Amber > Amber's Quotes

“Maybe part of falling in love with someone else is also falling in love with yourself. I like who I am with her.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

“Binary

There are two kinds of people in the world.
Male and Female.
Gay and Straight.
Black and White.
Normal and Weird.
Cis and Trans.
There are two kinds of people in the world.
Saints and Sinners.
Victims and Villains.
Cruel and Kind.
Guilty and Innocent.
There are two kinds of people in the world.
Just two.
Just two.
Only two.”
― Dashka Slater, The 57 Bus

“We are all children of blood and bone.
All instruments of vengeance and virtue.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone

“Your people, your guards – they’re nothing more than killers, rapists, and thieves. The only difference between them and criminals is the uniforms they wear.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone

“The truth cuts like the sharpest knife I've ever known.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone

“Everyone wants you here. We have a saying in Farsi. It translates ‘your place was empty.’ We say it when we miss somebody."
I sniffed.
"Your place was empty before. But this is your family. You belong here.”
― Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay

“Suicide isn't the only way you can lose someone to depression.”
― Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay

“Dark matter is love. It's the attracting force.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

“Happiness is a dandelion wisp floating through the air that I can’t catch. No matter how hard I try, no matter how fast I run, I just can’t reach it. Even when I think I grasp it, I open my hand and it’s empty.”
― Erika L. Sánchez, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

“Gay people, Christians always fighting over the symbolism when rainbows rightfully belonged to the leprechauns.”
― Steven Rowley, The Guncle