10 Quotes & Sayings By Kate Avery Ellison

Kate Avery Ellison is the bestselling author of the "Avery Sisters" series. Her book When Love Has a Name is a New York Times Bestseller and was awarded the Booksellers Choice Award for Best Children's Book. She is a former teacher and school librarian who lives with her husband in Texas.

He glanced up once, eyes bored. “Please stop talking. I’m...
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He glanced up once, eyes bored. “Please stop talking. I’m trying to eat. Kate Avery Ellison
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What about you? What do you do?” I needed to ask questions, draw him out. I needed to find out all the information I could. My voice sounded strong and smooth, but my hands were shaking. I put them in my lap so he couldn’t see.“ I prey on innocent villagers and terrify their children, ” he said with a nasty smile. “And sometimes when I’m feeling really evil, I read books or paint. Kate Avery Ellison
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I laughed under my breath, and it sounded bitter. “Listen to me. What am I talking about, worth it? Is any experience or bit of beauty worth the cost of my life? I know nothing but safety and self-preservation at all costs.”“ And yet, ” he said softly, “you’re risking everything to help me. Kate Avery Ellison
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Strength?” “Safety, ” I said. And in that moment I realized that I’d always equated the two in my head, but they weren’t the same thing. Sometimes people were strongest at their most vulnerable, dangerous moments. Kate Avery Ellison
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I’d allowed myself to feel love —yes, love— for another person in a way I’d once sworn to myself I never would. I’d become completely vulnerable, and now I’d been torn apart with hurt and catapulted onto a path I might never have taken otherwise. I’d risked my life for an outsider. For a stranger. Worse, I had a feeling I was going to do it again. Kate Avery Ellison
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I was blind to the truth. Emotions do that. They make you a fool. Kate Avery Ellison
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You're ruining that book! " He pointed to the page I'd torn out. "That's a perfectly good book! " Holding his gaze, I reached down and ripped another page out. "I'm making roses." "Well, it's my book." "Sorry." I tore out another. Kate Avery Ellison
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You want to break the curse, I want to break the curse. We don't need to be nice. We need to be effective. Just help me figure it out, and I'll make you a rich woman. Kate Avery Ellison
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In answer to a question you asked me not a long ago, a question I didn’t answer at the time…it is worth it. Love is a perilous dance too, you see. And if we stop dancing, we’ll die. Don’t ever stop dancing. Kate Avery Ellison