frigging gorgeous. Two, he’s so frigging gorgeous you need to count it twice. Three, he saw you fall down and left practice to see if you were okay. That’s, like, devotion.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“You've got the killer instincts of a houseplant.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“He's not going around telling everyone you're monkey-butt crazy, so at least you brutalized a seriously sweet guy.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“So what are you doing next Friday night?"
"What have you got in mind?"
"We could try hitting each other with cars," she suggested cheerfully.
"Did that last weekend with Jase," he said with mock regret.
"Go to the zoo and throw ourselves to the lions?" she fired back quickly, desperate to keep him focused on her rather than his caved-in chest.
"The Romans sort of wore that one out. Got anything original?"
"I'll think of something," she warned him.
"Can't wait!”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“You and I are way to fabulous to be ordinary.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“You certainly do heal fast. But you'll still have some impressive bruises, so if I were you I'd avoid your father for the rest of the night."
"I'll just tell him you abuse me," Helen said with a shrug. She jumped off the examining table.
"And I'll tell him you like it," he teased back.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“Also, it'd be kinda hard to be together if I was in prison."

"What are you talking about?" Helen asked, suddenly alarmed. "Why would you go to prison?"

"For killing the guy that took your virginity," he replied. "You I would forgive. But the guy? Dead man.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“The Gods know what it is to be eternal, and they love to toy with mortals who use absolutes.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“I was a little worried she might try to drag me off to hell and drain my essence at some point, but I figured that was still better than having Gretchen for a best friend.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“Do you have any idea how late it is? Go to sleep," she scolded as she hurried past him.

"I know, I'm going to bed right now ... Hey! YOU go to sleep," Jerry scolded back, belatedly remembering that he was the parent.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“Helen felt as if the whole world had turned into some gigantic punch line that she had waited patiently for, and then when she heard it she found it insulting. If she had been in a comedy club she would have gotten up and walked out, but instead she had to go to the comedian's house after school and let his cousin beat the crap out of her.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“Yeah, but damn!" Kate said, fanning herself with her hand. "When I was your age all of the guys were trying to prove how anti-establishment they were by out-uglying each other. I so got robbed!”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“She would have to leave the country, or at least Nantucket, because there was no way she could live down the fact that she had tried to strangle the hottest boy on the island.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“Some things stay a little bit broken forever—even after they’ve been fixed.”
― Josephine Angelini, Goddess

“Even if it kills me, staying awake and seeing you... is better than any dream.”
― Josephine Angelini, Dreamless

“Yes. I love them both. And I'd die for them both.”
― Josephine Angelini, Dreamless

“Lucas Delos,” he said, holding out his hand.
“Don’t you hate this kid?” Jerry asked Helen candidly as he shook the offered hand.”
― Josephine Angelini

“Helen's modest. She wanted to dress herself," Ariadne said, drizzling honey over a bowl of oatmeal and putting it down in front of Helen.
"Modest? Sure she is," Hector said sarcastically as he passed Lucas the bacon.
"That was YOUR SISTER'S nightgown, wasn't it?" Lucas asked without skipping a beat as he served Helen and himself.
Hector wisely shut his mouth.
"Yeah," Ariadne replied for him, not getting it. "So comfortable! What? What are you all laughing at?”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

“Hector, if you get yourself killed again, when I take over Hades I’ll give you a really long time-out in Tartarus,”
― Josephine Angelini, Goddess

“The only time you ever hurt me is when you leave me.”
― Josephine Angelini, Goddess