Ya Quotes

The girl sighed deeply and ever so slowly made her way down to the opposite end of the case. Using the metal tongs she passed over the golden yellow ladoo and reached for the darker pieces that Mrs. Singh usually set aside. I started to protest, but suddenly noticed the coldness in her eyes staring into mine.

~ Tracey M. Hook

Out here we speak Malspeak, a mangle of English and old languages like Spanish, Mandarin, and Russian. Dialects from a time when the land was defined by many borders. Now there’s only one that matters. And I am on the wrong side of it.

~ Georgia Clark

I can do whatever I wish. That's the benefit of being me. ~ Belial

~ Sharon Ledwith

I'm not sure what he's saying , but by the way he's checking you out, it looks like you're gonna need a restraining order soon. ~ Treena Mui

~ Sharon Ledwith

We're all that matters. Our lips touch with each word he speaks, his stare so intense that I know he can see straight through to my soul.

~ Rachel Harris

I stared, like always. A tree in the Petrified Forest. I looked down at my hands and feet and ordered them to move, only they wouldn’t.

~ Tracy Bilen

He made my mom call and tell Maureen I wouldn't be in to see her anymore. He said therapy is a waste of money. He also told her to upgrade the cable service and to order him a subscription to Military History magazine. The he went and bought a new fishing pole for Matt, who is dead.

~ Tracy Bilen

As we pass the mirror in the bedroom, my attention is drawn to the lovely couple in the reflection. There is a man, tall with broad shoulders. His red hair cut short. He has nothing but a towel on. In his arms is a female, slender but muscular. Her wheat colored hair is pulled back in a neat bun on top of her head. Both of their skin is smooth and flawless, a little paler than most, but still complete perfection. You can tell by the way the man holds her, he cares a lot for her. You can also tell that he is afraid of holding her too tight, not wanting to crush her smaller frame into his body. Looking at this young pair in the mirror, one can only wonder of all the possibilities. What led them to this place? What is in store for them? Will there be a happy ending?

~ Elle A. Rose

Normal” is all about perception. I mean, isn’t “normal” what the majority of people do? So what if suddenly ninety-nine people out of a hundred decide to walk their iguanas down the street while wearing a tutu? Wouldn’t the one guy who didn’t own an iguana and wear a tutu be the freak? And isn’t it the ones who seem normal on the outside who, in actuality, know where the bodies are buried in the backyard or are secretly in love with their toaster?

~ Margaret Lesh

The salty, slightly stagnant smell of the marsh filled my nose. On the other side of the bed, a French door opened to what looked like the balcony. The curtain was drawn but a silhouette moved outside the gauzy white veil.

~ Sandi Beth Jones

It’s funny how life moves in a complete circle sometimes. There might be lots of bumps in the road and maybe even a few cliffs, but it’s a journey, and sometimes it can bring you to the most wonderful places.

~ Nyrae Dawn

Because what is more like love than the ocean? You can play in it, drown in it. It can be clear and bright enough to hurt your eyes, or covered in fog; hidden behind a curve of road, and then suddenly there in full glory. Its waves come like breaths, in and out, in and out, body stretched to forever in its possibilities, and yet its heart lies deep, not fully knowable, inconceivably majestic.

~ Deb Caletti

Picking me up, Lucas lays me on a blanket of soft sand and says, You have no idea what you do to me.

~ Rachel Harris

How about a little teaser from CROWN OF ICE? Thyra Winther, the current Snow Queen speaks about her home:At night the palace’s crystal halls are tinged sapphire. One of the first bits of magic that Voss taught me was to set the carved walls alight so that I’m not forced to walk the halls in darkness. I conjure a cold light that glows within the thick walls without melting the ice. I mastered this trick quickly once I knew what those shadows held. If I leave an area in darkness, they come—the girls who reigned as Snow Queen before me. “I must find it.” Their hollow words wind about me like a shroud. “The last piece. I must place it. Give it to me.

~ Vicki L. Weavil

He tugs me closer, and my ankles lock behind him. Is it PG-13 time?

~ Rachel Harris

There comes a time when a man must forgo familiarity and venture into uncertainty; risking obscurity, but also quite possibly… finding meaning.

~ Jerry J.c. Veit

The city is a plague… and I am the penicillin.

~ Jerry J.c. Veit

There are no more gates, only hinges clinging to the walls like broken spiders.

~ J. Anderson Coats

She can go places we cannot, associate with people we cannot, understand things about society types and women that we never can. (Why Mr. Burke hires Violet Strange.)

~ Candida Martinelli

Setting that little girl loose in her society would be like putting a fox in with the chickens. (Violet Strange's detective boss.)

~ Candida Martinelli

I made the first cut razor thin. A gentle kiss on virgin skin.

~ Madeleine Kuderick

You’re seventeen! Why do I have to keep reminding you of that? There are soooo many women you haven’t even met yet! Don’t act like you’re tired of the puss-puss, no guy is ever tired of the puss-puss.

~ Sara Wolf

Almost immediately, I found the red door into the library. I opened it idly- and the breath stopped in my throat. It was the same room I remembered: the shelves, the lion-footed table, the white bass-relief of Clio. But now, tendrils of dark green ivy grew between the shelves, reaching toward the books as if they were hungry to read. White mist flowed along the floor, rippling and tumbling as if blown by wind. Across the ceiling wove a network of icy ropes like tree roots. They dripped- not little droplets like the ice melting off a tree but grape-sized drops of water, like giant tears, that splashed on the table, plopped to the floor.

~ Rosamund Hodge

It's still romantic falling inlove for someone for who she is and what she says and what she believes in.

~ Rainbow Rowell

If they ever turn, let them chase me for a while. It’s always been afantasy of mine to be chased by zombie cheerleaders.

~ Alison Kemper

S’up?” he asks. My voice rattles when I answer. “N-not much. You know, reanimated corpses chasing me on a cruise ship. Same old.

~ Alison Kemper

Thank you, Deke. You are very good to me.” “I know,” he smirks. “Can I get back in your bed now?

~ Alison Kemper

If I can face a street full of rabid zombies, I can tell a boy I like him. Right?

~ Alison Kemper

My heart thrashes in time with my feet pounding across the cold, hard ground. I can’t run any faster, longer, and yet I must. My life and my family’s survival depends on it.

~ Elle A. Rose

Burlic screamed. He threw back his head and roared a single furious word into the night: “Waeccan.” The name erupted from him in a savage wail that rasped at his throat, over and over until he could shout no more.His howls echoed along the valley. In the village, the other hunters heard and exchanged glances, shook their heads and said nothing. The women clutched their talismans, told the children to go inside. They had tried to help, but there was nothing they could do for Burlic now.

~ Mikey Campling

The cave exploded with the sound of trumpets.A heavenly choir began to sing.A surge of power ran up the sword into Henry's hand.A voice thundered through the cavern. Whosoever Pulleth The Sword From Out The Stone, Is Rightwise Born King of All England.Henry screamed and threw the sword into the lake.

~ Ted Rabinowitz

Step One: Grab Mattie. Step Two: Run. It wasn't much of a plan. But what it lacked in potential it made up for in simplicity.

~ Ted Rabinowitz

It's true that when you read YA you rarely have to read about middle-aged men having affairs. Personally I consider that a plus.

~ Erin Bow

Now I see that it isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference.

~ Joan Bauer

The idea was a splinter in my mind. Always there, always stinging,even when I wasn't conscious of it. Even when I wasn't thinking about it.

~ Michelle Hodkin

The only way, I thought to myself, that this could get any weirder would be if it turns out he has that dead body's head on ice where in the basement, some ready for transplantation onto Cindy Crawford's body as soon as it becomes available.

~ Meg Cabot

Not all fairytales have happy endings, my dear...Not all witches burn in ovens, not every princess wakes up, and sometimes the trail of breadcrumbs doesn’t lead to a safe place...I should know.”- Extract from The Blood Witching, copyright Eleanor Keane.

~ Eleanor Keane

And then there was an explosion.

~ Adrienne Kress

The dead should not linger.

~ Sarwat Chadda

You can’t conquer everything in a day. Or even a week. Maybe not even a year. There’s no way to work hard at grieving. You just have to let it happen. And you are, so don’t fight it.

~ Julie Cross