Peyton LeCroy > Peyton's Quotes

“Oh, I'm sorry," Chubs said, 'apparently the middle of my sentence interrupted the beginning of yours. Do continue.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Never Fade

“Did you know...you make me so happy that sometimes I actually forget to breath? I'll be looking at you, and my chest will get so tight...and it's like, the only thought in my head is how much I want to reach over and kiss you.”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand.”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“We'll just have to try to make better mistakes tomorrow.”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“Let's carpe the hell out of this diem.”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“The Darkest Minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces.”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“When a girl cries, few things are more worthless than a boy.”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“Ghosts don't haunt people--their memories do.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Never Fade

“Never, never, never. I am never going to forget you.”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“It feels like we should do something," he said. "Like, send her off on a barge out to sea and set her on fire. Let her go out in a blaze of glory."
Chubs raised an eyebrow. "It's a minivan, not a Viking.”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“Cause, frankly, the way I see it, you and me? Inevitable.”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“I feel like I'm losing my damn mind, like your face has been carved into my heart, and I don't remember when, and I don't understand why, but the scar is there, and I can't get it to heal. It won't go. I can't make it fade. And you won't even look at me.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Never Fade

“That was not like riding a bike, you asshole!”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“That was the Liam Stewart way of saying, Hi, darlin', missed you something fierce.”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“Ruby, give me one reason why we can’t be together, and I’ll give you a hundred why we can. We can go anywhere you want. I’m not your parents. I’m not going to abandon you or send you away, not ever.”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“I think I'm losing it—I don't know what's happening, what happened, but I look at you, I look at you, and I love you so much. Not because of anything you've said, or done, or anything at all. I look at you, and I just love you, and it terrifies me. It terrifies me what I would do for you.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Never Fade

“And people like you are the reason we have middle fingers.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Never Fade

“Don’t be scared. Don’t let them see.”
― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds

“The relationship of a girl and her favorite novel can be complex indeed.”
― Andrea Cremer, Nightshade

“Ansel, I'm not the sun, stop orbiting and get in here.”
― Andrea Cremer, Nightshade

“Calla," Shay called from the hall. "Without your nakedness to distract me, I'm remembering that we're in serious trouble. Hurry, please.”
― Andrea Cremer, Nightshade

“I didn't realize I needed to point out that if we are attacked by a fire-breathing bitch, you can change forms.”
― Andrea Cremer, Nightshade

“The mouthful of turkey sandwich I’d bitten off caught in my throat when Ren rested his hand on my leg, his fingers exploring the curve of my thigh. I coughed and snatched the bottle of water from his other hand, taking several desperate swallows before swatting his fingers from my leg.
“Are you trying to kill me?” I choked the words out. “Keep your hands to yourself.”
― Andrea Cremer, Nightshade

“Where her books were, she was. Get the books right and the rest will follow. Now she could address the rest of the room.”
― Maureen Johnson, Truly Devious

“You have to take things as they are, not how you hear they're supposed to be.”
― Maureen Johnson, Truly, Devious

“Of course I worry too much,” Nate said. “But I’m usually right. The people who worry are always right. That’s how that works.”
― Maureen Johnson, Truly Devious

“There is nothing so serious as a game.”
― Maureen Johnson, Truly, Devious

“As I stood outside in Cow Lane, it occurred to me that Heaven must be a place where the library is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

No ... eight days a week.”
― Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

“Whenever I'm with other people, part of me shrinks a little. Only when I am alone can I fully enjoy my own company.”
― Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard

“Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.”
― Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie