Belle > Belle's Quotes

“If I must be a villain, I will be one of my own making.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.”
― Cathy Guiswite

“This too shall pass.”
― Hakim Sanai

“I could set the world on fire, and call it rain.”
― Victoria Aveyard , Red Queen

“hell is empty
and all the devils are here”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“On the darkest days you have to search for a spot of brightness, on the coldest days you have to seek out a spot of warmth; on the bleakest days you have to keep your eyes onward and upward and on the saddest days you have to leave them open to let them cry. To then let them dry. To give them a chance to wash out the pain in order to see fresh and clear once again.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“Anyone can betray anyone.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Hang tight
Hold on
Look up
Stay strong
Hang on
Hold tight
Look strong
Stay up
One day I might break
One day I might
b r e a k
free”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“Do you never get exhausted being so wholly unbearable? You have as much charisma as the rotting innards of unidentified roadkill.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“I'm very tired," I say to him. "Please go directly to hell”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“In the pain, I imagine bliss.
My thoughts are like wind, rushing, curling into the depths of myself, expelling, dispelling darkness.
I imagine love, I imagine wind, I imagine gold hair and green eyes and whispers, laughter
I imagine
Me
extraordinary, unbroken the girl who shocked herself by surviving, the girl who loved herself through learning, the girl who respected her skin, understood her worth, found her strength
s t r o n g
s t r o n g e r
strongest
Imagine me
master of my own universe
I am everything I ever dreamed of”
― Tahereh Mafi, Imagine Me

“Imagine me
master of my own universe
I am everything I ever dreamed of”
― Tahereh Mafi, Imagine Me

“It is only in the desperate seconds before death that we realize the windows against which we broke our bodies were only mirrors, all along.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Imagine Me

“Love is a soft thing. It smells like woodsmoke and sounds like rain. It tastes like sugared apples. It costs nothing to give yet is more precious than a sea of diamonds.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Poisoned

“Nothing scares a weak man more than a strong woman.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Poisoned

“You were created as a tool, a means to an end. You owe the world nothing but chaos.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Shatter City

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“Stories always begin the same way: There was and there was not. There is possibility in those words, the chance for hope or despair.”
― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

“You'll find something that's yours alone. And when you do, don't let anyone take it from you.”
― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass

“Very well, then. Be angry. Be violent. But not for his sake. Not to do as he commands. Be angry for yourself. Use that rage to fight him.”
― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

“Weak or strong - she didn’t know what they meant anymore. Maybe they didn’t mean the same thing for everyone.”
― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass

“She was herself and not herself--she didn't know what she was, except that she was free.”
― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

“There’s something restless growing within you. We’re all very curious to see what happens when it breaks free.”
― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

“The only power she has over me now, is what power I chose to give her.”
― Melissa Bashardoust, Girls Made of Snow and Glass

“You were the only person who ever made me feel like I was the one worth protecting.”
― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

“I don't think you're small or insignificant," he said. His gaze softened, solemn rather than fierce. "I think you have so much power within you that it scares you, and that you make yourself small on purpose because you don't know what you'll become if a story than you ever stop.”
― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

“Parvaneh seemed to be made of the night. She wore it like a gown, draped over skin that shimmered in the moonlight.”
― Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn