Hey, guys,
I’m sure you’re all aware that it has been eons since I’ve posted anything, and I wanted you to know that I’ve actually set up a new blog, one that I can use for my writing as well as my reading. It’s a work in progress, but it’s coming along! I may someday come back to this one, but for now, it’s on a permanent hiatus.
~Stay bookish.
“I’m Dimitri Belikov. This is Rose Hathaway. Sydney Ivashkov.’
Normally, a human introduced with a Moroi last name would have warranted a double take. But it was clear this woman never heard anything past Rose and Dimitri’s names. I saw it clearly in her eyes: the same awe and worship I’d observed in so many other faces whenever this dynamic duo introduced itself. And like that, the woman turned from fiercely protective doorkeeper to swooning fangirl.”
-Richelle Mead, The Ruby Circle
“‘Have a good time. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.’
I hear Andy as I’m walking out the door. ‘Honey, that threat doesn’t work when you’re gay.'”
– Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
“The unknown wasn’t always the greatest thing to fear. The people who know you best can be riskier, because the words they say and the things they think have the potential to be not only scary but true, as well.”
-Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
“‘Some things are best left. . . unknown, you know? People search for answers and they don’t always like what they get. Sometimes the truth is worse than the lie.'”
– Jennifer L. Armentrout, Onyx
“‘He had this idea for a new creature, but then when he made the slug, he realized it didn’t have any protection.’
‘So you think the slug was the prototype. That the snail is just the finished product.’
‘Exactly,’ Luke says, turning his head to look at me.
‘So why are slugs still around then? Why didn’t God just say “Whoops, I made a mistake.”‘
Luke sighs in an overly dramatic way. ‘Ella, this is God,’ Luke says. ‘He has an image to protect. He can’t go around letting everyone know he makes mistakes. “My bad,” sayeth the Almighty.”‘”
-Brad Barkley, Heather Hepler, Dream Factory
“‘Do you believe in love at first sight?’
‘Do you believe in love before that?'”
– Rainbow Rowell, Attachments
“When there was nothing but space between you, everything felt like a leap.”
–The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith
“‘Where will I sit?’ Sit? Why, on this comfortable chaise langue I’ve carried here for you in my pocket, Your Highness, so glad you asked. I clamp my mouth shut, struggling not to say it aloud.”
-Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner, These Broken Stars
“I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get at least one standing ovation at least once in their lives.”
– R.J. Palacio, Wonder
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