Gaby > Gaby's Quotes

“prefería ver a los nazis como monstruos inhumanos. Cuanto más humanos pudieran ser, más me horrorizaban, ya que eso significaba que todos podíamos convertirnos en seres tan despreciables como ellos. La”
― Mario Escobar, Canción de cuna en Aushwitz

“We know things deep, deep down, secret things, ancient things, that whisper to us, one to the other. You whispered to me. And I whispered back.”
― Mia Sheridan, Savaged

“Society has set up a system that incentivizes the breeding of degenerates, criminals, and predators.”
― Mia Sheridan, Savaged

“All human wisdom is contained in these words – wait and hope””
― Mia Sheridan, Savaged

“El que vive de espaldas a la filosofía se arriesga a vivir la vida que otros quieren que viva, y serán los aciertos y errores ajenos, no los propios.”
― Paloma Sánchez-Garnica, La sospecha de Sofía

“—Yo creo que cada uno debe hacer en la vida lo que le apasiona.”
― Paloma Sánchez-Garnica, La sospecha de Sofía

“That’s exactly why I prefer to order my own food,” she said. “I’m very picky.”
― Whitney G., Two Weeks Notice

“If you can’t stand being with a woman who’s more successful than you, then leave her alone. She’s better off without you. If you actually love her, then know the value of that love and make it a promise. That is the only thing she needs from you.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“All the things that make you different make you perfect.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“I don't want just a night or a week or a month with you. I want you all the time. I like you better than calculus, and math is the only thing that unites the universe.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“She didn’t know how to be semi-interested in something. She was either indifferent . . . or obsessed.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Michael was mint chocolate chip for her. She could try other flavors, but he’d always be her favorite.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“This crusade to fix herself was ending right now. She wasn't broken. She saw and interacted with the world in a different way, but that was her. She could change her actions, change her words, change her appearance, but she couldn't change the root of herself. At her core, she would always be autistic. People called it a disorder, but it didn't feel like one. To her, it was simply the way she was.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“When you love someone, you fight for them in every way you know how.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“How did one not obsess over something wonderful? How did one like something a reasonable amount?”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Everything about him pleased her. Not just his looks, but his patience and his kindness. He was good. He was an obsession waiting to happen.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“She had a disorder, but it didn’t define her. She was Stella. She was a unique person.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Women buy underwear for the men they love. It’s economics. Data supports this claim.”
“Are you telling me you love me, Stella?”
She hugged Karate Bear tight and nodded, suddenly overcome by shyness.
“You’re not going to give me the words?” he asked.
“I’ve never said them to anyone but my parents.”
“You think I run around telling women I love them?”
He pulled her close and pressed their foreheads together.
“I’m going to get the words out of you. Tonight.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“The hero didn’t even have to win. All he had to do to get the girl was fight for her. If he lost, she’d kiss him better.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Could you say something, please? When a guy tells a girl he loves her, he doesn’t want silence in response. Was I too late? Are you over me?”

“Are you wearing the underwear I got you?”

Laughter cracked out of him. “Sometimes, the way your mind works is a complete mystery to me.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“The world stopped.
All was silence but for their hearts trying to synchronize their crashing.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“This goes two ways, Stella. You like the feel of me. I like the feel of you.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Sitting around miserable all day won't make you any happier.”
― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

“...Despite the mayhem that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel's hand in his own and nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let go.”
― John Boyne , The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

“What exactly was the difference? He wondered to himself. And who decided which people wore the striped pajamas and which people wore the uniforms?”
― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

“The thing about exploring is that you have to know whether the thing you've found is worth finding. Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiting to be discovered. Like America. And other things are probably better off left alone. Like a dead mouse at the back of the cupboard.”
― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

“An ant, cursing God from the summit of a blade of grass,”
― Mia Sheridan, Savaged

“He’d never seen anything prettier. Not even the almost-night when the colors of the bleeding sun filled the sky and came down to kiss the earth.”
― Mia Sheridan, Savaged

“Sometimes miracles—like love—arrived gently. Softly. Without fanfare. Without a lightning strike. For true miracles needed no such thing.”
― Mia Sheridan, Savaged

“Memories,’ she said, at last. ‘Not people, Emmett. We take memories and bind them. Whatever people can’t bear to remember. Whatever they can’t live with. We take those memories and put them where they can’t do any harm. That’s all books are”
― Bridget Collins, The Binding