Grace Moore > Grace's Quotes

“And do you really think someone's going to look at you and say, 'Hmm, I think that girl's a plant'?”
― Aprilynne Pike, Wings

“Then you remember that Jack--that's his name, the mac & cheese--plays lacrosse. That's probably where he got all those yummy muscles. You need two hands for lacrosse.
A pinky? Damn, you might as well starve yourself.”
― Alaya Dawn Johnson, Zombies Vs. Unicorns

“Think of it like the best mac and cheese you've ever had. No neon yellow Velveeta and bread crumbs. I'm talking gourmet cheddar, the expensive stuff from Vermont that crackles as it melts into the crust on top. Imagine if right before you were about to tear into it, the mac and cheese starts talking to you?”
― Alaya Dawn Johnson, Zombies Vs. Unicorns

“Ten Things You Shouldn't Say on a Date.
1. You're wearing that?
2. Something smells funny.
3. Where's the Tylenol?
4. And to think, I first wanted to date your brother.
5. I have a confession to make…
6. My dad has a suit just like that.
7. That man is hot. Look at him.
8. My ex, may he rot in hell forever…
9. You're going to order that? Seriously?
10. You're how old?”
― Gena Showalter, Animal Instincts

“What makes big boobs and perkiness so attractive to boys? I mean, really. Two round, mounds of fat and a fake smile. Yeah, winning attributes.”
― Gena Showalter, Oh My Goth

“There’s a really stupid saying: When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade. Well, I have a better saying: When life hands you a lemon, shove that lemon up its stupid butt.”
― Gena Showalter, Oh My Goth

“And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.”
― Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing

“Shall I tell you a story? A new and terrible one? A ghost story? Are you ready? Shall I begin? Once upon a time there were four girls. One was pretty. One was clever. One charming, and one...one was mysterious. But they were all damaged, you see. Something not right about the lot of them. Bad blood. Big dreams. Oh, I left that part out. Sorry, that should have come before. They were all dreamers, these girls. One by one, night after night, the girls came together. And they sinned. Do you know what that sin was? No one? Pippa? Ann? Their sin was that they believed. Believed they could be different. Special. They believed they could change what they were--damaged, unloved. Cast-off things. They would be alive, adored, needed. Necessary. But it wasn't true. This is a ghost story remember? A tragedy. They were misled. Betrayed by their own stupid hopes. Things couldn't be different for them, because they weren't special after all. So life took them, led them, and they went along, you see? They faded before their own eyes, till they were nothing more than living ghosts, haunting each other with what could be. With what can't be. There, now. Isn't that the scariest story you've ever heard?”
― Libba Bray, A Great and Terrible Beauty

“But...you could have whatever you wished."
"Exactly," he says, nuzzling my neck.
"But," I say, "you could turn stones to rubies or ride in a fine gentleman's carriage."
Kartik puts his hands on either side of my face. "To each his own magic," he says and kisses me again.”
― Libba Bray

“They can't even decide what flavor of crazy I am.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“She was like the moon—part of her was always hidden away.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“I wear my cool on the inside; that's why my hands are always so cold.”
― Dia Reeves

“Love is a trap. Don't ever get caught.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“What the eyes don't see, the heart can't feel.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“I don't even register on the freakometer.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“Real monsters eat you from the inside out.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“It disturbed me that he saw things in such black-and-white tones. I sure didn't. For me, the world was a confusion of color.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“But what was the point of love if it didn't keep people from leaving you?”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“Indecisiveness is a very unattractive trait in a man, especially when he's just a boy.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“How did you get out of the suicide door?" Her disbelief was a living, pettable thing.

"Magic."

Her eyes narrowed. "There is no magic."

"Maybe not for you. But I'm from out of town.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“The rain echoed in the shadowy attic space and made me feel small and fragile, like a lace glove left behind on moving day - mateless and abandoned.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“People?" As though she'd never heard of such a thing. "They're like dolls. Plastic and shiny and fake.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“The worst thing you can do is rest all your hopes on a wish. A granted wish doesn't equal a perfect life.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“You're like rottweilers - they protect you from burglars, but nothing protects you from them.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“It's easier to be careful in dresses. You have to be or you end up flashing your underclothes or destroying beautiful fabric. Dresses force you to be on guard.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“I'm the Bonesaw Killer's daughter," she whispered, almost to herself. "Why would you ever think I was good?”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“You're like a doll I had when I was a kid. She was all stiched together and her head kept falling off, but I loved that doll. That's what you look like. Like somebody just loved you to death.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“Fancy clipped a scrap of newsprint to her canvas and wrote, I don't have friends.
Ilan's hand covered hers briefly as he plucked the charcoal from her hand and wrote beneath her words, you have me.”
― Dia Reeves, Slice of Cherry

“If I can't, then I'll paint the walls of her house red with my blood.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet

“You ain't scared I'll kill you?
You already did. At the dark park. The suspense is gone.”
― Dia Reeves, Bleeding Violet