Eli Quotes

“Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance.”
― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

“I don't know," I said. "What else did you do for your first eighteen years?"
"Like I said," he said as I unlocked the car, "I'm not so sure that you should go by my example."
"Why not?"
"Because I have my regrets," he said. "Also, I'm a guy. And guys do different stuff."
"Like ride bikes?" I said.
"No," he replied. "Like have food fights. And break stuff. And set off firecrackers on people's front porches. And..."
"Girls can't set off firecrackers on people's front porches?"
"They can," he said... "But they're smart enough not to. That's the difference.”
― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

“We could be dead- said Eli.
That‘s a risk everyone takes by living.”
― Victoria Schwab

“In Africa we having a saying, 'If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.' ...Before I go back home, I want you to consider us, Katie. Ponder what it would be like if we went together. Not alone and fast but together and far.”
― Robin Jones Gunn, Coming Attractions

“Why should I even bother? What's the point, really?"
He thought for a moment. "Who says there has to be a point?" he asked. "Or a reason. Maybe it's just something you have to do.”
― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

“Nope.' He sat back. 'Just been there, done that. Done that getting hauled to the police station thing because of it, too.I appreciate your quest and everything, but I have to draw the line somewhere.'
'Wait,' I said, holding up my hand. 'My quest?'
He turned to look at me. We were at a red light, no other cars were anywhere in sight. 'Yeah,' he said. 'You know, like in Lord of the Rings, or Star Wars. You're searching for something you lost or need. It's a quest.'
I just looked at him.
'Maybe it's a guy thing,' he said. 'Fine, don't call it a quest. Call it chicken salad, I don't care. My point is, I'm in, but within reason. That's all I'm saying.”
― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

“This thought was interrupted, suddenly, by a crash from the front entrance. We all looked over just in time to see Adam bending back from the glass, rubbing his arm.
"Pull open," Maggie called out. As Leah rolled her eyes, she said, "He never remembers. It's so weird.”
― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

“[Adam picks up the camera] "I have to get a shot of this."
The reaction in the room was swift, and unanimous: every single person except me raised their hands at once to cover their faces. The accompanying utterances, though, were varied. I heard everything from "Please no" (Maggie), to "Jesus Christ" (Wallace), to "Stop it or die" (I'm assuming it's obvious).”
― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

“Mine,” he whispered against my mouth. He kissed me again. “You are mine.”
In the shadows I stared into the eyes of a vampire, grazed his mouth with my finger. “No, you‟re mine.”
― Elle Jasper, Afterlight

“I chose you, Clara, and you chose me. End of story.”
― Shelly Crane, Devour

“...now Eli was my new neighbor. Which was fine with me because I sucked at Math. Math and I were not on speaking terms.”
― Shelly Crane, Consume

“Will you sleep with me?" he asked softly, before grinning suddenly. "In the tub?”
― Shelly Crane, Consume

“Cyrus may have been voted in by the members as president, but everyone knows that Eli is the chief of this tribe. Not because that’s how he wants it, it’s because every man who wears a Terror cut respects the hell out of him. But because of Eli’s stint in prison, he can’t hold an official office.”
― Katie McGarry, Walk the Edge

“A sniff from the other room and Emily’s mom finally steps away from Eli. “Jeff says that you never married.”

“No, I haven’t found anyone worth being with.” He pauses.”
― Katie McGarry, Nowhere But Here

“I’m scared of a ton of things and all of them have to do with losing the people I love.” He pauses. “I learned a long time ago that I can’t control everything and now I’m learning I can’t control death. Sometimes I feel cursed. Like I get to watch everyone I love slip through my fingers.”
― Katie McGarry, Nowhere But Here

“It was a stick-figure drawing. Two people holding hands. A thin man in black and a girl, half his height with short hair, and wide eyes. The stick-girl’s head was cocked slightly, and a small red spot marked her arm. Three similar spots, no bigger than periods, dotted the stick-man’s chest. The stick-man’s mouth was nothing more than a faint grim line.
Beneath the drawing ran a single sentence: I made a friend.
Victor.

“You okay?”
Eli blinked, felt the cop’s hand on his arm. He slid free, folded the paper, and put it in his pocket before anyone could see or say otherwise…Eli went back the way he’d come. He didn’t stop, not until he was safely in his car. In the relative privacy of the side street in Merit, he pressed his hand against the drawing in his pocket, and a phantom pain started in his stomach.”
― V.E. Schwab, Vicious

“Eli motions for me to sit on the couch. I do and Cyrus settles into his recliner as Eli pulls a wooden chair out of the kitchen and straddles it across from me. Eli rubs the stars tattooed on his forearm. The guy is hardcore, but ask him what his tattoos mean and most women will weep.”
― Katie McGarry

“Eli abruptly stands. His chair rocks, then hits the floor. “It means Mom’s mental stability was more fragile than we thought in those last few months.”

His hand hammers the screen door as he leaves and the door comes back and slams into the wood. I glance at the bylaws. Olivia was a lot of things toward the end and one of them was lucid. Eli’s hiding something, and when I peer over at Cyrus, the pensive stare in my direction confirms he’s hiding something, too.”
― Katie McGarry

“You could have come to me,” he says in a voice barely above a mumble. “I understand why none of
you went to Eli. He feels too much, loves you all too much. But I don’t understand why you didn’t come to me.”
― katie mcgarry, Long Way Home

“Me pregunto si la gente se da cuenta de lo pequeño y cerrado que es el mundo en el que vivimos. Podrían existir tantas cosas.... ¿de verdad esto es todo lo que hay?”
― Mariam Parra, Untold: La Historia Que Nadie Sabía

“Me di cuenta que, aunque tengo muchos amigos, no tengo la confianza de molestar a nadie con mis cosas.”
― Mariam Parra, Untold: La Historia Que Nadie Sabía

“La historia de ese gato es algo extraña. No es que yo quisiera tener una mascota ni nada, sólo sucedió.”
― Mariam Parra, Untold: La Historia Que Nadie Sabía

“Al cerrarse las puertas, me pareció escuchar que alguien me llamaba,
—Eli… —Ahí afuera no había nadie. Hoy sería uno de esos días…”
― Mariam Parra, Untold: La Historia Que Nadie Sabía

“Ese día Naty llegó con más manzanas y otra novedad al trabajo:
—Ayer fui a que me leyeran las cartas, —dijo sentándose en su escritorio después de repartirnos las frutas—. Siempre había querido, pero me daba miedo que me tomaran el pelo.
Naty se veía exactamente como el tipo de chica crédula a la que probablemente le pasaría eso.”
― Mariam Parra, Untold: La Historia Que Nadie Sabía

“Mi última relación había sido casi dos años atrás. Lo vi por última vez en un café, donde me dejó llorando después de decirme que estaba harto de competir contra la idea del príncipe azul que yo tenía en mi mente.
—La vida real no es tan romántica ni tú eres tan bonita como una princesa —me dijo antes de irse. Nada más le faltó echarme el café encima para que ese día fuera completamente espantoso.”
― Mariam Parra, Untold: La Historia Que Nadie Sabía

“Eli and I are the only ones left standing.

Eli curls his fingers around the back of his chair and focuses on the mahogany wood in front of him. His knuckles are red and swollen. Two of them have been sliced open and are scabbed over with dried blood. He’s been in a brawl recently. Not a bruise on his face so that means he was the one doing the hitting.”
― Katie McGarry, Nowhere But Here

“While Eli may never be an official board member, he is part owner of the security company, and, besides Cyrus, the most respected man in our club. As Cyrus explained once, while Eli will never vote, he’s part of the board as a consultant and when he talks, people listen”
― Katie McGarry, Nowhere But Here

“In the seven years I’ve known him, Eli’s never ignored me.”
― Katie McGarry, Nowhere But Here

“He’s [Eli's] a lot like his father, Cyrus. He’s big and he’s strong and basically has an entire army of scary men in black leather who ride motorcycles and carry guns at his disposal.”
― Katie McGarry, Nowhere But Here

“I haven’t seen him in a couple of months, but Eli always looks the same: dark brown hair cut short, plugs in both ears, T-shirt, jeans and a smile that, for some insane reason, can make me smile.”
― Katie McGarry, Nowhere But Here