Rin > Rin's Quotes

“..You always have to choose between the path of needles and the path of pins. When a dress is torn, you know, you can just pin it up, or you can take the time to sew it together. That's what it means. The quick and easy way or the painful way that works.”
― Rosamund Hodge, Crimson Bound

“In all your life, your only choice is the path of needles or the path of pins.”
― Rosamund Hodge, Crimson Bound

“Only once you destroy who you think you are can you embrace who you truly are.”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

“You’re not evil, Sophie," Agatha whispered, touching her decayed cheek. "You’re human."

Sophie smiled weakly. “Only if I have you.”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

“Everytime you do a Good Deed with true intention, your soul grows purer.”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

“Dear girl, it will be a very long road if you spend more time looking backwards than forward.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“You see, it doesn’t matter what we are, Sophie.”
Lady Lesso leaned so close she just had to whisper.
“It’s what we do.”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

“My behavior last night was poor."
"Poor?" Agatha coughed. "You pushed me through a window!”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

“That's the difference between Good and Evil, Clarissa,' the Evil Dean said softly. 'We know that love isn't always enough for a happy ending.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“It doesn't matter what we are, it matters what we do.”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

“Mushrooms are fungus and fungus reminds me of feet and I don’t eat feet.”
― Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After

“Instead, she had the truth to guide her. A truth greater than any magic.
I've been beautiful all along.”
― Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil

“The greatest achievement of the human race was not conquering death. It was ending government.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“It’s my pleasure to be your displeasure.”
― Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead

“The past never changes—and from what I can see, neither does the future.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“I vow to become the change that might have been”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“I am legend. Yet every day I wish that I was not.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“Love remains mortal”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“In fact, in the grand scheme of things, everyone was equally useless.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“I vow to become the change that might have been.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“Have we ever had an enemy worse than ourselves?”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“Which is worse - to be despised, or to be ignored?
— From the gleaning journal of H.S. Curie”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“He was afraid, but fear meant he was still alive.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“It’s not your body that makes you human. It’s your soul.”
― Sophie Anderson, The Girl Who Speaks Bear

“Polyamorous or monogamous, your love should be a thing that brings something to you.
It's true that giving can be a part of love. But, contrary to popular belief, love should never take from you, Freddy.”
― Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

“There are two rumors about breaking up that I feel might be helpful to address here.
One is that breakups should be clean. The other is that you should only breakup when you're not in love.
The truth is, breakups are usually messy, the way people are messy, the way life is often messy. I's okay for a breakup to feel like a disaster. It doesn't feel okay, but I assure you it is okay.
It's also true that you can breakup with someone you still love. Because those two things are not distinct territories: love and not loving anymore.”
― Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

“Have faith in yourself to know what's right for you. Whatever answer you need, it's inside you somewhere.”
― Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

“I think it’s true that the older you get, and I am very old, the more you see that being in love and breaking up have a lot in common.

Love is hard. Breaking up is hard. Love is dramatic. Breaking up is dramatic.

Which makes me think that a lot of the questions you have about breaking up might be better thought of as questions about the nature of the love you have with this girl.”
― Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

“Of course, I know there are LGBTQIA activists out there who fought for centuries for me to have the right to fuck up like this”
― Mariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me