Julie J. > Julie's Quotes

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Lass mal werden wer wir sein wollen.”
― Julia Engelmann, Eines Tages, Baby

“Starlight, as every witch knows, is a marvelous food for a growing infant.”
― Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

“If you're afraid of your own dreams, you're welcome here in mine.”
― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

“Say car for me”
― Kelly Oram, Cinder & Ella

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

“We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“My name is Celaena Sardothien. But it makes no difference if my name's Celaena or Lillian or Bitch, because I'd still beat you, no matter what you call me.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“Instead of being afraid, I could become something to fear.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“I answer her with my silence, understanding the full power of it for the first time. Words are weapons. Weapons are powerful. So are unsaid words. So are unused weapons.”
― Emily Murdoch, If You Find Me

“I take my hand back, like a leaf letting go. It hurts too much to hang on. So why does it hurt so much to let go?”
― Emily Murdoch, If You Find Me

“If you find me, take me home.”
― Emily Murdoch, If You Find Me

“The snow wears moonlight like perfume.”
― Emily Murdoch, If You Find Me

“Snow begins to fall, this boneless water turned mighty.”
― Emily Murdoch, If You Find Me

“Everybody is a main character to someone...”
― Amy Harmon, Making Faces

“I wrote your name across my heart

So I would not forget.

The way I felt when you were born

Before we'd even met

 

I wrote your name across my heart

So your heart beats with mine

And when I miss you most I trace

Each loop and every line

 

I wrote your name across my heart,

So we could be together

So I could hold you close to me

And keep you there forever.”
― Amy Harmon, Making Faces

“I would rather be lost with you than alone without you.”
― Amy Harmon, Making Faces

“It is the things you cannot see coming that are strong enough to kill you.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

“Sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

“Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes-each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind

“Thoughts need words. Words need a voice.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind

“What would you do if you could fly?" Mrs. V asks as she glances from the bird to me.
"Is that on the quiz?" I ask, grinning as I type.
"I think we've studied just about everything else." Mrs. V chuckles.
"I'd be scared to let go," I type.
"Afraid you'd fall?" she asks.
"No. Afraid it would feel so good, I'd just fly away.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind

“We all have disabilities. What’s yours?”
― Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Out of My Mind

“The morning started out like crystal, but the day has turned to broken glass.”
― Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Out of My Mind

“I, um, I have this problem. I broke up with my boyfriend, you see. And I'm pretty upset about it, so I wanted to talk to my best friend. [...] The thing is, they're both you.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Pact

“You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars all the time, but it heals.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Pact

“Wir sind imstande, Überschallflugzeuge und Raketen ins All zu schicken, einen Verbrecher anhand eines Haars oder eines winzigen Hautpartikels zu identifizieren, eine Tomate zu züchten, die im Kühlschrank drei Monate lang völlig faltenfrei bleibt, und Milliarden von Informationen auf einem Mikrochip zu speichern. Wir sind imstande, die Leute auf der Straße sterben zu lassen.”
― Delphine de Vigan, No and Me