H. S. Leigh Quotes

Not being "okay, " is a gift. And inside that gift, is the strength to change and the courage to begin again.

Mal snickered. "What's so funny?""I just pictured the Darkling being cornered by a sweaty duchess trying to have her way with him.

I may not have been completely honest about that.""You? Less than truthful? I'm shocked, Nikolai. Shocked and horrified.

The wider you spread your fingers apart while clapping is equal to the amount of retarded you look while clapping.

Close your eyes!""You can't kiss me from down there, Wylan." "Just do it!

He’s a scientist. He’s never cried. He flips through Googled image searches of burn victims while he touches himself.

Sometimes scientific discoveries are like that […]. Once people know something is possible, the pace of new findings increases. (Wylan)

I need someone who can be invisible, who can become a ghost. Do you think you can do that?"I'm already a ghost, she thought. I died in the hold of a slaver ship."i think so.

Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return.

This goes to show you that sometimes the unseen is not to be feared and that those meant to love us most are not always ones who do.

Nina would never let Kaz abandon her. She'd fight with everything she had to free Inej even if she was still in the grips of Parem. Matthias would stand by her with that great heart full of honor.

Sisters in battle, I am shield and blade to you. As I breathe, your enemies will know no sanctuary. While I live, your cause is mine.

If women ruled the world there would be no wars. But, we all would have been aborted.

No person can do this or that to keep another from being truly free. We are always free. Even if imprisoned.

Nina was about to snap that she didn't appreciate the sarcasm when she saw the expression on his face. He looked like someone had just given him a tuba full of puppies.

She lived in happy solitude, and grew old, and never worried when her beauty faded, for in her reflection she always saw a free woman.

Bella. You were always my soul.

I’m going to punch words in your ear holes.

Good aims not always make good books.

There is no pain like the pain of transformation.

I just know there's no way to live without pain - no matter how long or short your life is. People let you down. You get hurt and do damage in return.

Every story is true and a lie. The true part of this one is: Love and the memory of love can't be drowned. The lie part is that this is a good thing.

He doesn’t need a donkey, ” says Ana Kuya. “He has a wife.

You don't have to live with whatever life throws you--or whatever you've gotten yourself into...You can choose to Change Your Story!

It takes work to become the person you were created to be. You're worth the work!

I opened my mouth, but the same words came to me again and again.I will not scream. I will not scream. I will not scream.

Even Azathoth is bored of this tune.

The easiest way to steal a man's wallet is to tell him you're going to steal his watch.

If you don't care about money, Nina dear, call it by its other names.""Kruge? Scrub? Kaz's one true love?""Freedom, security, retribution.

Her heart felt too full, a dry creek bed ill-prepared for such rain.

Love is a beautiful burn in the quiet corner of the heart that will not be ignored.

I swear the man could seduce the holy mother!

Where are you going?" she called after me, her voice mocking. "What's waiting for you out there?" "Nothing!" I shouted at her. "No one!

Cursed the crown that brought such grief to me

I threw my hands on my hips, shocked by the irony. A Mather helping a Greensmith? Hell was freezing over somewhere beneath our feet and every kind of farm animal was sprouting wings to fly.

Van Eck raised a brow. "How old are you, girl? Sixteen? Seventeen? Nations rise and fall. Markets are made and unmade. When power shifts, someone always suffers.

If you have a strong stomachread on.

I’ve seen the first three Terminator movies in succession more times in my life than I have shaved my legs.

What's the point of living if you don't feel alive?

I don't believe everything "is meant to be." I believe God wants to direct our steps, but our free will makes for a lot of detours.

Every person in the world has to figure out what the right place for them is. It’s okay to be afraid, as long as you don’t allow the fear to take over your life.

I am the wood frame, the bundle of ox hair, and the creative spark... my value unhangable.

Nina, you taught me to be something better. They could be taught, too.

The limbo of life is like a song, a melody that comes around occasionally but that sticks in your head and never goes away.

The next time that something seemingly bad happens to you, look for the divine in it. Look for the soul in the mundane, every day occurrences of your life. Look for the spark, look for the light.

All of life is a trust fall, and I'm awakening to the thrill, rather than the fear, of being suspended midair.

Forgiveness doesn't mean what happened wasn't wrong or didn't matter. If it wasn't wrong or didn't hurt, there wouldn't be anything to forgive.

You don't ask for forgiveness, Kaz. You earn it.

Time is self absorbed, takes what it wants and doesn't return the favor. It is greedy, its pockets full of the lives of those left behind. It is a magician and a thief.

Foolish acts and bold adventures almost always appear, especially in the beginning, to be the absolute same thing.