103 Quotes & Sayings By Kiersten White

Kiersten White was born in the Midwest and came to Texas for college. She has since lived in three different cities in three different states. She is a graduate of Harvard University with a degree in History, and she currently lives in Austin, Texas. Kiersten’s novels are described as romantic suspense, but also have elements of contemporary fiction, young adult, paranormal romance, and horror Read more

She is the author of the bestselling novel, The Rose Society trilogy (The Crown Prince of Plunder, The Prince of Mistresses, and The Prince of Fire), which debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestsellers list. Her other titles include the Snow Like Ashes trilogy (Winter's Passage, The Thorn of Emberlain, and The Flame Alphabet), the Midnight Thief trilogy (The Midnight Thief, Midnight Thief Returns, and Midnight Thief Revealed), Midnight Moon Trilogy (The Midnight Star, Midnight’s Daughter, and Midnight’s Son). Her most recent release is the Shiver Creek series (Dead Silence on Shiver Creek Road, Dead Silence on Shiver Creek Bridge Road, Dead Silence on Shiver Creek Close Road), which is set in her home state of Texas.

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Tasers are a one-size-fits-all paranormal butt-kicking option. Mine’s pink withrhinestones. Kiersten White
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If you fail to report within the next 12 hours. you will be terminated. If you attack any humans, you will be terminated. If you attempt to remove the tracking device, you will be terminated. We look forward to working with you. Kiersten White
I hate the vamp jobs. They think they're so suave....
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I hate the vamp jobs. They think they're so suave. It's not enough for them to slaughter and eat you like a zombie would. No, they want to be all sexy, too. And trust me: vampires? Not. Sexy. Kiersten White
A true conversion is always only between a man and...
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A true conversion is always only between a man and God. Kiersten White
Belief is not weakness. Faith is the greatest strength we...
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Belief is not weakness. Faith is the greatest strength we can have. Kiersten White
What do you think? Does this face make me look...
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What do you think? Does this face make me look fat? Kiersten White
I guess I can't blame him for feeling bitter. Going...
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I guess I can't blame him for feeling bitter. Going from being the terror of Bulgarian nights to a janitor would kinda suck Kiersten White
Being dead wasn't supposed to hurt. Where was the fairness...
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Being dead wasn't supposed to hurt. Where was the fairness in that? If I was dead, the least the universe could do was make it painless Kiersten White
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Marry me. Nay, marriage will cost us precious moments together. Let us make sweet, passionate love right here. Let me bear your children.” A primal growl signaled Miss Lynn getting over her shock at being thus addressed. She lunged forward; Jack deftly rolled off the bench, jumping up out of her reach.“ Goodness, I didn’t expect you to be quite this enthusiastic about my advances. If I don’t play hard to get, how will I ever know whether or not you respect me? . Kiersten White
Any other iron on you?” he asked impatiently.“ Just my...
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Any other iron on you?” he asked impatiently.“ Just my tongue stud.” His look was a mixture of curiosity and horror.“ I’m kidding, you idiot. Let’s go. Kiersten White
You cannot control faeries. Can. Not. They aren't logical or...
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You cannot control faeries. Can. Not. They aren't logical or rational. They don't obey the same laws (physical, social, emotional, traffic - you name it) that we do. Kiersten White
You'll be fine, just some minor burns and hypothermia, which...
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You'll be fine, just some minor burns and hypothermia, which was kind of hard to explain. Kiersten White
Silver knives! Painful and sometimes deadly to all paranormals! ''...
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Silver knives! Painful and sometimes deadly to all paranormals! '' Tasey! ' I counterd 'Hot pink and sparkly! Kiersten White
Yo soy carne muerta. Translation: I am dead meat.
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Yo soy carne muerta. Translation: I am dead meat. Kiersten White
What exactly does a friend do?
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What exactly does a friend do? Kiersten White
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I don't dislike them, nor do I like them. I've never understood why one must love children simply because they are children. I don't love people because they are people; in fact, I rarely like any people at all. If a child is somehow deserving of admiration, I certainly won't deny it, but why hand it out like candy on Queen's Day? Kiersten White
Some victories are merely defeat wearing the wrong clothing
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Some victories are merely defeat wearing the wrong clothing Kiersten White
I cannot afford to lose you, too
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I cannot afford to lose you, too"" You cannot lose something you do not own. Take me with you Kiersten White
There are other ways to beat someone than with fists.
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There are other ways to beat someone than with fists. Kiersten White
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I think if you had been born a boy, perhaps you would have been satisfied with what the world offered you. That is how we are alike. We saw everything that was not ours, and we hungered. Do not lose that hunger. You will always have to fight for everything. Even when you already have it, you will have to keep fighting to maintain it. You will have to be more ruthless, more brutal, more everything. Any weakness will undo everything you have accomplished. They will see any crack as evidence that they were right that a woman cannot do what you do. Kiersten White
I do not take orders from women.”“ My men do...
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I do not take orders from women.”“ My men do not have a similar problem.” Lada lifted a hand. The man fell, a crossbow bolt sticking out of his chest. Kiersten White
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On our wedding night, " she said, "I will cut out your tongue and swallow it. Then both tongues that spoke our marriage vows will belong to me, and I will be wed only to myself. You will most likely choke to death on your own blood, which will be unfortunate, but I will be both husband and wife and therefore not a widow to be pitied. Kiersten White
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I should curl up in a ball and cry. Instead i think about everything in the whole entire world that makes me angry - There is a lot, oh, there is a lot - and I start singing Justin Bieber at the top of my lungs. Kiersten White
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So the question becomes, Daughter of the Dragon, what will you sacrifice? What will you let be taken away so that you, too, can have power? Kiersten White
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But there are many ways to be powerful. There is power in stillness. There is power in watching, waiting, saying the right thing at the right time to the right person. There is power in being a woman---oh yes, power in these bodies you gaze upon with derision. Kiersten White
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What would you sacrifice for power? Kiersten White
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Religion was a means to an end. She had seen it wielded as a weapon. If she needed to use it, she would, but she would never allow herself to be used by it. Kiersten White
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Lada had a sense for power--the fine threads that connected everyone around her, the way those threads could be pulled, tightened, wrapped around someone until they cut off the blood supply. Or snapped entirely. Kiersten White
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I am yours, ” she whispered. The words cut like knives, barely out of her mouth before he stole them, sealing them with his own lips. Kiersten White
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Do you dislike Children? I ask, entertained at the little one’s cleverness in dodging capture attempts. “ I don’t dislike them, nor do I like them. I’ve never understood why one must love children simply because they are children. I don’t love people because they are people; in fact, I rarely like any people at all. If a child is somehow deserving of admiration, I certainly won’t deny it, but why hand it out like candy on Queen’s Day?” I laugh, surprising him. “ Do you think me terribly cruel, then?” “ Actually, I agree. It is another great fault of mine my mother endeavored to correct. Children in general I’ve never cared for, though individual children I love very much. Kiersten White
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Why must I always be a man's servant?" Lada demanded. "If anything, I should be partners with the devil, not his servant. Kiersten White
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Fire burned in her heart, and her wounded soul spread out, casting a shadow like wings across her country. Kiersten White
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Lada made her face stone, her heart a mountain. A mountain that would never be pierced to let cold, clear water flow. “Nothing holds me here. Kiersten White
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Those same fists had always defied everything expected of her. Kiersten White
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The price of living seems to always be death. Kiersten White
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Shadows go in front of you, leading into your future, and trail behind you, leaving a part of you in the past. They are clearest when we are in the light, and disappear when we lose ourselves in darkness. Kiersten White
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There’s a word for the first blush of youthful love free of desire. For longing to be with someone so much you would rather throw yourself to the tides than be without them. For the stale but steady relationship between faithful members of an arranged marriage. For how to feel about someone you thought was everything but ended up never feeling the same way about you. For the poison left over when you love someone and it ends so badly you cannot release the feelings. For the love between a mother and her children, a father and his children, a grandmother and her progeny, the love between two dear friends, the love that is the first building block of a lifelong affair. There’s even a word for a love so devastating nothing before or after is ever seen the same. . Kiersten White
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I wish many things, but I wish I had been able to tell you that I love you, in so many more ways than that word can convey in Alben. Kiersten White
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People respond to kindness. They trust a smile more than a promise that you will leave them choking on their own blood. Kiersten White
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The last time she was up here, she had been... staring up at the sky and dreaming of stars. Now, she looked down and plotted flames. Kiersten White
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Sometimes I wanted to take a memory - one perfect memory - curl up in it, and go to sleep. Kiersten White
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...sometimes I get tired. Sometimes I get bored. And sometimes all I want, more than anything else in the world, is to go on a freaking date. Kiersten White
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Jack might look my age, but he was like a little kid on a sugar high --- in need of a good spanking. --- Good heavens, that sounded creepy. Kiersten White
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In the daylight, order ruled, fences stood, how-do-you-do's and polite nods were the recipe. But at night, darkness rendered everything still and hush and secret. Minnie was a curator of secrets. Kiersten White
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Thank you for giving me another chance."" Thank you for deserving one. Kiersten White
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This is the tragedy of knowing my fate: I have seen how it ends, and I will walk right into it, and nothing will change. Kiersten White
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Clinical, brilliantly medical-minded Adam believes in fate. A fate with Fia. Kiersten White
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None of them are real to me.” He paused again, placing a hand flat against the door. “You are the only real thing in my life.” Radu gasped with the sheer physical pain the words sent through him. But the sound of his agony was covered by that of the door opening. Mehmed reached in and pulled Lada out to him, and then his mouth was on hers and his hands were in her hair and he was holding her so tightly, so tightly, and they stumbled back into Lada’s room and closed the door. Radu tripped forward, feet dragging, until he stood outside the room. He wanted to be inside it. He wanted to be the only real thing to Mehmed, just as Mehmed was the only real thing to him. He wanted– No, please, no. Yes. He wanted Mehmed to look at him the way he had looked at Lada.He wanted Mehmed to kiss him the way he had kissed Lada.He wanted to be Lada.No, he did not. He wanted to be himself, and he wanted Mehmed to love him for being himself. His question, the question of Mehmed, was finally answered, piercing him and leaving him shaking, silent, on the floor. He did not want this answer. . Kiersten White
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What’s the point in hating something if you aren’t proactive? Kiersten White
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Why does IPCA use them if they’re evil?” he asked, confused.“ They aren’t evil. They aren’t even really immoral, per se. They’re amoral. They don’t operate on the same level that we do. For a faerie, the only thing that matters is what they want. That’s their good. Anything else is superfluous. So like how they kidnap people, not a big deal–they want the person, they take him. Or killing someone. If you live forever, how much does one mortal life matter in the scheme of things? When you exist outside time, cutting off the forty years a person has left is a non-issue. They don’t even notice. Kiersten White
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Then the other door opened. I wen't rigid. If I had thought Reth's was beautiful, it was nothing to this soul. It filled the night with light, dancing and rippling like the reflection on a pond. I hadn't seen many souls, but I knew this one was special. I wanted it. I needed it. Kiersten White
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It’s a lie, but it’s the lie he needs. I’m going to hell. Kiersten White
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I lie constantly. All the time. I’m nothing but one big mass of lies. Kiersten White
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Because I am in love with you. Because I cannot be around you for fear you will finally see what is written across my heart. Because the pain of you is one I cannot bear Kiersten White
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I chose him. If I chose him, he had to be the right choice. I wouldn’t love him if it weren’t right. Kiersten White
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We change the future with every choice we make, Kiersten White
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They are soldiers. They depend upon routine, and anything out of the ordinary will give them pause. And they are men. They hate to be insulted, but they love to hear others mocked. And they are fools, because they cannot imagine that a woman alone in the woods would be a threat. Kiersten White
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Plus as she put it, Prince Eric was far too hairy and peach colored for her taste. I always thought he was pretty hott, but then again, I am a mammal. Kiersten White
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She swung her fist at Nicolae’s head. He raised an arm to block the blow, and she delivered a killing stab with her wooden dagger. Nicolae laughed, staggering dramatically to the ground. “Dead, again, at the hands of the ugliest girl in creation.” He stuck out his tongue, face contorted in a grimace. Lada kicked him in the stomach. “I am no girl. Who is next?” The other Janissaries, gathered in a loose circle around Lada and Nicolae, shuffled their feet and avoided eye contact. Nicolae pushed himself up on an elbow. “Really? Cowards! ”“I still have bruises from the last time.”“ I cannot sit without pain.”“ She fights dirty.” Ivan did not even respond, having never forgiven Lada for besting him when they were introduced. He refused to fight her and rarely acknowledged her presence. Lada laughed, showing all her sharp teeth. “Because when you are on the battlefield, honor will mean so much. You will die with a blade between your ribs, secure in the knowledge that you fought with manners.” She picked up her dull practice sword, abandoned on the edge of the circle, and swung it through the air, sweeping it across the line of the Janissaries’ collective throats. . Kiersten White
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It makes a soul lonely when even your tongue has no home. Kiersten White
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James is all I have. I chose James. He has to be right. Please let him be right. Kiersten White
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Lady's mouth tasted like blood and iron all the time now. It tasted like defeat. Kiersten White
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Freedom was a foot away when they turned back to me. The one who kept speaking, a tall vamp with a handsome curly-haired glamour, shook his head. "Sorry." He bared his fangs in an apologetic grin. "We're glad you aren't what's hunting us, but we're no friends of IPCA. And we're all very, very, thirsty."" What, no flirting?" I asked, trying to buy time. "Aren't you going to at least try to be sexy? Think of all those vampire fans out there--they'd be so disappointed." I pulled out my silver knife. Probably should have paid more attention during my knife training. "Tell you what. Let me go and I promise not to tell anyone that you aren't suave. Kiersten White
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Honestly, Evie, " I huffed, flopping back to the centre of my bed and glaring at the ceiling. "Why don't you whine some more instead of actually doing anything?"" Talking to yourself is the first sign of madness, " Arianna volunteered, leaning on the frame of my open door." Yeah, so's seeing things no one else can, but people seem to like that about me."" Good point. Odds are, you've been crazy for years now. I'm probably nothing more than a figment of your imagination."" If that were true, I'd imagine you as less of a slob." She sighed. "Isn't it sad that you hate yourself so much you can't even dream up a pleasant roommate?"" Not as sad as the fact that you admit how bad you suck as one." Flashing a wicked grin, she narrowed her eyes. “ I'd use the term 'suck' sparingly around me.  Don't want to go planting ideas in my pretty,   dead head." I threw a pillow at her. Kiersten White
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I wonder if anyone gets through childhood without being broken. I certainly did not. Kiersten White
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They're crystal blue, a shade that shouldn't exist on the human body, I shade I immediately crave, a shade that makes my heart beat a little bit faster--almost as if I recognize it. I want to steal it, paint it, throw it into every room I ever decorate. It's the most perfect blue I've ever seen. Even from this distance his eyes are simply remarkable. Kiersten White
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Silly. Dark isn’t scary. Dark is safe.”“ Why?” “I live in the dark all the time. But when it’s dark outside everyone has to be there, too. And if you can’t see someone, they can’t see you, either.” She sniffles a few times. “So, it’s like I’m hiding in the dark?”“ Yes. You’re the secret when it’s dark. Dark is safe. Kiersten White
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And so she cut out her heart and offered it as a sacrifice. She would pay whatever price her mother Wallachia demanded.“ Make me prince, ” she said without feeling. Kiersten White
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I’m still afraid to sleep–too many ghosts peering creeping condemning. Kiersten White
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What, no flirting?” I asked, trying to buy time. “Aren’t you going to at least try to be sexy? Think of all those vampire fans out there–they’d be so disappointed.” I pulled out my silver knife. Probably should have paid more attention during my knife training. “Tell you what. Let me go and I promise not to tell anyone that you aren’t suave. Kiersten White
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I let my face go blank and nodded slowly. "Yes. The trolls. Back. With me. Cannot form. Complete sentences." I shook my head. "Yeah, so not happening. Kiersten White
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Best to have only a few absolutely perfect trait - for example, my hair and eyes and sparkling personality - so you don't overwhelm. Kiersten White
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Dearest Jessamin, I have not had a letter from you in a month. (You are a terrible daughter.) I blame the slowness of the boats and hate the distance between us. (How could you leave me?) Your cousin Jacabo responded to my inquiries after your well-being with only the vaguest of terms. (I threatened Jacky Boy if he did not update me on your life.) I take this to mean you have seen him regularly and have also forbidden him from updating me on your life in the big city. (Why are you spending your time with him when he is clearly not running in the right circles?) How are your studies? Have you met anyone interesting? (Why have you not given me news of your father?) I suspect you do not write because you have found someone. (Please, please tell me you have found someone.) I know it. (I beg the spirits for it each night.) A mother can feel these things. (I will drag you back to the island and force you into marriage if you do not take care of it yourself.) Please tell me whether he is of a good family and when I can expect happy tidings to share with my friends. (Do not do anything I cannot crow about to the neighbors.) I knew you would not be on your own for long. (Give me grandchildren. Soon.) Dear Henry has asked after you, though, so if you are lonely you know you have many options here. (I pestered Henry until he finally asked after you and took it as a sign he still wishes to marry you.) Write me soon or I will perish for want of daughterly affection. (You are a terrible daughter.) All my love, (All my love, ) Mama. Kiersten White
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Christmas Eve is my favorite... I think the anticipation is more fun than anything else. I kind of lost that. The idea that something - food, traditions, an arbitrary date on the calendar - can be special because we decide it should be. We make it special. Not just for ourselves, but for others. Kiersten White
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The door opens with a rusted jingle, and an animatronic Santa insults my moral virtue three times. Ho, ho, ho. Kiersten White
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Fabulous" Jack said, reaching down and plucking a crimson flower. A small scream sounded from it as he severed the stem. He smiled maliciously, then started stomping with abandon through the beds of blossoms, a chorus of tinny, shrill screams punctuating every step. Kiersten White
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Marry me, Lada. It is the perfect solution." Lada laughed. Mehmed's smile grew, until he realized her laugh was not a sweet breeze of delight, but a brutal desert wind carrying stinging sand in its wake. "I will never marry. Kiersten White
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Probably you should stay out of my head. It’s not a friendly place. Kiersten White
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Everyone here is insane. I am the insanest of the insane. Kiersten White
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Cole gets up and then says, “Adam. Five texts. I can read them to you.” He pauses. “Unless they’re personal.” I roll my eyes. “Not that it’s any of your business, but I’m pretty sure he’s desperately in love with my sister.” Cole snorts. “He’s crazy.” “He’d have to be, right? Kiersten White
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I have to trust that, or I’ll lose my mind. Well, lose it more. Kiersten White
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Crazy must run in your family, ” he says.“ You do know Fia! ” I blurt, then bite my lip. Kiersten White
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You’re crazy, ” he hisses. “Too true. Kiersten White
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I closed my eyes. I used to think I was protecting the world, too. But it wasn't that simple. Nothing was. Who were we to decide that anyone or anything didn't deserve the spark of life they had been given? Kiersten White
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A brother, ” she said, her voice soft. The baby started to cry, a weak, garbled sound that worried the nurse. Lada’s scowl deepened. She slapped a dimpled hand over his mouth. The nurse pulled him away quickly, and Lada looked up, face contorted in rage.“ Mine! ” she shouted. It was her first word. The nurse laughed, shocked, and lowered the baby once more. Lada glared at him until he stopped crying. Then, apparently satisfied, she toddled out of the room. Kiersten White
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Weakness is an irresistible lure. Kiersten White
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If you are too weak to stand being hit and too stupid to avoid it, then you deserve more pain. Kiersten White
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I’ll be fine. I’m always fine. Kiersten White
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I am so filled with wrong I don’t remember what right is. Kiersten White
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I wash myself clean of guilt, of pain, of fear, of emotion. I am the ocean. I am empty. I am nothing. Kiersten White
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I don’t want to think about things like normal and safe, things I can’t have. Kiersten White
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I am a girl in want of complete destruction. Kiersten White
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My bed is massive (I drown in it, and it doesn’t matter how big the bed is, my nightmares more than fill it) Kiersten White
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I think happy thoughts and feel happy things and I do not let myself near the swirling black edges of the hole that is my soul when I look at them. Kiersten White
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There is no such thing as cheating. There is only winning or losing. Kiersten White
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Where did you find that one?"" I have no idea. I'm a magnet for crazies, I guess."" They must be able to sense a kindred spirit."" Your one to talk. Don't you have more hordes of the undead to lead in a glorious revolution?"" Zombies not undead. There's a fine distinction. And no. Right now I'm scouting new talent. The glorious revolution comes tomorrow. Kiersten White
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There! I can’t fix the whole country, and it will only last a few days, but I present you with the sun, on behalf of my dreadfully boring magic.” He bows low, holding out his hand. I reach out tentatively, afraid of being burned, but the globe merely hovers above my hand where I slide it on top of Finn’s. It’s golden and deliciously warm and instantly makes me happier and more at ease than I’ve been in weeks. I laugh, delighted, and by the look on Finn’s face you’d think I was the one who had given him an absurd and wonderful gift. . Kiersten White
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You once told me some lives are worth more than others. How many deaths before the scales tipout of our favor?” She had no answer. Kiersten White
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Pretending is another way of lying, and I am so good at both. Kiersten White
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I wonder what it would be like to be with a boy who blushes when he looks at my skin. Kiersten White