Josephine Angelini Quotes

The people who love you will guide you like bright lights into the other worlds.

~ Josephine Angelini

...try to remember that dreams do come true, but they don't come easily.

~ Josephine Angelini

Do you know how marriage was defined in ancient Greece? Noel said in a calmer tone. Its really simple. A virgin goes to mans house with the family gathered as witnesses. The virgin and the man share a fire, a meal, and a bed. If the girl wasn't a virgin in the morning, then the couple was considered married. That's it

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She had power over the most magnificent forces on Earth, but she still didn’t feel like she had power over the most important thing of all—her own heart.

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[she] believes our experiences and our worlds make us. I believe our choices make our experiences and our worlds.

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I'm a witch and witches burn.

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It’s almost as if we don’t need to live our lives or feel our feelings at all, because someone already told us what the ending was going to be.

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LILY FELL OUT OF THE SKY.

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I remember what I must do, even if it makes me the villain of my own story

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She decided that if Lucas was gay then she was going to have to get a sex change operation. He would be so worth it.

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I’ve always thought that was the lamest argument—that we need some people to be poor in order to remind the rest of us to be grateful. All that really means is that someone has to suffer poverty so other people can feel better about themselves. What a selfish way to look at the world.

~ Josephine Angelini

But—I’m leaving.”Not without me.

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Helen hadn't realized how heavy the burden of hate had been until she was allowed to put it down.

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It's not our talents that make us safe or dangerous, it's our choices.

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But you have to admit it is human nature to only really appreciate something if you’ve worked for it, or if you know you can lose it. How are you going to make the inhabitants of your little heaven feel fulfilled if everything comes to them easily?

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I am the god of dreams, but not even I would dream of speaking for Hades,” Morpheus replied with a mischievous look in his eyes. “But if I had to guess, I would say it’s because he knows how destructive his little brother is. Hades, unlike most of the other gods, cares for mortals and doesn’t want to see them at war. Probably because he has to tend their souls when they die. He has had to judge millions of souls and that has given him a strong sense of justice. Leaving you to fight Zeus with no training is something he would consider unjust.

~ Josephine Angelini

As soon as he had her safe again in his arms he broke down and kissed her. Helen was so stunned she stopped crying before she had a chance to start and nearly fell out of the sky. Still thebetter flyer, Lucas caught her and supported her as they tumbled on the wind, holding and kissing each other as he tumbled on the wind, holding and kissing each other as he guided them safely back down to the catwalk. As their feet touched down, the light inside the lighthouse switched onand projected the shadows of their embracing figures out onto the choppy waves of the ocean.“I can’t lose you,” Lucas said, pulling his mouth away from hers. “That’s why I didn’t tell you the whole truth. I thought if you knew how bad it was you’d send me away. I didn’t want you to give up hope. I can’t do this if you give up on us.”(Starcrossed)

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Helen stared at him How do you do that? How do you figure everything out so quickly?You may be all-powerful, but nothing beats plain old logic. He smiled at her

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Do you know what it means to be a survivor? It means that not only do you have to live through things, you have to live with them as well. The second part is much harder and sometimes it takes the rest of your life to learn how to do it. But at least you have the rest of your life…

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She'd created her own hell, and now that she had learned to control her fear, she knew how to create her own paradise.

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But how could anyone be grateful for what they have if they didn’t know what it was like not to have what they need?

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I'm trying to do what's right, but I don't know if there is a such a thing as a right option anymore. Just different kids of wrong.Breakfast narrowed his eyes at her. Don't get too comfortable with that notion.

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You'd claim me? he asked, hopeful but cautious.She nodded once. Because I'd never set a monster like you loose in the world.

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Never say never,” he said urgently, rolling back on top of her and using all of his unusually heavy mass to press her deep into the cocoon of her little girl bed. “The gods love to toy with people who use absolutes.

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The Gods know what it is to be eternal, and they love to toy with mortals who use absolutes.

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Love is willing to become to villain so that the one who you love can stay a hero.

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As she climbed a ladder and started boarding up the smashed front windows, Helen realized that some things stay a little bit broken forever—even after they’ve been fixed.

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Haven’t you learned yet? Someone has to be the villain so everyone else can stay alive.

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Test.” Hades’ lovely mouth twisted bitterly around the word, as if he could read Helen’s thoughts and agreed with her. “If life is a test, then who do you think grades it?”“You?” she guessed.

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Only the ones who run are worth catching.

~ Josephine Angelini