February Quotables

I’m back with some of my most favorite quotes from reading this month. I read so many good books, and there are a ton of quotes to share. Let’s get right into it!

Bruja Born, Zoraida Córdova
⦁ “I was the one who believed he’d return, because sometimes false hope is better than being completely hopeless. I believed in lots of things once.”

Wayward Witch, Zoraida Córdova
⦁ “Her fire inside can never be extinguished.”

Off the Map, Trish Doller
⦁ “My wildness subsided, and I wondered if the absence of chaos was the same thing as love.”
⦁ “… ugh… feelings are terrible, and no one should have them.”
⦁ “There’s only one day in your life when it will be too late for you to make a change.”

The Foxglove King, Hannah Whitten
⦁ “Idle hands turn to sin as naturally as flowers to the sun.”
⦁ “And you know me. Why is that, Lore? Why does it seem like I’ve always known you?”
“Lore, tell me I’m not alone here.”
“You aren’t.” It came out hoarse; she swallowed. “You aren’t alone, Bastian. I feel it too.” (I had so many feels here)
⦁ “Endings take time.- Kirythean proverb

Clytemnestra, Costanza Casati
⦁ “But vengeance works best when it’s aided by patience.”
⦁ “Sometimes it is better to bleed than to feel nothing at all.”
⦁ “Sometimes I fear I am becoming the person I am pretending to be.”
⦁ “How is someone not killed by such sorrow?” (This one gutted me)

The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway
⦁ “The mark of maturity isn’t perfection,” he intones, pitching his voice an octave deeper, “but rather, the ability to right your wrongs.”
⦁ “…grief isn’t a contest because there are no winners, so we might as well all help each other toward healing…”
⦁ “Thank you,” I say, remembering that I am a human with manners.”
⦁ “Sometimes making the world kinder looks a lot like silence and hard feelings, but it’s actually boundaries…”
⦁ “I really need to stop making it a habit to talk to people with the gift of inspirational speaking, because their ideas always seem so good until I execute them.”
⦁ “Sometimes there is nothing else to say but what has already been said.”

The Next New Syrian Girl, Ream Shukairy
⦁ “We are not our suffering. We are the strength that got us through it all.” (I firmly believe we find our strength through our trials)
⦁ We’re stuck in no man’s land, trying to be all parts of ourselves yet not allowed to be either or all at the same time.”

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So many good quotes, right? I’m on a blog tour for The Next New Syrian Girl, and I cannot wait to share with you all the quotes from that one that I truly loved.

What quotes stuck out with you this month?