Ball Quotes

“Kai cleared his throat. Stood straighter. "I assume you are going to the ball?"
"I-I don't know. I mean, no. No, I'm sorry, I'm not going to the ball."
Kai drew back, confused. "Oh well... but... maybe you would change your mind? Because I am, you know."
"The prince."
"Not bragging," he said quickly. "Just a fact.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“What's your name?" he asked above the roar of the music.

She leaned close. "My name is Wind," she whispered. "And Rain. And Bone and Dust. My name is a snippet of a half-remembered song."

He chuckled a low, delightful sound. She was drunk and silly, and so full of the glory of being young and alive and in the capital of the world that she could hardly contain herself.

"I have no name," she purred. "I am whoever the keepers of my fate tell me to be."

He grasped her by her wrist, running a thumb along the sensitive sknin underneath. "Then let me call you Mine for a dance or two.”
― Sarah J. Maas, The Assassin and the Underworld

“He grasped her by the wrist , running a thumb along the sensitive skin underneath. "Then let me call you Mine for a dance or two"

She grinned but someone was suddenly between them, a tall, powerfully built person. Sam. He ripped the stranger's hand off of her wrist. "She's spoken for," he growled, all too close to the young man's maked face. The stranger's friend was behind him in an instant, his bronze eyes fixed on Sam.

Celaena grabbed Sam's elbow. "Enough," she warned him.

The masked stranger looked Sam up and down, then held up his hands. "My mistake," he said, but winked at Celaena before disappeared into the crowd, his armed friend close behind.

Celaena whirled to face Sam. "What in hell was that for?"

"You're drunk," he told her, so close her chest brushed his, "And he knew it, too."

"So?" Even as she said it, someone dancing wildly crashed into her and set her reeling. Sam caught her around the waist, his hands firm on her as he kept her from falling to the ground.

"You'll thank me in the morning."

"Just because we're working together doesn't mean I'm suddenly incapable of handling myself." His hands were still on her waist.

"Let me take you home.”
― Sarah J. Maas, The Assassin and the Underworld

“Rumours should be juicy and gossips must be mouth-watering, since they have to uplift and make people feel better. Tittle-tattle can have a swift ripple effect and when the ball is rolling very fast, it kick-starts a flood of moral destruction. “Schadenfreude” can, then, be fully enjoyed. (“Juicy rumours”)”
― Erik Pevernagie

“This is mad,” said Ron. “We’re the only ones left who haven’t got anyone — well, except Neville. Hey — guess who he asked? Hermione!”
“What?” said Harry, completely distracted by this startling news.
“Yeah, I know!” said Ron, some of the color coming back into his face as he started to laugh. “He told me after Potions! Said she’s always been really nice, helping him out with work and stuff — but she told him she was already going with someone. Ha! As if! She just didn’t want to go with Neville...I mean, who would?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“The Monster Ball is by nature a protest: A youth church experience to speak out and celebrate against all forms of discrimination + prejudice.”
― Lady Gaga

“Suddenly, Vin grew pale. Elend paused, glancing at her, sensing that something was wrong. Not with what he'd said, something else. What is it? Assassins? Mist spirits? Koloss?


"I just realized something," Vin said, looking at him with those intense eyes of hers. "I can't go to a ball—I didn't bring a gown!”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages

“It is not Atlas who carries the world on his shoulders, but woman; and sometimes she plays with it as with a ball.”
― Henryk Sienkjewicz

“Playing ball of wind
reaching the other end of The Road Not Taken
may I call in Robert Frost by holding hands
and request Ginsberg to recite Howl
facing the world.”
― Suman Pokhrel

“Champions never sleep, the eternal spirit keep them alert and awake.”
― Amit Ray, Enlightenment Step by Step

“The bowler approached the wicket at a lope, a trot, and then a run. He suddenly exploded in a flurry of arms and legs, out of which flew a ball.”
― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything

“Wretch! I shan’t allow you to take a rise out of me! I want to talk to you about Jane!”
“Who the devil is—Oh, yes, I know! One of your girls!”
“My eldest daughter, and, let me remind you, your niece, Alverstoke!”
“Unjust, Louisa, I needed no reminder!”
“I am bringing the dear child out this season,”[...]
“You’ll have to do something about her freckles—if she’s the one I think she is,” he interrupted. “Have you tried citron-water?”
“I didn’t invite you to come here to discuss Jane’s appearance!” she snapped.
“Well, why did you invite me?”
“To ask you to hold a ball in her honour—at Alverstoke House!” she disclosed, rushing her fence.
“To do what?”
― Georgette Heyer, Frederica

“The information. Every bit that of information that was ever in your brain. But the information is not the mind Jenna. That we've never accomplished before. What we've done with you is groundbreaking. We cracked the code. The mind is an energy that the brain produces. Think of a glass ball twirling on your fingertip. If it falls, it shatters into a million pieces. All the parts of a ball are still there, but it will never twirl with that force on your fingertip again. The brain is the same way.”
― Mary E. Pearson, The Adoration of Jenna Fox

“And although in many cases these unions proved happy enough, sailors being excellent husbands, often away and handy about the house when ashore, it did make for a curious gathering when the spouses were invited to a ball.”
― Patrick O'Brian, The Surgeon's Mate

“He suddenly exploded in a flurry of arms and legs, out of which flew a ball.”
― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything

“There are only a few things that are more entertaining than watching a cat trying to run across a freshly waxed wood floor after a ball.”
― David C Holley, Write like no one is reading

“When a ball dreams, it dreams it's a frisbee.”
― Stancil Johnson

“It’s going to be fine. What’s the worst that could happen? — The last time you said that we ended up in lockdown for a year.”
― Lindsey Kelk, On a Night Like This

“I’ve found when people are around me, they’re either completely silent or they can’t stop talking, And if I had to choose, I’d take peace and quiet over a gobshite any day.”
― Lindsey Kelk, On a Night Like This

“In my experience, the richer they are, the more up front they are about being a cock.”
― Lindsey Kelk, On a Night Like This

“Having a lot of friends is overrated. Quality, not quantity, right?”
― Lindsey Kelk, On a Night Like This

“A proposal shouldn’t be an apology.”
― Lindsey Kelk, On a Night Like This

“You don’t break up with someone when you’re so unhappy you can’t even talk to your best friend about it”
― Lindsey Kelk, On a Night Like This

“I don’t know which is more frightening, the thought of staying and things being like this forever or the thought of leaving and having no clue what I’m getting myself into.”
― Lindsey Kelk

“I don’t know much about relationships, but I do know about blaming yourself for something someone else did wrong and burying your needs so deep it’s practically impossible to dig them back up.”
― Lindsey Kelk, On a Night Like This

“and I realized there are moments in our lives where we all need someone to remind us we’re allowed to be happy.”
― Lindsey Kelk, On a Night Like This

“He was taller than me, but not so tall that it would be the first thing you’d tell people about him, not when you could wax lyrical about his eyes for months on end. They were dark brown, sloping downwards at the corners ever so slightly, and when he smiled, his entire face came alive.”
― Lindsey Kelk, On a Night Like This

“I thought we agreed I can take care of myself? — Oh, I know you absolutely can. But I also want you to know, you don’t have to. — Be still, my beating heart.”
― Lindsey Kelk, On a Night Like This

“You’re very easy to talk to, did you know that?”
― Lindsey Kelk, On a Night Like This

“I might not have a million friends or a big family to turn to, but I had someone who saw me for who I was and loved me because of it, not in spite of it.”
― Lindsey Kelk, On a Night Like This