Diana Peterfreund Quotes

There's nothing wrong with Plan B.Play it right, and no one will even know it wasn't your first choice.

She knew that the paint and the clothes and the hair were more than fashion for Persis Blake. They were armor.

I really wish your boyfriend would stay out of my love life."
"Funny. I bet Felicity wishes her boyfriend would stay out of it, too.

There are a few things that even sarcasm can't protect you from.

I don't need to see the trail to know you're at the end of it. My grandfather's compass may not work, but mine is still true.

You should know you're exactly the person you think you are.

No matter where I went, I always knew my way back to you. You are my compass star.

Remember the Russians!

She knows your mother isn't here to protect you any more. But you know what the solution is: stay out of her way. Stay here. Stay with me.

There was that word again.Mature. Was this what maturity was? Giving up on the things we wanted because we knew we'd never get them?

How did anyone see the stars and not wish for more than the confinement they were born to?

The secret to surviving heartbreak is finding more pressing drama.

You want to know what's even more troublesome?" I scooted up. "Our real names rhyme."
He chuckled. "Yeah, they do. I never thought of that.

It's not a boys" club," I said. Not anymore. "It's one of the most powerful secret societies in the world." I should know. I'm a member.

Amazing how being bathed in arterial blood can wash out any lingering romantic disappointments.

They stared at each other and then, at last, Kai closed his eyes and nodded his head, just once. The estates would always win.

Do you know what you need?" Malcolm was saying now.
To get laid, I thought.
"To get laid," Malcolm said.
Shocker.

Why the coy drama? I want him and he wants me; who needs subtext?

Ti voglio bene ... It means everything. It means I love you. It means I want you. It means I want you to be okay. It means everything.

I said go away!"
"No, you said 'get out'. I'm out."
"Now go away."
Silence. And then, "No.

Topher? Dude, how many oaths did this kid plan to break in his first month as a Digger?Who did he think he was?Me?

Three syllables and three thousand memories.

I have only this cave to call my own.

In every letter, in every line, she saw him. He hadn't changed - he'd only grown into the man he'd meant to be.

Sometimes bad things happen when you try to do something good.

I was afraid I sounded a bit comical with all my threats. As if I needed a mustache to twirl like some sort of ancient villain.

This whole time, I wasn't waiting for something in particular.
Just someone who wanted me.
Not sex.
But me.

Around this time, I decided to go back to the bathroom and, oh, I don't know, wash my hands, brush my hair, maybe pluck my eyebrows.
Stuff.

One never notices how nice it is to be worshipped until one has fallen from grace,

And if the boat sinks?"
"And if the sun explodes?" Elliot countered.

You would say that, Malakai. You've loved one all your life.

It was amazing, all the thoughts that oozed out as soon as a single crack appeared in the surface of your beliefs.

The real stars don't even fascinate me as much as they used to when I was ... younger."
"I'm sorry for that, as well.

If they didn't take you seriously, they would never see you coming.

True hunger was a weapon stronger
than any of his abstract desires. It's what toppled countries and made men desperate.

Dear Elliot,
I know. When will I see you again?
Yours,
Kai

Hey," he pulled away and put his hand on my face. "What are you thinking about?"
"Your butt," I admitted.

You should know that you're exactly the person you think you are.
Elliot turned away as the tear escaped. That's what she was afraid of.

See, Jace never learned how to flirt properly, because he was raised by a murderous sociopath.

Look at us. You look like death, my friend, and I'm sure I do, too. We'll never stop blaming ourselves. I guess that's the price of love?

When we have the ability to save someone's life, and we decide they aren't worthy of being saved - isn't that playing God as well?

I found the hum of his computer rather soothing, but it was the complete lack of unicorn carcasses that really pulled the room together.

Sometimes it's only the young ones who are crazy enough to change the world.

Ancestors who had held themselves higher than God, and had been brought lower than man.

She was nothing like me; she was everything like me. How was that even possible?

Why was he here? Why was he always, always, always around? Didn't he have a life? Didn't he have anything better to do?

The world changes. Now, one needs no army and no sword to conquer the world.

But right then, one room away, there were people in love, and I'd never felt so alone in my life.

Gordian pays you to sleep with unicorn hunters. That's the definition of a whore.

We've known each other for a while," I said. "And our feelings just ... blossomed."
"Like fungus off rotted meat?" Josh snarked.

We can only be responsible for what we ourselves do.