Aprilynne Pike Quotes

Laurel, David? Would you like to share the joke with the rest of the class? he asked, one hand on his skinny hip.

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His face was tense, his jaw flexed as he stared at her. She could hardly stand to meet his eyes. They were an ocean of betrayal. They probed her, searching for the smallest sign that she didn't mean it. That spark of hope that never seemed to go out.

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Time was like that, though - racing forward when she wanted it to slow down, then crawling to a stop when she could least bear it.

~ Aprilynne Pike

I've loved you for a long time, ' she said. 'But there was always something holding me back. Maybe it was that I was afraid of an emotion that was so consuming. It still frightens me,' she admitted in a whisper. Tamani chuckled. 'If it makes you feel any better, it scares the daylights out of me on a regular basis.

~ Aprilynne Pike

Tamani was suddenly struck by just how young David looked. He forgot, sometimes, that David, Laurel, and their friends were younger, in some ways much younger, than Tamani. He was posing as a school-age human, but in truth he was an officer in the Guard. He knew his place, he knew his role, with a certainty some humans never achieved. The amount of freedom human children had must be paralyzing. No wonder they took so long to become adults.

~ Aprilynne Pike

Guess I’ve been reading too much fantasy.

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Her two worlds, two lives that she tried so hard to keep separate, were crashing together. And she felt helpless to stop it.

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Are you looking for something real in this world of illusions? Call me. Casual Flings need not apply. I am looking for Love.

~ Aprilynne Pike

No - the light in Tamani's eyes was much more than a reflection. It was the fire that melted her anger and devestated her resolve, every single time she saw it.

~ Aprilynne Pike

I close my eyes and press my face into his shirt and howl against him, liquid agony pouring from me. He smooths my hair from my face and continues to murmur, but he never shushes me, never tells me to stop. Never tells me it'll be all right. He knows life too well to believe such lies.

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But sadness was familiar; sadness was manageable. It didn't transform her, the way the raging anger did. She could remain herself and still feel this aching grief.

~ Aprilynne Pike

The illusion of confidence is far more important than actually possessing the feeling.

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Whether or not there was room in her life for Tamani, Laurel knew that there was precious little room in Tamani's life for anything but Laurel. He lived to protect her, and he'd never failed her. Annoyed her, frustrated her, hurt her, maddened her - but never once failed her.

~ Aprilynne Pike

If your clothes are enough to drive would-be friends away, they're not the kind of friends you want. Typical mother advice. Sweet, honest, and completely useless.

~ Aprilynne Pike

All I'm saying is that you shouldn't stay with him for the wrong reasons, even if they are noble ones. No one owes it to someone else to be their girlfriend. It's a choice you remake every day.

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I just don't want to cozy up to the guy whose girl I have every intention of stealing.

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He exuded wisdom-even the wisest...were pale, flickering candles next to the nourishing solar illumination of [his] insights.

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Her hand wandered under his shirt, feeling his rapid breath expand his ribs. She hesitated for a second—wondering what the chances were that either of her parents would come home early—then lifted his shirt with both hands, guiding it up his arms and over his head. It was her favourite indulgence; holding herself against his bare chest.

~ Aprilynne Pike

I CLOSED MY EYES AND PRETENDED SHE WAS YOU. illutions- aprilynne pike

~ Aprilynne Pike