You don’t need to be afraid of falling // when there’s someone around to catch you. Ann Aguirre More Quotes by Ann Aguirre More Quotes From Ann Aguirre Dying isn’t like living; it requires no effort at all. Ann Aguirre effort dying You could miss someone, but it did no good to fixate on loss. I wished I had the ready words of a Breeder or the ability to comfort with a soft touch. I didn't. Instead I had daggers and determination. That would have to do. Ann Aguirre missing-someone determination loss I never belonged anywhere until I met you. Ann Aguirre mets He's never going to sit at my feet and write me poems, which is good because I hate poetry, except dirty ones that rhyme. Ann Aguirre hate writing dirty Have you ever watched a child learning to walk? Before this week, I never had, but there's a certain grace to it. Well, if not grace, then tenacity. Fall down nine times--get up ten. And the tenth time you get where you're going, you don't stop, not for obstacles, not for other people telling you to stop. You don't listen to anything but that inner voice until you arrive where you want to be. Ann Aguirre voice children fall After people have gone, you forget their faults, and you recall the ideal more than the person. Ann Aguirre faults gone people We're broken in complementary ways, thus rendering our damage comprehensible to each other. Ann Aguirre damage broken way Now I know there are ways to belong to someone that don’t take anything away. A relationship shouldn’t impose limits—and if it does, then it’s wrong. A lover should help you exceed your potential, not clip your wings. Ann Aguirre doe wings way Men always want to be remembered whereas women realize that requires being dead. Ann Aguirre realizing want men There were different kinds of strength. I knew that now. It didn't always come from a knife or a willingness to fight. Sometimes it came from endurance, where the well ran deep and quiet. Sometimes it came from compassion and forgiveness. Ann Aguirre knives fighting compassion He'd said the sun could burn me. It certainly looked angry enough, all orange and glowing mad. Ann Aguirre glowing orange mad Here in the enclave, one didn't prosper by demonstrating too much independent thought. Ann Aguirre demonstrating independent too-much His reply offers infinite solace in a single word. Always. Ann Aguirre solace single-word infinite I'm Sirantha Jax, and I have had enough. Ann Aguirre had-enough enough ... Where did you go?” “Down below.” “Ugh,” she said. “I’ve heard they’re little better than animals.” Funny. I thought the same thing about most Topsiders I encountered. Tegan touched my hand in silent sympathy, and I set my jaw. ... I stepped forward and pasted on a false smile. We were in her home, after all. The least I could do was be polite. “I’m Deuce, animal from the underground. Ann Aguirre home animal hands My heart shifted a little in my chest; it seemed to swell and beat against my bones until I couldn't hear. Ann Aguirre bones heart littles A curve of silver hung amid the brighter specks; it looked to me like a curved dagger, pretty but deadly, as if it might slice the sky in two. Ann Aguirre curves sky two A good huntress respected her partners instincts, even if he was socially ignorant. Ann Aguirre ignorant instinct partners He went in, lean and deadly, and ended the creature with a lightning-fast spike of his blade. It shrieked, likely altering the rest. The death call carried like a mournful song. Ann Aguirre blades lightning song A huntress never stabbed anything she didn't want to. Ann Aguirre huntress want
