“ 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
“ 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
“ 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
“ ...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
“ Sometimes I wanted to take a memory - one perfect memory - curl up in it, and go to sleep. Kiersten White
“ 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
“ People respond to kindness. They trust a smile more than a promise that you will leave them choking on their own blood. Kiersten White
“ 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
“ 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 r… Kiersten White
“ 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 darkn… Kiersten White
“ 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
“ Fire burned in her heart, and her wounded soul spread out, casting a shadow like wings across her country. Kiersten White
“ 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
“ 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 simp… Kiersten White
“ 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… Kiersten White
“ 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
