Tina Ho > Tina's Quotes

“B-b-but who will I have cleaning marathons with?”

“Casey. I’ll be there in spirit.”

“She’s not neurotic and cranky like you.”

“You’ll miss that, ay?”

“Hell yes, I’ll miss that! When you’re obsessive and pissy, you tell those floors who’s boss. They won’t shine like that when Casey scrubs them. And don’t get me started on our Covenant Series discussions. The girl thinks Alex should pick Seth. Seth, Em. How can I clean with someone who isn’t Team Aiden? It’s like...madness. Madness on Earth. The fucking apocalypse—”

“Whitney,” I chuckled, squeezing her tighter, “I assure you, you’ll survive. The second she starts running her mouth about Aiden, just spray her with bleach. That’ll teach her a lesson.”

-Emma and Whitney”
― Rachael Wade, Love and Relativity

“As we walked toward the dean's office, he reached over, trailing his fingers along my arm. "Do they still react when I touch you?"

Heat crawled through my veins, and I nodded. The marks had followed the path of his touch. "Yeah, they still like you."

One side of his lips curled up, and a look of male pride crossed his face. I shook my head. Boys.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Sentinel

“Sleep was the greatest invention in the history of mankind. When I was sleeping, I wasn’t feeling guilty, or miserable, or sad.”
― Jenna Black, Shadowspell

“Why in the world was I going to college? I could be in bed, all cuddled up and shit, dreaming about hot men with abs covered in powdered sugar.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Wicked

“That was one of the saddest things about people--their most important thoughts and feelings often went unspoken and barely understood.”
― Alexandra Adornetto, Halo

“It’s funny—when people call you “shy,” they usually smile. Like it’s cute, some funny little habit you’ll grow out of when you’re older, like the gaps in your grin when your baby teeth fall out. If they knew how it felt—really being shy, not just unsure at first—they wouldn’t smile. Not if they knew how the feeling knots up your stomach or makes your palms sweat or robs you of the ability to say anything that makes sense. It’s not cute at all.”
― Claudia Gray, Evernight

“The silence between us stretched out, but it wasn't awkward. Sometimes there are people you can be quiet with, and you never feel the need to fill the gap with meaningless chit-chat. I'd only become that close to a couple people in my hometown, and I'd always thought it took years. Lucas and I were already there. ”
― Claudia Gray, Evernight

“People get stupid when they're in love; people want what they can't have; and the years between ages twelve and eighteen always, always suck.”
― Claudia Gray, Evernight

“Vic knelt by Lucas's side. 'You look like crap, by the way.'

'Thanks for breaking it to me gently.' Lucas took a deep breath, then groaned.”
― Claudia Gray, Evernight

“You can't lose what you never had.”
― Kathleen Peacock, Hemlock

“People lied. That's just what they did.”
― Kathleen Peacock, Hemlock

“He shook his head. "You didn't do anything. It'd be like blaming a tornado for ripping through a trailer park. The tornado's just minding its own business. It can't help what it is."

A tornado. Something that destroyed everything in its path. A natural disaster. Me.”
― Kathleen Peacock, Hemlock

“I was too scared to open my eyes. It was the logic of a child; if you don't open your eyes, the monster won't see you.”
― Kathleen Peacock, Hemlock

“I loved Kyle. More than anything. Maybe enough to want what was best for him -- even if that best would end up hurting me.”
― Kathleen Peacock, Thornhill

“Love's a game where the odds are permanently fixed. The house always wins, and anyone stupid enough to sit at the table is lucky if they walk away with their soul intact.”
― Kathleen Peacock, Thornhill

“Sometimes," he said, "the right thing doesn't feel right at all. Sometimes it feels spectacularly fucking lousy.”
― Kathleen Peacock, Willowgrove

“I was starting to think maybe there were never any reason for the horrible things people did. None that mattered, anyway.”
― Kathleen Peacock, Willowgrove

“There wasn't a single part of me that didn't want him to stay. But I loved him enough to want what was best for him. Even if I wasn't it.”
― Kathleen Peacock, Willowgrove

“I had been brought up to believe that caring about people was a weakness, but loving Kyle didn't make me weak. It made me strong.”
― Kathleen Peacock, Willowgrove

“Reading is the perfect escape from whatever ails you.”
― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked

“We don't get to choose who we love. Or stop loving them when they're difficult.”
― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked

“I spent my life folded between the pages of books.
In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I lived love and loss through stories threaded in history; I experienced adolescence by association. My world is one interwoven web of words, stringing limb to limb, bone to sinew, thoughts and images all together. I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“The moon is a loyal companion.
It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it’s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human.
Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Raindrops are my only reminder that clouds have a heartbeat. That I have one, too.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“I've been screaming for years and no one has ever heard me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Hope is hugging me, holding me in its arms, wiping away my tears and telling me that today and tomorrow and two days from now I will be just fine and I'm so delirious I actually dare to believe it.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Someone picked up the sun and pinned it to the sky again, but every day it hangs a little lower than the day before. It's like a negligent parent who only knows one half of who you are. It never sees how its absence changes people. How different we are in the dark.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Adam stares at me so long I begin to blush. He tips my chin up so I meet his eyes. Blue blue blue boring into me. His voice is deep, steady. "I don't think I've ever heard you laugh."

He's so excruciatingly correct I don't know how to respond except with the truth. My smile is tucked into a straight line. "Laughter comes from living." I shrug, try to sound indifferent. "I've never really been alive before.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Find me a cure for these tears, I'd really like to exhale for the first time in my life.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me