And you couldn’t control who you loved, even if you wanted to. That had been Genevieve’s problem with Ethan Carter Wate. It had been Uncle Macon’s problem with Lila, Link’s with Ridley. Probably even Ridley’s with Link. Love was how all these knots started to unravel in the first place.

Kami Garcia

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I had never been this mad at her before. It was one thing to be attacked by someone you hated, but this was something else. This was the kind of hurt that could only be inflicted by someone you loved, who you thought loved you. It was sort of like being stabbed from the inside out.

mad heartbreak hurt

We don't get to chose what is true. We only get to choose what we... by Kami Garcia

We don't get to chose what is true. We only get to choose what we do about it.

our-choices choices truth

In Light there is Dark, and in Dark there is Light. by Kami Garcia

In Light there is Dark, and in Dark there is Light.

light dark

The story you are afraid to write is usually the one you are mean... by Kami Garcia

The story you are afraid to write is usually the one you are meant to tell.

stories writing

Lena's hair was sticking out in about fifteen directions, and her eyes were all small and puffy from crying. So this was what girls looked like in the morning. I had never seen one, not up close.

girl eye morning

You're incredibly, absolutely, extremely, supremely, unbelievably... by Kami Garcia

You're incredibly, absolutely, extremely, supremely, unbelievably different.

different

In one moment I was feeling everything and I was feeling nothing. by Kami Garcia

In one moment I was feeling everything and I was feeling nothing.

beautiful-creatures moments feelings

Blood of my heart, protection is thine. Life of my life, taking yours, taking mine Body of my body, marrow and mind Soul of my soul, to our spirit bind Blood of my heart, my tides, my moon Blood of my heart, my salvation, my doom

moon heart blood

Jewelry, I'm telling you. It's a thing. And love. And maybe dange... by Kami Garcia

Jewelry, I'm telling you. It's a thing. And love. And maybe danger.

jewelry and-love danger

I loved her, atom by atom, one burning cell at a time. by Kami Garcia

I loved her, atom by atom, one burning cell at a time.

burning atoms cells

I'm just the librarian. I can only give you the books. I can't gi... by Kami Garcia

I'm just the librarian. I can only give you the books. I can't give you the answers.

beautiful-creatures giving book

High school sucked. It was a universal truth, and whoever said these were supposed to be the best years of your life was probably drunk or delusional.

best-years-of-your-life drunk school

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same. by Kami Garcia

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

beautiful-creatures inspire life

If a girl says not to get her a birthday present that means get me a birthday present and make sure it's jewelry.

happy-birthday girl mean

The library was home away from home to my mom, and my family. We had spent every Sunday afternoon there since I was a little boy, wandering around the stacks, pulling out every book with a picture of a pirate ship, a knight, a soldier, or an astronaut. My mom used to say, "This is my church, Ethan. This is how we keep the Sabbath holy in our family.

mom home book

Old things are better than new things, because they've got storie... by Kami Garcia

Old things are better than new things, because they've got stories in them, Ethan.

new-things old-things stories

Dig deep. Find your way to your soul. by Kami Garcia

Dig deep. Find your way to your soul.

dig-deep soul way

Darkness, real darkness, was more than just a lack of light. by Kami Garcia

Darkness, real darkness, was more than just a lack of light.

light real darkness

Who burns me and shocks me and shatters me with a single touch. by Kami Garcia

Who burns me and shocks me and shatters me with a single touch.

shock

I suppose I am a snob. I loathe towns. I loathe townspeople. They have small minds and giant backsides. Which is to say, what they lack in interiors they make up in posteriors.

towns giants mind