Hannah > Hannah's Quotes

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
― Mark Twain

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Hey Boo.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“One thin I know from my own experience: Beauty doesn't make anybody into a whole person.
-Vassa in the Night”
― Sarah Porter

“Why are some people mean and some people nice?"

"I don't rightly know...But my job is to teach all of you to be the best people you can be...”
― Sharon M. Draper, Stella by Starlight

“She shook her head so hard that her hair went one way and then the other. "No. Please don't apologize for that. You can't get in between something that isn't already broken.”
― Kasie West, P.S. I Like You

“All I had to do was rise up on my tiptoes and our lips met. He tasted like mint gum and all my hopes and dreams. Well, not all of them, but a lot of them.”
― Kasie West, P.S. I Like You

“The next morning I was up bright and early. Mostly because I'd sold the curtains.”
― Angie Fox, Southern Spirits

“Less than a year ago, my life had been so simple. I had a nice little freelance design business going. I was marrying a man I thought I loved. And then --poof. Ghosts in my kitchen and ramen for breakfast.”
― Angie Fox, Southern Spirits

“if you wanted something done—come hell or high water—you leave it to a southern girl.”
― Angie Fox, Southern Spirits

“He kissed me sweetly, gently, the way every girl deserves to be kissed at least once in her life.”
― Angie Fox, Southern Spirits

“Sure, people in the South called those individuals 'colorful,' but everyone knew it was just a nice word for bat-shit crazy.”
― Angie Fox, Southern Spirits

“Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“His skin smelled sour, like the prison, but somewhere under the filth, I caught notes of open fields and rainstorms and lightning-shot skies.”
― Jodi Meadows, Before She Ignites

“There is strength," he said slowly, "in knowing when to speak, and when to listen." His hands stayed on his chest, motionless. "And when to say nothing at all.”
― Jodi Meadows, Before She Ignites

“Imperfections reveal true beauty.”
― Jodi Meadows, Before She Ignites

“I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“Unwinds didn't go out with a bang--they didn't even go out with a whimper. They went out with the silence of a candle flame pinched between two fingers.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“...One thing you learn when you've lived as long as I have-people aren't all good, and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I'm pleased to be in the light.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“And he thinks that if his soul had a form, this is what it would be. A baby sleeping in his arms.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

“The hate I felt toward her in that year of 1922 was greater than a man can feel for a woman unless love is a part of it.”
― Stephen King, Full Dark, No Stars

“It is an unspeakable boon to me to be able to speak in winged words that need no interpretation.”
― Helen Keller, The Story of My Life

“I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“Oh, when will all these difficulties be overcome? And yet it is good to overcome them, because then the end will be all the more wonderful.”
― Anne Frank

“...the best stories were the ones with cracked spines and dog-eared edges.”
― Ashley Poston, Heart of Iron

“Get out," said Freya. "What kind of woman do you think I am?"
"But, My hammer," said Thor.
"Shut up, Thor," said Loki.
Thor shut up. They left.
"She's very beautiful when she's angry," said Thor. "You can see why that ogre wants to marry her."
"Shut up, Thor," said Loki again.”
― Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

“In their huge bedroom that night, Tyr said to Thor, "I hope you know what you are doing."

"Of course I do," said Thor. But he didn't. He was just doing whatever he felt like doing. That was what Thor did best.”
― Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

“If you're going to cry, go to church and pray for the living. The dead don't need your tears.”
― Lydia Kang, The Impossible Girl