Quotes from Mary E. Pearson

I had never had to deal with dogs in Venda. There were none. They had all been eaten.

For the boy who took a chance, For the man who made it last

rain is both a friend and foe, depending on when it comes.

Sometimes it takes just one person who won't let evil win.

Anything good in his life he had fought and scratched for, and his joy came from a deep place of understanding the lack of it.

My face is full, but also slight, I pale in the bright of light, I whisper sweet to the forest owl, I kiss the air with Wolf's sad howl, Eyes follow me from sea to sea, Yet alone in this world... I will ever be.

It's much more efficient to prevent problems than clean them up.

How did one fall out of love without falling apart at the same time?

Anything else up your sleeve I should know about?" "If I told you, it wouldn't be fun, would it?" "Should I be concerned?" "Probably.

I understood monuments now. Some were built of stone and sweat, and others were built of dreams, but they were all made of the things we didn't want to forget.

Lest we repeat history, Let the stories be passed, From father to son, from mother to daughter, For with but one generation, History and truth are lost forever. —Song of Jezelia

Live dangerously - take your chances.

Sobald wir Angst davor haben, uns für etwas einzusetzen, haben Gewalt und Willkür schon gewonnen.

You've made your choice. It's for the best, then. We're each called somewhere else.

But the fact is, I came for you, Lia, no matter who or what you are, and I don't care what mistakes I made or what mistakes you made. I'd make every single one over again, if that was the only way to be with you." (pg 28)

Love is not something you can force, It will happen or it won't.

But I had loved and been loved deeply and completely, not once but twice in my life. I would not trade that for all the riches that Montegue had to offer.

wound goes. It is deep. What. How. Oh,

Listen. Hear the language that isn't spoken, for everyone can hear spoken words, but only a few can hear the heart that beats behind them.

I know you've never wanted to hear this, but after yesterday I have to say it…" He paused, swallowed, as if afraid. "I love you. I love you with every breath, with every thought that's inside me. I've loved you from the first time I kissed you on that ledge. Even before that.

I think I don't care anymore, as long as you're in my arms.

I watched them race along the hallway, laughing, forgetting about the shouting they'd heard, the tears they saw, and I wished all memories could be erased so easily.

I knew I had made a big mistake, but it was a glorious one, and I wanted to make it over and over again.

Last time we danced we were knee deep in grass," I said. "And now there's not even a chain between us," Jase whispered. "Maybe we don't need one anymore.