"I've always felt out of step; literally stumbling through life. I've never felt normal. But I know now -- I'm not normal. And I don't want to be. I've faced death and loss and pain ... But I've also never felt stronger, more real, more myself."-said by Bella, from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
"This isn't the time to make hard and fast decisions. It's the time to make mistakes. Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere chill. Fall in love - a lot. Major in philosophy, 'cause there's no way to make a career out of that. Change your mind. Then change it again, because nothing is permanent. So make as many mistakes as you can. That way, someday, when they ask again what we want to be, we won't have to guess -- we'll know."
-from Jessica's graduation speech in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
i've been lucky. i'll be lucky again ...
"'What, there are no flowers in the fall?' she asked petulantly, already feeling herself slide into the slightly contrary attitude that Easy had always gotten off on. She didn't mean to - it just felt so ... natural. 'That's stupid.' Easy laughed. His dark blue eyes crinkled up at the edges and Callie could tell from his expression that he wanted to kiss her, the way he had done a thousand times - which broke her heart. Yes, she'd been hoping with every ounce of her being that he would realize how stupid he had been and come running back to her, throwing himself at her feet and begging for forgiveness. She missed him. She missed his deep laugh ... [and] the way he raised one eyebrow slightly whenever he thought she was bullshitting him about something."
-from the It Girl: Unforgettable (Book 4) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Good things don't always come to those who wait. Really, who has the patience?"
-from the It Girl: Unforgettable (Book 4) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"'Don't you find it a little strange that you went from Callie to, like, the anti-Callie?' Easy tried to think about why that could be ... Had he used Jenny as a way out of his relationship with Callie because Callie tried to push him too far? Because he wasn't ready to say 'I love you'? ... 'That's, like, the classic definition of 'on the rebound,' isn't it?' Brandon continued, taking three quick puffs of his cigar and trying to exhale them into smoke rings the way tough guys always do in the movies. 'As much as I hate to say it, there was something about you and Callie that just ... made sense.'"
-from the It Girl: Unforgettable (Book 4) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"'I mean, you have to be a little sensitive, of course, because there are a lot of people involved.' She shrugged her petite shoulders. 'But if you're in love ... that's out of your control, right? We don't get to pick the people we fall in love with, and it's nothing to be ashamed of, is it?'"
-from the It Girl: Unforgettable (Book 4) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"There's no girlfriend like an ex-girlfriend."
-from the It Girl: Unforgettable (Book 4) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"I've been lucky. I'll be lucky again."
-Bette Davis
"Was her whole life going to be like this now, avoiding certain songs or music that reminded her of her mistakes? ... She'd be a huge, lumbering mass of musical baggage."
-from the It Girl: Lucky (Book 5) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Don't you know hat it feels like to like someone so much that nothing else matters?"
-from the It Girl: Lucky (Book 5) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"'Can't you see how much I-' Easy couldn't finish the sentence. IT hurt to be in love with someone he wanted to hate. 'What?' Callie snapped. 'Can't I see what?' 'Quit torturing me,' Easy pleaded angrily. ... 'I'm not doing anything!' Callie cried out. 'You just don't get it, do you?' Easy turned on her, feeling the dam holding back the anger inside him break completely. 'You're a bitch, Callie. A spoiled little bitch, and there's nothing I can do to change that.'"
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"It was easy to think you loved someone - but after they hurt you, intentionally or not, and you could still take them back, that was something much deeper."
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Apparently, some secrets were better when shared."
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"'It's like, why do things the normal way, right? ... My friends call me a reflexive contrarian, but that's just them being afraid, too chicken to speak out against anything. They just swallow everything like damn goldfish. ... So I can't help it - I feel like if everyone does something one way, I have to do it another way ... I'm always disagreeing with people - starting fights, being a general pain in the ass."
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Ever since they'd started dating, she got the crazy butterflies whenever she thought about him, or saw him, or kissed him. It was an addiction, one she hadn't been willing to let go of, even when he dumped her for Jenny."
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be."
-Kurt Vonnegut
"Callie was too cold to feel embarrassment or shame - she only felt stupid for doing such terrible things to people who cared about her. They didn't deserve to be treated as she'd treated them. Jenny - even if she had started dating Easy, it hadn't been entirely her fault. Callie was the one who'd chased him away in the first place."
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"She really wanted him to remember the good times. Their first kiss in the rare books library ... Snow ball fights out on the quad, when Easy would tackle her ... A sob worked its way up from her bottom of her empty stomach, throbbing in her chest. It mocked her for believing that she might ever be able to get over Easy. He was the love of her short, sorrowful life. The sob erupted in her throat and she wailed into the wind, straining her vocal cords, the image of complete sadness and longing, her heart full of poetry for What Might've Been and What Would Never Be."
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"He loved Callie. He knew that now. He remembered something he'd overheard one of those corny late-night preachers saying as he flipped through channels one summer when he was home in Lexington: Forgiveness is a present you give yourself. It started that way, sure. He'd felt the relief of letting go of all the grudges he'd held against Callie and all that Callie had done. But when he saw her face, he knew how sorry she was about the whole thing. She was a good person. He might be the only one at Waverly her knew it - God knew sometimes Callie didn't do anything to help her case - but he knew it."
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches."
-Andy Warhol
"I wanted to say say I'm sorry to you because I know you probably think I'm the most evil person in the world, but I'm really not. ... I was just jealous ... And I completely regret it now. I can't even think about it without being disgusted with how I behaved. I'm really not a bad person."
-from the It Girl: Infamous (Book 7) by Cecily vonZiegesar
Have you ever fed a lover
With just your hands?
Close your eyes and trust it, just trust it
Have you ever thrown
A fist full of glitter in the air?
Have you ever looked fear in the face and said
I just don't care
It's only half past the point of no return
The tip of the iceberg
The sun before the burn
The thunder before the lightning
And the breath before the phrase
Have you ever felt this way?
Have you ever hated yourself
For staring at the phone?
Your whole life waiting
For the ring to prove you're not alone ...
It's only half past the point of oblivion
The hourglass on the table
The walk before the run
The breath before the kiss
And the fear before the flames
Have you ever felt this way? ...
Have you ever wished for an endless night?
Lassoed the moon and the stars and pulled that rope tight
Have you ever held your breath and asked yourself
Will it ever get better than tonight?
-"Glitter in the Air" by Pink
I miss those blue eyes
How you kiss me at night
I miss the way we sleep
Like there's no sunrise, like the taste of your smile
I miss the way we breathe.
But I never told you
What I should have said
No, I never told you
I just held it in
And now I miss everything about you
Can't believe that I still want you
After everything we've been through
I miss everything about you
I see your blue eyes
Every time I close mine
You make it hard to see
Where I belong to, when I'm not around you
It's like I'm not with me
But I never told you
What I should've said
No, I never told you
I just held it in
-"I Never Told You" by Colbie Caillat
-from the It Girl: Unforgettable (Book 4) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Good things don't always come to those who wait. Really, who has the patience?"
-from the It Girl: Unforgettable (Book 4) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"'Don't you find it a little strange that you went from Callie to, like, the anti-Callie?' Easy tried to think about why that could be ... Had he used Jenny as a way out of his relationship with Callie because Callie tried to push him too far? Because he wasn't ready to say 'I love you'? ... 'That's, like, the classic definition of 'on the rebound,' isn't it?' Brandon continued, taking three quick puffs of his cigar and trying to exhale them into smoke rings the way tough guys always do in the movies. 'As much as I hate to say it, there was something about you and Callie that just ... made sense.'"
-from the It Girl: Unforgettable (Book 4) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"'I mean, you have to be a little sensitive, of course, because there are a lot of people involved.' She shrugged her petite shoulders. 'But if you're in love ... that's out of your control, right? We don't get to pick the people we fall in love with, and it's nothing to be ashamed of, is it?'"
-from the It Girl: Unforgettable (Book 4) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"There's no girlfriend like an ex-girlfriend."
-from the It Girl: Unforgettable (Book 4) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"I've been lucky. I'll be lucky again."
-Bette Davis
"Was her whole life going to be like this now, avoiding certain songs or music that reminded her of her mistakes? ... She'd be a huge, lumbering mass of musical baggage."
-from the It Girl: Lucky (Book 5) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Don't you know hat it feels like to like someone so much that nothing else matters?"
-from the It Girl: Lucky (Book 5) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"'Can't you see how much I-' Easy couldn't finish the sentence. IT hurt to be in love with someone he wanted to hate. 'What?' Callie snapped. 'Can't I see what?' 'Quit torturing me,' Easy pleaded angrily. ... 'I'm not doing anything!' Callie cried out. 'You just don't get it, do you?' Easy turned on her, feeling the dam holding back the anger inside him break completely. 'You're a bitch, Callie. A spoiled little bitch, and there's nothing I can do to change that.'"
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"It was easy to think you loved someone - but after they hurt you, intentionally or not, and you could still take them back, that was something much deeper."
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Apparently, some secrets were better when shared."
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"'It's like, why do things the normal way, right? ... My friends call me a reflexive contrarian, but that's just them being afraid, too chicken to speak out against anything. They just swallow everything like damn goldfish. ... So I can't help it - I feel like if everyone does something one way, I have to do it another way ... I'm always disagreeing with people - starting fights, being a general pain in the ass."
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Ever since they'd started dating, she got the crazy butterflies whenever she thought about him, or saw him, or kissed him. It was an addiction, one she hadn't been willing to let go of, even when he dumped her for Jenny."
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be."
-Kurt Vonnegut
"Callie was too cold to feel embarrassment or shame - she only felt stupid for doing such terrible things to people who cared about her. They didn't deserve to be treated as she'd treated them. Jenny - even if she had started dating Easy, it hadn't been entirely her fault. Callie was the one who'd chased him away in the first place."
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"She really wanted him to remember the good times. Their first kiss in the rare books library ... Snow ball fights out on the quad, when Easy would tackle her ... A sob worked its way up from her bottom of her empty stomach, throbbing in her chest. It mocked her for believing that she might ever be able to get over Easy. He was the love of her short, sorrowful life. The sob erupted in her throat and she wailed into the wind, straining her vocal cords, the image of complete sadness and longing, her heart full of poetry for What Might've Been and What Would Never Be."
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"He loved Callie. He knew that now. He remembered something he'd overheard one of those corny late-night preachers saying as he flipped through channels one summer when he was home in Lexington: Forgiveness is a present you give yourself. It started that way, sure. He'd felt the relief of letting go of all the grudges he'd held against Callie and all that Callie had done. But when he saw her face, he knew how sorry she was about the whole thing. She was a good person. He might be the only one at Waverly her knew it - God knew sometimes Callie didn't do anything to help her case - but he knew it."
-from the It Girl: Tempted (Book 6) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches."
-Andy Warhol
"I wanted to say say I'm sorry to you because I know you probably think I'm the most evil person in the world, but I'm really not. ... I was just jealous ... And I completely regret it now. I can't even think about it without being disgusted with how I behaved. I'm really not a bad person."
-from the It Girl: Infamous (Book 7) by Cecily vonZiegesar
Have you ever fed a lover
With just your hands?
Close your eyes and trust it, just trust it
Have you ever thrown
A fist full of glitter in the air?
Have you ever looked fear in the face and said
I just don't care
It's only half past the point of no return
The tip of the iceberg
The sun before the burn
The thunder before the lightning
And the breath before the phrase
Have you ever felt this way?
Have you ever hated yourself
For staring at the phone?
Your whole life waiting
For the ring to prove you're not alone ...
It's only half past the point of oblivion
The hourglass on the table
The walk before the run
The breath before the kiss
And the fear before the flames
Have you ever felt this way? ...
Have you ever wished for an endless night?
Lassoed the moon and the stars and pulled that rope tight
Have you ever held your breath and asked yourself
Will it ever get better than tonight?
-"Glitter in the Air" by Pink
I miss those blue eyes
How you kiss me at night
I miss the way we sleep
Like there's no sunrise, like the taste of your smile
I miss the way we breathe.
But I never told you
What I should have said
No, I never told you
I just held it in
And now I miss everything about you
Can't believe that I still want you
After everything we've been through
I miss everything about you
I see your blue eyes
Every time I close mine
You make it hard to see
Where I belong to, when I'm not around you
It's like I'm not with me
But I never told you
What I should've said
No, I never told you
I just held it in
-"I Never Told You" by Colbie Caillat
she'll give you a part of her that she knows you can break -- her heart ...
"Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect, and I don't live to be. But before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean."
-Bob Marley
"You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before, she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect, you aren't either and the two of you may never be perfect together. But if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her, and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking of you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you sad, and miss her when she's not there."
-Bob Marley
"Just wait until you find out all the girls call him Pony behind his back because everyone has taken a ride."
-from the It Girl (Book 1) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"It pissed her off that Easy knew her so well. And that he was smarter than she was. Actually, when it came down to it, everything made her seethe and shudder with pleasure."
-from the It Girl (Book 1) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Have you forgotten you're the most jealous person on the planet?"
-from the It Girl (Book 1) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"She was doing that thing some people do when they act nice and chipper and interested, while just below the surface they're thinking really mean thoughts, and you can never call them on it because they'd just accuse you of being paranoid."
-from the It Girl (Book 1) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Why is it that when you guys want something, and when you get it, when we give it to you, you freak out?"
-from the It Girl (Book 1) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"With affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other ..."
-Charles Dickens
"Callie's heart started to pound so hard it felt like it would break free of her chest. Running from the sables to his dorm, she'd been furious, ready to punch Easy in his beautiful face, but also ready to accept his beautiful face but also ready to accept his explanations or excuses, provided they came sweetly enough, and with plenty of kisses to smooth it over. Now it sounded like smoothing it over was the last thing on his mind."
-from the It Girl: Notorious (Book 2) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"I think you are one of those very rare people who have so many talents, they have a hard time deciding on the right one to use."
-from the It Girl: Notorious (Book 2) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"'Hi, uh, Jeremiah. This is, um, Jenny, a friend of Brett's. I'm sorry to call you -- I really hope I'm not bothering you. But I just wanted to let you know that Brett's been thinking about you, like, all the time, and she knows she made a huge mistake and she wants to ask you to forgive her, but she's too afraid to. I means, she's totally in love with you and I totally know, because ... Because I'm in love with someone, too. And so I know what it looks like and she's got it bad ... And people who are in love really shouldn't let misunderstandings come between them."
-from the It Girl: Notorious (Book 2) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"She felt completely lost, like everything in the entire world was upside down, and so who cared if she made one more giant mistake? It was almost soothing to know she was taking an active part in destroying her own life, instead of just letting it happen."
-from the It Girl: Notorious (Book 2) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive."
-Sir Walter Scott
"What was his problem? Why couldn't he get his feelings about these two girls straight in his mind? It wasn't fair to anyone to keep thinking this way about both of them, but he couldn't help it."
-from the It Girl: Reckless (Book 3) by Cecily vonZiegesar
By the time you swear you're his
Shivering and sighing.
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying,
Lady make a note of this--
One of you is lying.
-Dorothy Parker
"'Look, Easy. I don't mean to sound harsh, but it's unfair of you to think you can have things both ways. If you have feelings for Jenny, you can't have feelings for me anymore.' Which would be kind of sad ... But still. Callie meant it. She didn't want to be one of Easy's girlfriends - she was either The One or nothing at all. No matter how great it had been to kiss him again - and it had been pretty freaking great - no guy was worth making a fool of herself over. Easy stood up. 'But it's not working that way.' 'Well, it kind of has to. You need to figure out what you want ... And until you do, I kind of doubt either of us will want anything to do with you.'"
-from the It Girl: Reckless (Book 3) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Most people were raised to believe they are just as good as the next person. I was always told I was better."
-Katharine Hepburn
"Good things don't always come to those who wait. Really, who has the patience?"
-from the It Girl: Unforgettable (Book 4) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"'Don't you find it a little strange that you went from Callie to, like, the anti-Callie?' Easy tried to think about why that could be ... Had he used Jenny as a way out of his relationship with Callie because Callie tried to push him too far? Because he wasn't ready to say 'I love you'? ... 'That's, like, the classic definition of 'on the rebound,' isn't it?' Brandon continued, taking three quick puffs of his cigar and trying to exhale them into smoke rings the way tough guys always do in the movies. 'As much as I hate to say it, there was something about you and Callie that just ... made sense.'"
-from the It Girl: Unforgettable (Book 4) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
-Bob Marley
"You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before, she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect, you aren't either and the two of you may never be perfect together. But if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her, and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking of you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you sad, and miss her when she's not there."
-Bob Marley
"Just wait until you find out all the girls call him Pony behind his back because everyone has taken a ride."
-from the It Girl (Book 1) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"It pissed her off that Easy knew her so well. And that he was smarter than she was. Actually, when it came down to it, everything made her seethe and shudder with pleasure."
-from the It Girl (Book 1) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Have you forgotten you're the most jealous person on the planet?"
-from the It Girl (Book 1) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"She was doing that thing some people do when they act nice and chipper and interested, while just below the surface they're thinking really mean thoughts, and you can never call them on it because they'd just accuse you of being paranoid."
-from the It Girl (Book 1) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Why is it that when you guys want something, and when you get it, when we give it to you, you freak out?"
-from the It Girl (Book 1) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"With affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other ..."
-Charles Dickens
"Callie's heart started to pound so hard it felt like it would break free of her chest. Running from the sables to his dorm, she'd been furious, ready to punch Easy in his beautiful face, but also ready to accept his beautiful face but also ready to accept his explanations or excuses, provided they came sweetly enough, and with plenty of kisses to smooth it over. Now it sounded like smoothing it over was the last thing on his mind."
-from the It Girl: Notorious (Book 2) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"I think you are one of those very rare people who have so many talents, they have a hard time deciding on the right one to use."
-from the It Girl: Notorious (Book 2) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"'Hi, uh, Jeremiah. This is, um, Jenny, a friend of Brett's. I'm sorry to call you -- I really hope I'm not bothering you. But I just wanted to let you know that Brett's been thinking about you, like, all the time, and she knows she made a huge mistake and she wants to ask you to forgive her, but she's too afraid to. I means, she's totally in love with you and I totally know, because ... Because I'm in love with someone, too. And so I know what it looks like and she's got it bad ... And people who are in love really shouldn't let misunderstandings come between them."
-from the It Girl: Notorious (Book 2) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"She felt completely lost, like everything in the entire world was upside down, and so who cared if she made one more giant mistake? It was almost soothing to know she was taking an active part in destroying her own life, instead of just letting it happen."
-from the It Girl: Notorious (Book 2) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive."
-Sir Walter Scott
"What was his problem? Why couldn't he get his feelings about these two girls straight in his mind? It wasn't fair to anyone to keep thinking this way about both of them, but he couldn't help it."
-from the It Girl: Reckless (Book 3) by Cecily vonZiegesar
By the time you swear you're his
Shivering and sighing.
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying,
Lady make a note of this--
One of you is lying.
-Dorothy Parker
"'Look, Easy. I don't mean to sound harsh, but it's unfair of you to think you can have things both ways. If you have feelings for Jenny, you can't have feelings for me anymore.' Which would be kind of sad ... But still. Callie meant it. She didn't want to be one of Easy's girlfriends - she was either The One or nothing at all. No matter how great it had been to kiss him again - and it had been pretty freaking great - no guy was worth making a fool of herself over. Easy stood up. 'But it's not working that way.' 'Well, it kind of has to. You need to figure out what you want ... And until you do, I kind of doubt either of us will want anything to do with you.'"
-from the It Girl: Reckless (Book 3) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Most people were raised to believe they are just as good as the next person. I was always told I was better."
-Katharine Hepburn
"Good things don't always come to those who wait. Really, who has the patience?"
-from the It Girl: Unforgettable (Book 4) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"'Don't you find it a little strange that you went from Callie to, like, the anti-Callie?' Easy tried to think about why that could be ... Had he used Jenny as a way out of his relationship with Callie because Callie tried to push him too far? Because he wasn't ready to say 'I love you'? ... 'That's, like, the classic definition of 'on the rebound,' isn't it?' Brandon continued, taking three quick puffs of his cigar and trying to exhale them into smoke rings the way tough guys always do in the movies. 'As much as I hate to say it, there was something about you and Callie that just ... made sense.'"
-from the It Girl: Unforgettable (Book 4) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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