Alyson Nöel citations

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“But the moment our eyes meet, I'm right back under his spell, a helpless hunk of steel to his irresistible magnet.”

“So you’ve made a friend. How sad for them.”

“You cannot outwalk your problems. Can never run fast enough to evade them completely.”

“Trust me, you can't play the game if you don't know the rules. And if you don't know the rules, someone's bound to get hurt.”

“If you insist on the chase," I say, my voice much surer than I feel."Then you better start training. 'Cause, dude you're in for a marathon.”

“I'm with him, and he's with me, and that's the way it's meant to eternally be.”

“Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is.”

“Dogs are a gift to mankind. They are happy and joyful and loyal by nature. They are pure, positive energy and teach by example. That is all that's required of them.”

“The heart knows no logic, and rarely corresponds with the brain.”

“Well, it's nice to have a dream. But it's even nicer when there's a remote possibility of it coming true.”

“Life is not meant to be an open-book test.”

“You can't go back, Ever. You can't change the past. It just is." I squint, having no idea what she's talking about. But just as I start to ask, she shakes her head and says, "This is our destiny. Not yours.”

“Knowing that wishes don’t always come about in the way that we think, but if you believe and keep your mind open, there’s a really good chance they will manifest in some way.”

“I'm after something far more esoteric than a virginal shag. Though, if you'd like, darlin', I'm certainly up for the task.”

“Somewhere in the crowd was at least one potential friend who'd understand the fundamental value of goofing off.
Because if not, how boring would that be?”

“Forgiveness is healing—everything is energy—thoughts create—we are all connected—what you resist persists—true love never dies—the soul’s immortality is the only true immortality”

“Four hundred years of losing out on the girl of my dreams isn't sitting very well with me these days.”

“I guess I just don't get the point. It's like, why should you bother getting attached to anything if,

A: It's never gonna last, and
B: It hurts like hell when it's over?”

“The love of every single one of my lives.”

“Where there is life, there is hope.”

“There is an old and very wise Native American saying: Every time you point a finger in scorn—there are three remaining fingers pointing right back at you.”

“Ever, if I’ve learned nothing else in my six hundred years of living, it’s that people hate change almost as much as they hate for their beliefs to be challenged.”

“One more sign of how perfect Damen is—he keeps a pair of trunks in his car.”

“Just make sure you're gone by the time we get to Miles's. It creeps me out to see you sitting in his lap without his permission.”

“Family dinner. Seven-thirty sharp. Tie optional. Straight-jacker required.”

“The truth is revealed when you are ready to receive it when you need it in order to move forward to take the next step in your journey. to move on toward your destiny.”

“You can’t change the past, it just is”

“Because if you're gonna make someone choose, then you shouldn't be surprised when they don't choose you.”

“No: What the heck happened?
Or: Why did you go from nearly kissing me to tossing me across your yard and into the patio furniture?”