20 Quotes About Arin

These arin quotes about life are sure to give you some perspective. Life, after all, can be pretty hard sometimes. But it’s the little things that help us get through the tough times. We can’t always control what happens to us, but we can always control how we react to it Read more

So take a look at these simple yet powerful quotes about life, and see how they can guide you through your own experiences.

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She turned to look at him, and he was already looking at her. “I’m going to miss you when I wake up, ” she whispered, because she realized that she must have fallen asleep under the sun. Arin was too real for her imagination. He was a dream.“ Don’t wake up, ” he said. Marie Rutkoski
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He told himself a story. Not at first. At first, there wasn’t time for thoughts that came in the shape of words. His head was blessedly empty of stories then. War was coming. It was upon him. Arin had been born in the year of the god of death, and he was finally glad of it. He surrendered himself to his god, who smiled and came close. Stories will get you killed, he murmured in Arin’s ear. Now, you just listen. Listen to me. Marie Rutkoski
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Someone was coming through the velvet. He was pulling it wide, he was stepping onto Kestrel’s balcony–close, closer still as she turned and the curtain swayed, then stopped. He pinned the velvet against frame. He held the sweep of it high, at the level of his gray eyes, which were silver in the shadows. He was here. He had come. Arin. Marie Rutkoski
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People of the hundred, " he said, using an ancient Herrani phrase Arin was surprised he knew, "who leads you?" So many cried Arin's name that it no longer sounded like his name. Marie Rutkoski
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A strange feeling: as if filaments trailed from Arin's body. A thousand fishing lines snagging attention. Here and there. Little tugs. People caught on the lines. The way sometimes people couldn't look him in the eye, and when they did they become fish trying to breath air. He wished it weren't like that. He knew it would be necessary. Marie Rutkoski
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She said, I'm going to miss you when you when I wake up. Don't wake up, he answered. But he did. Kestrel, beside him on the grass, said. "Did I wake you? I didn't mean to." It took him a velvety moment to understand that this was real. The air was quiet. An insect beat it's clear wings. She brushed hair from his brow. Now he was very awake." You were sleeping so sweetly, " she said." Dreaming" He touched her tender mouth." About what?"" Come closer, and I will tell you." But he forgot. He kissed her, and became lost in the exquisite sensation of his skin becoming too tight for his body. He murmured other things instead. A secret, a want, a promise. A story, in its own way. She curled her fingers into the green earth . Marie Rutkoski
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Arin. I've wanted to do this for a long time." Her words silenced him, steadied him. Antecipation lifted within her like the fragance of a garden under the rain. She sat at the piano, touching the keys. "Ready?"He smiled. "Play. Marie Rutkoski
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She had dreams that shamed her in the morning, dreams where Ronan gave her a white powdered cake, yet spoke in Arin's voice. I made this for you, he said. Do you like it? The powder was so fine that she inhaled its sweetness, but always woke before she could taste. Marie Rutkoski
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She said, I'm going to miss you when you when I wake up. Don't wake up, he answered. But he did. Kestrel, beside him on the grass, said. "Did I wake you? I didn't mean to. Marie Rutkoski
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He'd believed it. She couldn't believe that he believed it. Sometimes, she hated him for that. Marie Rutkoski
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Yet he understood that there are some things you feel and others that you choose to feel, and that the choice doesn't make the feeling less valid. Marie Rutkoski
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It was different to give something up than to see it taken away. The difference, Kestrel said, was choice. Marie Rutkoski
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Come closer, and I will tell you." But he forgot. He kissed her, and became lost in the exquisite sensation of his skin becoming too tight for his body. He murmured other things instead. A secret, a want, a promise. A story, in its own way. Marie Rutkoski
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It dropped ice to the bottom of his stomach. He thought of the ruined bodies he'd seen, including the ones he himself had ruined. He realized that he had somehow expected that he'd never have to think again about the way people damage other people. The night of the invasion. Kestrel's back. His own. Roshar's scarred face. His own. Marie Rutkoski
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She'd betrayed her country because she'd believed it was the right thing to do. Yet would she have done this, if not for Arin?He knew none of it. Had never asked for it. Kestrel had made her own choices. It was unfair to blame him. But she wanted to. Marie Rutkoski
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Little Fists, what's wrong? Marie Rutkoski
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The guard hit Kestrel across the face. “I said, what did you give him?” You had a warrior’s heart, even then. Kestrel spat blood. “Nothing, ” she told the guard. She thought of her father, she thought of Arin. She told her final lie. “I gave him nothing. Marie Rutkoski
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Will you come with me?"" Ah, Kestrel, that's something you never need to ask. Marie Rutkoski
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Her innocence was maddening. She should know. She should know what her steward had done. She should know it to be her fault whether she’d given the order or not—and whether she knew or not. Innocent? Her? Never.He did not want her to know. He did not want her to see. But:Look at me, he found himself thinking furiously at her. Look at me. She lifted her eyes, and did. Marie Rutkoski