Kerry H > Kerry's Quotes

“You think you want to know the secrets of the universe. You think you want to see the way things all fit together. You believe in your heart of hearts that enlightenment will save the world and set you free.
Maybe it will.
But the path to enlightenment is rarely a pleasant one.”
― Neal Shusterman, Bruiser

“I'll never understand how a man can live his life
With his finger on the self-destruct button,
Holding it there day after day,
Blinded by an obsession to press it
But lacking the conviction to do even that.”
― Neal Shusterman, Bruiser

“It does, Tennyson, because there’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance. There’s a fine line between being assertive and being a bully. And you’re on the wrong side of both lines.”
― Neal Shusterman, Bruiser

“You are so obtuse!" Brontë says, exasperated.
I am calm in my response. "Do you mean stupid, or angular? You need to be more specific with your insults.”
― Neal Shusterman, Bruiser

“Better to face the devil than have him at your back.”
― Jade Parker, To Catch a Pirate

“If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs,
"The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies."
While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely,
Crying to the moo-oo-oon,
"If only, If only.”
― Louis Sachar, Holes

“You're responsible for yourself. You messed up your life, and it's up to you to fix it. No one else is going to do it for you -- for any of you.”
― Louis Sachar, Holes

“You may have done some bad things, but that doesn't mean you're a bad kid.”
― Louis Sachar, Holes

“ MATTHEW'S RULES OF SURVIVAL
1. Sometimes, the people who mean you harm are the ones who say they love you.
2. Fear is your friend. When you feel it, act.
3. Protect the little ones.
4. If you coped before, you can cope now.
5. Always remember: In the end, the survivor gets to tell the story.”
― Nancy Werlin, The Rules of Survival

“I want to believe that I'm not wrong. I want to believe that life isn't full of darkness. Even if storms come to pass, the sun will shine again. No matter how painful and hard the rain may beat down on me.”
― Natsuki Takaya

“When snow melts, what does it become?'
It becomes water, of course'
Wrong! It becomes spring!”
― Natsuki Takaya

“People aren't born with kindness, it grows with them...”
― Natsuki Takaya

“What about desserts?" I asked. "If the world comes to an end, I'm going to want cookies.”
― Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life As We Knew It

“He taught me to trust in tomorrow.”
― Susan Beth Pfeffer, This World We Live In

“Life's sloppy...You think you know how tomorrow's going to be, you've made your plans, everything is set in place, and then the unimaginable happens. Life catches you by surprise. It always does. But there's good mixed in with the bad. It's there. You just have to recognize it.”
― Susan Beth Pfeffer, This World We Live In

“Trust in tomorrow...Every day of your life, there's been a tomorrow. I promise you, there'll be a tomorrow.

—Alex Morales to Miranda Evans”
― Susan Beth Pfeffer, This World We Live In

“The last living boy in America drops into my bedroom only he wants to be a monk. I think that pretty much sums up my life.”
― Susan Beth Pfeffer, This World We Live In

“Most little girls in England grow up wanting to marry
a prince. Bex grew up wanting to kick James Bond's butt and assume his double-0 ranking.”
― Ally Carter, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

“Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.”
― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen

“You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.”
― Sarah Dessen, Keeping the Moon

“It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you tell kids they're stupid--directly or indirectly--sooner or later they start to believe it.”
― Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary

“If tears could bring him back, there'd be enough to bring him back a hundred times.”
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

“One of the challenges with pain—physical or psychic—is that we can really only approach it through metaphor. It can’t be represented the way a table or a body can. In some ways pain is the opposite of language.”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

“Every loss is unprecedented.”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

“I never thought about how important the sky was until I didn't have one.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“Power isn’t control at all — power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“A leader doesn't make pawns - he makes people.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“But Amy," Elder says. "Space suits!”
― Beth Revis, A Million Suns

“Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.”
― William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet