Jessica > Jessica's Quotes

“to err is human”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“You lived,” she said, breathless.
“Speak for yourself,” I said. “I’m just an apparition.”
― Veronica Roth, The Fates Divide

“What does it matter what the 'before' is, when you're controlling the 'after'?”
― Veronica Roth, The Fates Divide

“You’ve only ever cared about yourself, for your entire life. So what’s gotten into you? Brain parasite?”
― Veronica Roth, The Fates Divide

“Stars are for people safe enough to enjoy them.”
― Julie Eshbaugh, Crown of Oblivion

“If I told you monsters could be tamed, would you want to live with monsters? Even a tame monster is still a monster.”
― Julie Eshbaugh, Crown of Oblivion

“That leads me to the bonus I promised, and here it is: everyone is lying to you, Six-Eight-Four. Everyone.”
― Lynette Noni, Weapon

“ALYSSA!" the boy screams again, and I watch Kael jolt as he turns and catches sight of our target. "I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!”
― Lynette Noni, Weapon

“Words are too precious to throw around carelessly. I don't need to have a supernatural power over them to know that. I've seen it. Words demand respect. They are beautiful; they are terrible. They are a gift and a curse. I will never forget what they can do.

Because words have cost me everything.”
― Lynette Noni, Whisper

“Scheming face,” Inej murmured.
Jesper nodded. “Definitely.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Kaz leaned back. "What's the easiest way to steal a man's wallet?"
"Knife to the throat?" asked Inej.
"Gun to the back?" said Jesper.
"Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina.
"You're all horrible," said Matthias.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“No mourners. No funerals. Among them, it passed for 'good luck.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“I will have you without armor, Kaz Brekker. Or I will not have you at all.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“I'm a business man," he'd told her. "No more, no less."
"You're a thief, Kaz."
"Isn't that what I just said?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“We are all someone's monster.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Always hit where the mark isn't looking"

"Who's Mark?" asked Wylan.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Better terrible truths than kind lies.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“I know what it's like to tell yourself a lie so often that it becomes the truth.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“Unless one of us is lying. Which is always a possibility.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“Some people are too toxic to live. They just are.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“You don’t think about what’s outside. Or who. Especially if she’s better off forgetting you exist.”
― Karen M. McManus, One Of Us Is Lying

“It concerns me you’re avoiding a promise not to murder me.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“Things'll get worse before they get better.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“You don’t look like a monster.”
“I’ll tell you a secret, Hanna. The really bad monsters never look like monsters.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“No one is truly honest,” Nigel answered. “Even if we don't lie to others, we often lie to ourselves. And the word good means different things to different people.”
― stephanie garber, Caraval

“I think I've made a mistake.'
'Then make it into something better.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“Sometimes it's easier to have someone else wound you.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“Death is not the only punishment you can give a person. You can also give them nightmares.”
― Veronica Roth, The Fates Divide

“Sometimes she still said things that wounded me. And not because they were lies.”
― Veronica Roth, The Fates Divide

“What does Mother always say? Those who go looking for pain...'
'Find it every time,' I replied, completing the phrase.”
― Veronica Roth, The Fates Divide