Isabel R > Isabel's Quotes

“The past is nothing but a weight. It will build inside of you like a stone.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“Tienes que comprenderlo: Yo no soy nadie especial. Soy solo una chica normal. Mido uno sesenta y soy del montón en muchas cosas.
Pero tengo un secreto. Aunque construyan murallas que lleguen hasta el cielo, yo encontraré la forma de volar sobre ellas. Aunque intenten atraparme con cientos de armas, yo encontraré un modo de resistir. Y hay muchos como yo ahí fuera, más de los que crees. Gente que se niega a dejar de creer. Gente que se niega a volver a tierra. Gente que ama en un mundo sin murallas, gente que ama frente al odio, frente al rechazo, sin miedo y contra toda esperanza.Te amo. Recuerda. Eso no pueden quitártelo.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“Quien trata de alcanzar el cielo de un salto puede caerse, es cierto. Pero también puede que vuele.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“That's the thing about risks, it's impossible to know which ones are worth it until it's too late.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“People don’t tell secrets because someone needs to know them. They do it because they need someone to tell.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“You can’t bend to the world; you have to make it bend to you.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“And in another life, if I ever had a choice about who to be, maybe I would have been like him.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“Wars aren't won by running.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“Everyone is a blank canvas,waiting to be filled with the color of discovery.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“Al enamorarme de un monstruo, me convertí en uno para ella.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“Any human who takes a siren's heart will be immune to the power of their song. Only Elian didn't need to take my heart; I gave it to him.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“Lies aren't answers."
"But they sound so much better than the truth.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“It's like holding a story rather than a person; she feels wild and infinite in my arms.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“Elian doesn't just look at the stars, but he imagines them, too. He draws pictures of them in his mind, creating stories about gods and wars and the souls of explorers. He thinks about where his soul will go when he dies and if he will become part of the night.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“I let it all fall away. My mission, my kingdom. The world. They exist somewhere other than in this moment, and now there is only this. Me, my ship, and a girl with oceans in her eyes.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“His hand moves from beside mine, and I feel a sudden absence. And then it's on my cheek, cupping my face, thumb stroking my lip. It feels like the worst thing I've ever done and the best thing I could ever do and how strange that the two are suddenly the same.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“I value loyalty above all else.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“Elian y yo no somos tan diferentes. Dos reinos que vienen con responsabilidades que a cada uno nos cuesta soportar. El, con los grilletes que lo obligan a estar clavado en una tierra y una vida. Yo, atrapada en los confines del legado asesino de mi madre. Y el océano, llamándonos a los dos. Una canción de libertad y anhelo.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

“I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“I don't want you forgetting how different our circumstaces are. If you die, and I live, there's no life for me at all back in District Twelve. You're my whole life." Peeta says. "I would never be happy again. It's different for you. I'm not saying it wouldn't be hard. But there are other people who'd make your life worth living."

"No one really needs me," he says, and there's no selfpity in his voice. It's true his family doesn't need him. They will mourn him, as will a handfull of friends. But they will get on.... I realise only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.

"I do," I say. "I need you.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“So I only say, "So what should we do with our last few days?"

"I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you," Peeta replies.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“If you ain’t scared… you ain’t human.”
― James Dashner, The Maze Runner

“WICKED is good”
― James Dashner, The Maze Runner

“You get lazy, you get sad. Start givin' up. Plain and simple.”
― James Dashner, The Maze Runner

“It was you and me, Tom. We did this to them. To us.”
― James Dashner, The Maze Runner