Miranda > Miranda's Quotes

“I suspect it may be like the difference between a drinker and an alcoholic; the one merely reads books, the other needs books to make it through the day."

(Interview with The Booklovers blog, September 2010)”
― Gail Carriger

“If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.”
― Mercedes Lackey

“you were a dragon long before
he came around and said
you could fly

you will remain a dragon
long after he's left”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“i want to apologize to all the women i have called beautiful
before i’ve called them intelligent or brave
i am sorry i made it sound as though
something as simple as what you’re born with
is all you have to be proud of
when you have broken mountains with your wit
from now on i will say things like
you are resilient, or you are extraordinary
not because i don’t think you’re beautiful
but because i need you to know
you are more than that”
― Rupi Kaur

“I didn't leave because
I stopped loving you,
I left because the longer
I stayed the less I loved myself.”
― Rupi Kaur

“you tell me to quiet down cause my opinions make me less beautiful but i was not made with a fire in my belly so i could be put out i was not made with a lightness on my tongue so i could be easy to swallow i was made heavy half blade and half silk difficult to forget and not easy for the mind to follow”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

“Every time you
tell your daughter
you yell at her
out of love
you teach her to confuse
anger with kindness
which seems like a good idea
till she grows up to
trust men who hurt her
cause they look so much
like you.”
― Rupi Kaur

“i am water

soft enough
to offer life
tough enough
to drown it away”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“i do not want to have you
to fill the empty parts of me
i want to be full on my own

i want to feel so complete
i could light a whole city
and then
i want to have you
cause the two of
us combined
could set
it on fire”
― Rupi Kaur

“he placed his hands
on my mind
before reaching
for my waist
my hips
or my lips
he didn't call me
beautiful first
he called me
exquisite

- how he touches me”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“i don’t know what living a balanced life feels like
when i am sad
i don’t cry i pour
when i am happy
i don’t smile i glow
when i am angry
i don’t yell i burn
the good thing about
feeling in extremes
is when i love
i give them wings
but perhaps
that isn't
such a good thing
cause they always
tend to leave and
you should see me
when my heart is broken
i don't grieve
i shatter”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“how you love yourself is
how you teach others
to love you”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“nothing is safer
than the sound of you
reading out loud to me

-the perfect date”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“ah, life—
the thing
that happens
to us
while we’re off
somewhere else
blowing on
dandelions
& wishing
ourselves into
the pages of
our favorite
fairy tales.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“repeat after me:
you owe
no one
your forgiveness.

- except maybe yourself.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“i’m not scared
of the monsters

hidden underneath
my bed.

i’m much more scared
of the boys

with messy brown hair,
sleepy eyes,

& mouths
that only know

how to form
half-truths.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“the princess locked herself away in the highest tower, hoping a knight in shining armor would come to her rescue.   - i didn’t realize i could be my own knight.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“that is what abuse is: knowing you are going to get salt but still hoping for sugar for nineteen years.   -”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“i’m pretty sure you have s t a r d u s t running through those v e i n s.   - women are some kind of magic.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“all of the oceans
& galaxies
did not
conspire together to
create me
just so i could
reproduce for
you.

-Startling Fact #1”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“when I die, do not waste a minute mouring me. I may go, but I will leave behind all my thousand & one lives — a bookmad girl never dies.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“friend request from ........."
a) the girl who said you were ugly.
b) the girl who said your voice was off-key.
c) the girl who refused to defend you.
d) the girl who laughed at you behind your back & to your face.
e) the girl who took your lunch money every day because she said you didn't need to eat.
f) the girl who said you were "fat" even after you starved yourself to death.
g) the girl who was supposed to be your best friend.
h) all the above.
-keep pressing ignore, lovely.”
― Amanda lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“you
are not
obligated
to have
children
just because
your body
has that capability.

you
are so
so
so
much more
than the
possibility
of
children.

you give
birth
to oceans
every
single day.

-your friendly neighborhood man-hater & child-eater.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“i am
a lioness
who is no longer
afraid to let the world
hear her
roar

-an ode to me”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“When I had
no friends
I reached inside
my beloved
books
& sculpted some
out of
12 pt
Times new roman.

-- & it was almost good enough.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“i had a
big smile
on my face
as i burned
the bridges
to all the things
i could not
repair

-does the smoke still choke you?”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“your happiness
comes before
anyone else's
happiness.
-the real meaning of 'self respect'.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“She was weary and disappointed with all of everything.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things

“She always had that about her, that look of otherness, of eyes that see things much too far, and of thoughts that wander off the edge of the world.”
― Joanne Harris

“Life before Death.
Strength before Weakness.
Journey before Destination.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings