Barton Auyon > Barton's Quotes

“Throughout the years, I was always envied that I had the opportunity to travel so extensively. International travel, at least for me, was no fun. I liked to work on a tight schedule with as few surprises, delays, and disruptions as possible. That almost never worked out. Some connection would invariably be missed and some appointments not kept. There were riots and strikes, and in the seventies, bombs. It always confounded me when people would come up to me tell me how lucky I was to travel all over the world. Not”
― Bill Morgenstein, The Crazy Life of a Kid from Brooklyn

“The afterlife is one of death's best kept secrets. . . and I was living proof of that.”
― Ireland Gill

“When you realize that emotions aren't truth and they are simply reactions to life circumstances, they can no longer hold you captive.”
― Diamante Lavendar

“Turn on Your Inner Light and Illuminate the World”
― Lali A. Love, Heart of a Warrior Angel

“There it was again, that word, obedient. Dredged up out of the dark ages by a man scarcely older than me”
― Gillian Dance, The Ultimate Religion

“Como un angel," I whisper.

"Is our game over?" she asks nervously.

"It's definitely over, querida. 'Cause what we're gonna do next is no game.”
― Simone Elkeles, Perfect Chemistry

“I always finish what i start”
― Ally Carter, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

“Don't make me sit through reality.”
― Alice Hoffman, Faithful

“We need to talk. All of us About what we're going to do now."
"I was going to watch Project Runway.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

“As I thought
about that, I had
to wonder: What will we
know better about tomorrow?
Who cares? Hindsight is useless.”
― Ellen Hopkins, Crank

“You stole a vampire's spider@" Steve shouted. "You stole from a member of the undead!”
― Darren Shan, Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare

“Vulcan?" Leo demanded. "I don't even LIKE Star Trek!”
― Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero

“the odd tooth?”
― Kathy Reichs, Cross Bones

“...was used to teachers just putting in time, not loaded with enthusiasm.”
― Francine Rivers, The Masterpiece

“...I owed her a debt of gratitude. More than gratitude, much more.
I could finally see what had always been there. She had been more than an attendant, more than a friend, more than a sister. She had been a mother to me. She had worried, sought to protect me from danger, guided me toward the best. She had looked out for my future, assessed the worthiness of everyone to be in my life. And in that way, she had taken me as her purpose in life, the one who gave her meaning. I had a constant love all along. And in recognizing that, I felt moved to tears.
"How could you step out of my life?" I told her. "if you do don't join me, I will be lost. No one would worry about me as much as you. No one knows me better, knows my past and what this new life means. I should have told you a long time ago." I became teary-eyed. She kept her lips sealed, but her jaw was trembling. "You are the only loyal person in my life, the only one I can trust."
Tears fell from her eyes. "Now you know. I was always the only one."
"We love each other," I said with a light laugh. "In spite of all the trouble I've given you, you stayed with me. So it must be that you loved me like a mother.”
― Amy Tan, The Valley of Amazement

“she felt such an intense sensation of happiness it frightened her, because surely there was a price to pay for this sort of bliss.”
― Liane Moriarty, What Alice Forgot

“He didn't care about the others anymore. The chaos around him seemed to siphon away his humanity, turn him into an animal. All he wanted was to survive, make it to that building, get inside. Live. Gain another day.”
― James Dashner, The Scorch Trials