Ya Fiction Quotes

The good thing about the aristocracy – German or English – was that they were easily traced, Mirabelle thought.

A wise man does not always admit to everything he knows. And sometimes an overly-credulous friend can be a source of mild amusement.”~Sherlock Holmes

Sometimes you gotta say what's in your heart... And you have to stand for what you believe. No matter what." ~'Dr. Michael C. Anders,

I believe the Lord has chosen me to spread His word through my words and who am I to question His plans for me?

Watson fully comprehended the fact that occasionally it is useful for one’s adversaries to underestimate one’s abilities.”~Sherlock Holmes

Suddenly the images in the center of the room became more than images. They solidified.

Write or perish in the banality of mediocrity!

science enables you to look things differently.

When it came to watching television, Ted was ambidextrous.

There are times when you have to commit a crime to prevent an even bigger one. At least, that’s what I tell myself when I can’t sleep at night.

Idrith didn’t want to go back to his cold lonely room, with all its unanswered questions. He took the glass and sat down.

Drama does not just walk into our lives. Either we create it, invite it, or associate with it.

The world is only as small as your mind makes it.

I started out a human being. But pretty much had all the humanity wrung out of me after passing the Bar and practicing law for ten years. Not sure what I am now.

Stupid dire warnings of imminent doom.They always put me in a bad mood.

I don't correct her to let her know her backdoor wisdom yanks me deep into another country, where water runs uphill.

The past is always with us. It echoes through every living moment, giving it depth and meaning beyond itself. Sometimes the past is so powerful, those echoes threaten to overwhelm the present.

Cattle... it called us cattle...We're hamburger, you mean.

If you don't like the path your life has taken, choose another.

It would be, like all of Pammy's parties, hot and crowded and filled with impossibly glamorous people with hip bones so sharp they could qualify as concealed weapons.

I guess, my advice would be the following: stay calm and do not let the panic seize you.

Too many people in this world think small is the best they can do. Not you, Libby Strout. You weren't born for small! You don't know how to do small! Small is not in you!

When you feel that unpleasant darkness invading your mind, read this book and these stories will help you return to the light and warmth of life.

(D)reams are like that: they go in and out of memories and scenes, but they're never real. They're never real, and I hate them because they aren't.

Mortals cannot perceive me with the physical eye whilst in my pure form unless it is of my choosing, for it would result in fatality, which begs the question of why you are an exception.

Tod's pale brows arched halfway up his forehead, and he looked suddenly, achingly wistful. "She knows not what she says..."Maybe not. But I was starting to get a pretty good idea...

All I really want to do today is go to the book store, drink coffee and read.

I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is. Which Zen guy said "If you want to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water"?

Some people are born to weirdness, ” Jerry said, “and others have weirdness thrust upon them.

I don’t mean to take the bow off the end of your rain, but you gotta be smart about your first boyfriend.

It is good practice to never fault someone for their birth name, being that it is always of far greater importance how men speak of you, than the name by which you are addressed.

I come from a place where everyone has great power, by your standards, and they steadfastly refuse to use it for self-aggrandizement ... anywhere ... ever.

Then why don't I tell on him?If they don't, why don't I?Because.Because I am safe this way, silent unnoticed.

Etta gave Will a small, knowing smile. "Will, sometimes you have to love people for who they are, not who you want them to be.

And now we both blushed, because things like changing one’s garments should not be discussed among a Queen and one of her subjects.

Once more for Britain, � I said to the empty room. I might not be the Queen everyone wanted me to be, but I was intelligent and fully capable of breaking the code.

May your eye go to the Sun, To the wind your soul... You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.

I am made of a thousand ghosts. Only you can shoot me down.

Perhaps death is just a big lie.

Funny story. A bunch of people -- the cult -- blame the appearance of abilities on the invention of the internet.

To describe a kiss is to describe a diary entry or a pair of underwear—each is personal and private, slightly awkward. Very awkward. But necessary.

I look up and watch the bad parts of me shrinking to dots in the wide blue.

It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.

I think music is seasonal. In the summer my taste changes.

When I look at my bookcase and see one book after the other lined up upon its shelves I think to myself, There is a God.

While there are memories I wish I could dispose of, sometimes my memories are the only things that keep me sane.

I was a new person. A new Aurora. I was Aurora of Itchikan City-State.

Tea shook his head in dismay. “This is the end, Burt

Go back to the band, Egg. Please.” - Bex

My head’s swimming. Sorry, sis. I’m a useless brother. You’re best off shot of me. - Burt