Kami Garcia Quotes

I wanted to stay this way forever. Which, it turns out, was exactly five more minutes.

Think of me as the praying mantis of the supernatural world. Aren't those the bugs that bite the heads off the males? Link looked skeptical. Yes. Then they eat them

You can't jump off a cliff when you have already fallen off a bigger one.

Maybe Ridley was like chicken pox; you could only catch it once.

The thing about fate is, are you the master of your fate, or are the stars?

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” “Elton John?” “Close. Ernest Hemingway. In his own way, sort of the rock star of his time.

I sat up in bed. My T-shirt was soaking wet. My pillow was wet. My hair was wet. And my room was sticky and humid.

A vegetarian? Are you insane? That's worse than bein' a quarter demon!

Running to stand still -Lena

I wouldn't know where to start." "He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to." "Thoreau?" "Harry Emerson Fosdick.

I get it," said Link. "Even if it wrecks everything, even if you know you're gonna get busted, sometimes you gotta do it anyway." "Something like that.

When everything seems like its changed…its because things have." Ethan Wate in Beautiful Creatures.

She leaned into my shoulder. "Maybe you don't have to be a Caster to have power." I pushed her hair behind her ear. "Maybe you just have to fall for one.

No, I'm too busy trying to deflect your Power of Stupidity. But I don't think I'm strong enough.

I'm afraid. I know L. I don't want you to get hurt. I won't. What if you do. I'll wait for you. Even if I'm dark? Even if you're very very dark.

You know I love a good family feud and I carry a big stick.

Lying on the ceiling. Refusing to go to school. Not opening up to me. Climbing water towers. "No, she's all right."

Everything in Gatlin was rigged. Why would the carnival games be any different?

Are you insinuatin' that my daughter is a liar?" "Oh, no, not at all. I'm saying your daughter is a liar. Surely you can appreciate the difference.

I hadn't fallen through his arms. He was ripped from mine.

Sixteen moons, Sixteen years Sixteen of your deepest fears Sixteen times you dreamed my tears Falling, Falling through the years

Yeah, right. The things that I'm afraid of? You wouldn't even believe." "You're afraid to trust me.

Any book is a Good Book, and wherever they keep the Good Book safe is also the House a the Lord.

Sunday night, I reread The Catcher in the Rye until I felt tired enough to fall asleep. Only I never got tired enough. And I couldn't read, because reading didn't feel the same.

Why would you stick someone you love down in a lonely hole in the dirt? Where it's cold, and dirty, and full of bugs?

So either your a vampire or a perv. Which is it?

Those were the 'ifs' that kept me from making a fool of myself.

The guys were going down one road, and I was going down another.

You watch yourself. One day you're going to pick a hole in the sky and the universe is gonna fall right through. Then we'll all be in a fix

I couldn't sit by and watch them try to take her down. Not her.

Just as I lay back, she sat up. I sat up, and she flopped back down. Awkward. That was my every move when it came to her. Now we were both lying down, staring up at the blue sky.

At least no one's trying to kill anyone. Give them about fifteen minutes

Because when every day is the End of Days, after a while they feel pretty much like every other day, even though you know that's crazy. And nothing is the same.

You couldn't unburn the books. You could only buy new ones.

So he's like a human compass? As far as superpowers go, that's pretty lame. You're like the Caster equivalent of Aquaman.

Lena made a face. She almost never wore makeup; she didn't have to. "You know, it's not like we all sign a contract with Maybelline when we turn thirteen.

Sharpie? A mischievous smile spread across her face. I thought you said you couldn't control your powers. Beginner's luck.

What did you do to Amma?" "I was late to school." He studied my face. I studied his. "Number 2?" I nodded. "Sharp?" "Started out sharp and then she sharpened it.

And you can look up just about anything, even dirty pictures. Every now and again, the dirtiest pictures you ever saw would pop up on the screen. Imagine!

There were only two kinds of people in our town. ―The stupid and the stuck- ―The ones who are bound to stay or too dumb to go. Everyone else finds a way out.

the wheel of fate crushes us all

Lies, lies are the place where darkness grows.

Arelia looked up at Macon. "It's not the house that protects her. It's the boy. I've never seen anything like it. No Caster can come between them.

She had the power to destroy. I had only seen the power to love. When you discovered both, who could figure out what to do with that?

The one broken window that permanently wouldn't roll up had destroyed her perfectly curled blond prom-hair, and by the time we got to the gym she looked like Marie Antoinette with bedhead.

I'd ridden to school with Link every day since kindergarten, when we became best friends after he gave me half his Twinkie on the bus. I only found out later it had fallen on the floor.

I wish I could print up a sign and tape it on my forehead. I OFFICIALLY DO NOT WANT TO KISS ETHAN WATE. NOW PLEASE LET ME BE FRIENDS WITH HIM.

no light no dark no you no me know light know dark know you know me

Sometimes everyone does the right thing and there's still a mess left to clean up. Someone has to take responsibility for it.

Age-appropriate makeup? Who are you people? What makeup is age-appropriate for a seven-year-old?