Amie Kaufman Quotes

Sometimes you take all my words away from me. — Amie Kaufman

Some people, when they lose it, they scream, they fight. I hope that would be me — Amie Kaufman

Dislike is much easier to handle than sympathy. — Amie Kaufman

This tug-of-war between wanting her, and just wanting her gone. — Amie Kaufman

I AM NOT. AND THEN I AM. I WONDER IF THAT WAS DEATH. — Amie Kaufman

She runs. Not away, but toward. — Amie Kaufman

Am I not merciful? — Amie Kaufman

If I breathed, I would sigh. I would scream. I would cry. — Amie Kaufman

Beautiful? I've always been reasonably pretty - but enough money would turn even a cow into a catch. — Amie Kaufman

The last thing I need added to my list of credentials is 'stabbed by a mattress,' in addition to a cocktail skewer — Amie Kaufman

I never knew it was possible to be so miserable in so many ways. — Amie Kaufman

Either he trusts me, or he's just that foolish. Probably both. He'd certainly have to be foolish to trust me. — Amie Kaufman

I am frequently underestimated. I think it's because I'm short. — Amie Kaufman

Just because you couldn't save everyone doesn't mean you're any less of a - " "A what?" "A hero. — Amie Kaufman

He can't take his eyes off the stars, but I can't take mine off his face. — Amie Kaufman

Love, and trust. The things that make us human. They could have been mine, if only I could have leapt. If only we could have leapt. — Amie Kaufman

PLEASE CEASE ATTEMPTS TO OVERRIDE MY SECURITY PROTOCOLS, BYRON. FOR WANT OF A BETTER DESCRIPTOR, IT TICKLES. — Amie Kaufman

What, did he think I was just going to melt into his arms? Start a tragic and dramatic tale of star-crossed lovers on a war-torn planet? — Amie Kaufman

No neuroprogrammer is stupid enough to make a computer capable of conceptualizing deceit. — Amie Kaufman

Are you afraid?"
"Yes."
"Energy never stops, remember. It just changes forms."
"I am still afraid. — Amie Kaufman

It's all I can do not to turn my face toward his, the way a plant grows toward the light. — Amie Kaufman

THE LINCOLN HAS ITS SCARS ALSO. MY FINGERPRINTS ACROSS ITS THROAT. — Amie Kaufman

And there it is, against all hope, like the sun peeking out from behind the clouds. The smallest hint of a smile. — Amie Kaufman

Just once I'd like to look like I've got myself together. — Amie Kaufman

She may be trained, but I'm fighting for my family, my home, my freedom. She's fighting for a goddamn paycheck. — Amie Kaufman

The universe was here before you, and it will go on after you. The only way it will remember you is if you do something worthy of remembrance. — Amie Kaufman

A duet in code and electron.
Age and youth and cynicism and hope. — Amie Kaufman

You don't understand the unbearable beauty of being you. — Amie Kaufman

How do you live again, knowing what waits for you in the end? — Amie Kaufman

But she's here, she's mine. I'm hers. — Amie Kaufman

I had no idea how safe I was, because I'd never been unsafe. — Amie Kaufman

You don't mention death when it's hovering near someone you love. You don't want t attract the reaper's attention. — Amie Kaufman

Flynn -I'm glad you ruined me."
Her voice stabs my heart, because I recognize that tone. I've heard it before. "Don't start with the good-byes — Amie Kaufman

Funny how I was old enough by sixteen to drink, fight and vote, but even two years later I am to young to respect. — Amie Kaufman

I WOULD RATHER BE NUMB THAN STAND HERE IN THE LIGHT OF A SUN THAT CAN NEVER CHASE THE CHILL AWAY. — Amie Kaufman

There's no what's next, there's only now, and this moment lasts forever. — Amie Kaufman

What do you know of souls and hearts and how they break here? You don't know me at all. — Amie Kaufman

And from the inside, surrounded by the joy and devotion and loyalty of my friends, the shimmer of rage on the outside of our lives looks paper-thin. — Amie Kaufman

Though I feel I should warn you that you that you could be here for a while. My friends aren't really known for their punctuality. — Amie Kaufman

Then she smiles, and it turns out she has dimples, and it's all over. — Amie Kaufman

You'll face it all with me?"
"Always. — Amie Kaufman

Major, to what extent did you act upon your feelings for Miss LaRoux?"
"Medium."
"Excuse me?"
"How am I supposed to answer that question? — Amie Kaufman

And now, born from the ashes, she's a warrior in bloodied black. — Amie Kaufman

Whatever they've done to me, Tarver, whatever I am
I love you. Don't forget that. — Amie Kaufman

She is catalyst.
She is chaos.
I can see why he loves her. — Amie Kaufman

The decker these ***holes brought with them is top tier, but I'm going to stomp his jelly beans so hard his kids will be born crooked. — Amie Kaufman

It's not about what I say, right? It's what I do that matters here. — Amie Kaufman

My brain feels like it's running on a treadmill in a pool of tar. — Amie Kaufman

Lilac won't talk to me again. There's a tremor. Lilac won't kiss me again. I won't hear her laugh. My lungs constrict. Why am I doing this to myself ? — Amie Kaufman

That's so not your business it almost punches clean past the event horizon of Not Your Business and becomes Your Business again. — Amie Kaufman

Lilac Rose LaRoux. Untouchable. Toxic. I should've been named Ivy, or Foxglove, or Belladonna. — Amie Kaufman

Don't look at me! — Amie Kaufman

I should have told you I loved you every day. I should have given you the stars. — Amie Kaufman

Maybe we wouldn't even like each other if we weren't fighting for our lives every second of every day. — Amie Kaufman

It's not that he's choosing me, a girl he met less than a month ago
he's choosing a world in which no one has to die. — Amie Kaufman

All that matters is I love you, and the thought of you safe is the only thing keeping me going — Amie Kaufman

But who names a starship the Icarus? What kind of man possess that much hubris, that he dares it to fall? — Amie Kaufman

Perhaps bravery is simply the face humanity wraps around its collective madness. — Amie Kaufman

I'm not doing much at all. I mimght as well be a rag doll. Comes complete with matching shoes. Spine sold separately. — Amie Kaufman

You could die tomorrow, you don't think you should kiss her today? — Amie Kaufman

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - Orwell — Amie Kaufman

How is it that I can want him so badly when he's only been gone from me for a minute? — Amie Kaufman

Now I feel adrift - except for the tether binding me here, to this girl at my side. — Amie Kaufman

Why not believe, Syra? If in faith you risk nothing, but through faithlessness, you risk everything? — Amie Kaufman

Letting yourself get hurt isn't brave, love. Brave is protecting others from hurt. — Amie Kaufman

I would say inhuman. But your kind perfected the clockwork of murder long ago. — Amie Kaufman

And blood and tears and screams did not matter anymore, because at least they are together. — Amie Kaufman

All of it - for this. Leading us to a door we can't open, a password we don't have. — Meagan Spooner

Or else I'm dead, and I've ended up in hell after all, and it's an escape pod with Lilac LaRoux. — Amie Kaufman

There are monsters among us, it's true. But there are heroes too. — Amie Kaufman

Now Miss LaRoux's getting my ass kicked on the sparring mats as well. Is there any part of my life that girl can't mess with? — Amie Kaufman

Guys like this make me want to believe in God. — Amie Kaufman

Promise me that no matter what you hear, you won't go off on your own to investigate. I want your word. There's a command in his voice, soft as it is. — Amie Kaufman

She's gazing down at me, Stone-faced Chase, absolutely unforgiving, soot and ashes streaking her face like war paint. — Amie Kaufman

Forget everything else. Forget everyone else. You're exactly my kind of girl. — Amie Kaufman

..Look out at the nothing and feel it looking back. Then you know exactly how much you add up to. — Amie Kaufman