Heather Hildenbrand Quotes & Sayings

You'd kiss me back right now if I kissed you," he said, and I tried to decide whether to even attempt denial. "But then you'd remember him and you'd feel bad for it. — Heather Hildenbrand

In this moment, with the wind whipping my hair, the view endless and open, I experience joyful abandon for the first time in my existence. It is sweet and sharp. I want to memorize it, store it up, so that when I need it most, I can recall that this feeling does actually exist - and it is entirely worth living for. — Heather Hildenbrand

I cranked the volume on the stereo and sang at the top of my lungs to an old Britney Spears song, my possession and enjoyment of which, I hoped, would remain a secret between me and my car. — Heather Hildenbrand

She is shallow and easy and meaningless. I am deep and complicated and appreciative of the simple experience of joy. — Heather Hildenbrand

Imitations don't have mothers and fathers. We don't have family. We just are. Until we're not. — Heather Hildenbrand

You catch more flies with honey, ever heard of that?" He shrugged. "I don't like flies. They're annoying." He grinned "I'd rather catch hell. — Heather Hildenbrand

How old are you?" I asked, my head cocked to the side.
"Nineteen."
It was too much to resist. "And how long have you been nineteen?"
He looked at me like I had a screw loose.
"Since I haven't been eighteen?"
"So you'be been on this planet for nineteen years?"
"That's usually what an age implies. — Heather Hildenbrand

she steps up to the front door of the Strongs' Colonial-style house, with Linc, Neil, and I close on her heels. — Heather Hildenbrand

But there are some words that when overheard will always twist a person's guts sideways. — Heather Hildenbrand

Just like any other high school dance, the theme was crepe paper in the gym — Heather Hildenbrand

Look, you're cute, but you're not cute enough to keep me from going off on you for being an idiot. - Cold Blood — Heather Hildenbrand

I was created a copy. I want more than anything to be an original. — Heather Hildenbrand

The rough fabric of my cotton nightgown chafes so I lie very still. Once, during a training exercise, they gave me a satin blouse in place of my coarse uniform. For a few moments, I was completely her - eighteen-year-old Raven Rogen, my Authentic - down to the fabric. The slippery material felt like cool fingertips on a hot day. All I could think was: She wears clothes like this every single day. I — Heather Hildenbrand

Do you ever feel like you've been waiting your entire life for a specific moment when it'll all make sense? — Heather Hildenbrand

Good enough?"
"Well...yeah," Linc says, the scalpel hanging limp in his hand. He looks mildly disappointed.
"Don't worry. The opportunity to cut me could still present itself someday," Daniel says. — Heather Hildenbrand