Quotes from book

The Fiery Heart

“Escape plan number seventeen," I told her. "Run away and open a juice stand in Fresno."
"Why Fresno?"
"Sounds like the kind of place people drink a lot of juice.”

“Did you know that it's a lot harder to put organs back in the body than it is to get them out?”

“Melbourne, I always knew you'd need to learn about this kind of thing. I 'd just kind of hoped you'd learn it on a real guy.”

“I clung to that spark of hope,
nurturing it into a small flame that
chased some of the shadows in my heart
away.”

“Whereas Angeline's antics made me want to pull out my hair sometimes, Trey found them endearing.”

“As long as we’re together, that’s how we’ll be. No trembling. No faltering. We’re unstoppable.”

“Whether it's simply some fierce animal joining of mates or a sublime merging of souls, she is mine, and I am hers.”

“I brought my lips down to hers, and it was like everything that had ever happened to me had simply been a warm-up for this moment, that this was where my life truly began.”

“Did Belikov bend the rules of time and space to get here so fast? He can do that, right?”

“We take everything for granted, but when I'm with Angeline, I see the world through new eyes. She makes my world better. It's why she's so great.”

“She snuggled back under the blanket with me, turned toward me so that she could rest her head on my chest. “I hear your heart,” she said.
“Do you check every once in a while, just to make sure I’m not undead?”

“… imperfection would get me farther than perfection.”

“Escape plan #5: Open an alpaca ranch in Texas, one that requires all blond-haired, brown-eyed, brainy girls to wear sexy cowgirl outfits.”

“I didn’t care about anything except her and the way touching her drove me wild, even as her calm and steady presence soothed the storms that raged within me.”

“I couldn’t help it,” I said, knowing how lame that sounded. It was as bad as Angeline’s “it’s not my fault” mantra.”

“We will undo whatever that Moroi boy has done to you."

"You sure about that, Dad? Because he's doneto me.”

“Damn, you have no idea what I have been through today."

"Actually I have a pretty good idea.”

“The center will hold. I wondered.”

“Don’t take the high ground and assume you already know what you’ll do. The truth is, when it comes to someone you love, you’ll find there isn’t anything you won’t do.”