Katie Klein Quotes & Sayings

On an afternoon like this, I would usually take my bike. My wrist brace, though, makes it impossible to steer, and the last thing I need is irreparable damage to an already non-functioning extremity. — Katie Klein

It's good. I swear. Genesis loves it, and she wouldn't even eat eggs for dinner, Stu explains. As if this is the standard by which all food should be judged. — Katie Klein

Sometimes I get lucky and we have real meal ... like Hot Pockets. — Katie Klein

Joshua is on probation," Seth explains.
"Oh my God. A miscreant angel. — Katie Klein

I marvel at how even the wrong choices can keep us on the right path. How the worst mistake can wind up being the best thing that ever happened to us. — Katie Klein

He turns another page, and I read:
I'M NOT ETHAN ...
... AND I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ...
... UNTIL I CAN PROVE TO YOU ...
... THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS.
He flips to the next page.
SO KEEP SENDING ME AWAY ...
... BUT I'LL JUST KEEP COMING BACK TO YOU.
AGAIN ...
He flips to the next page.
... AND AGAIN ...
And the next:
... AND AGAIN.
Goose bumps rise to the surface of my skin. I shiver, hugging myself tightly.
AND IF YOU CAN EVER FIND IT IN YOUR TO FORGIVE ME ...
... I WILL DO EVERYTHING IT TAKES TO MAKE IT UP TO YOU ...
He closes the notebook and tosses it beside him. It lands on the roof with a dull thwack. Then, lifting his index finger, he draws an X across his chest.
Cross my heart. — Katie Klein

I think you fall in love with someone when you least expect to. When it's the last thing you want. That's what's so great about it. — Katie Klein

Holy shit!"

"Since when is shit holy? — Katie Klein

So far you've been like ... a great secret."
A teasing smile plays at his lips. "A secret, huh? Well, if you think you've spent enough time saying goodbye you can go back inside and I'll just plan to meet you in your room. Unless, you know, you're done with me."
"I'm never done with you. — Katie Klein

It was a smart decision. You're too good for him."
I roll my eyes. "You keep saying that. Is there something you know that I don't?" I ask.
"You," he replies, matter of fact. — Katie Klein

Once I started I couldn't put it down. It was so addictive ... like a train wreck. — Katie Klein

It was so addictive ... like a train wreck."
"A train wreck," he repeats, disbelieving.
"You know
you don't really want to see blood and destruction and death because you know it'll haunt you forever, but at the same time you can't look away? — Katie Klein

I can't stop thinking about you," he whispers.
He moves in, closer, lips pausing inches from mine. Wraps his arms around me, pulling me into him. I let out a quick gasp of air.
"I dream about you," he murmurs, eyes grasping mine.
"You don't sleep," I choke, feeling a delirious passion coursing through my veins.
"I dream about your smile. About touching you. I dream about being with you. Like this. — Katie Klein

If you really love someone you shouldn't have to think about anything. You should want to say it. It's not difficult. — Katie Klein

If I meet you at your third floor window tonight, will you let me in? he whispers softly against my ear, hardly a murmur. — Katie Klein

I'm all for getting trashed," I confess.
"I'm sure you are, except I'll clue you in on a little something: when it's over, your problems still exist. — Katie Klein

I'm selfish.
Selfish enough to want it all.
And I know if I don't have you ...
... I don't have anything. — Katie Klein

Watching him, it's easy to ignore Carter's miserable expression, Selena's resentment, to push Seth out of my mind completely. Because there is no way I'm going to let an indecisive angel tell me what I should and shouldn't do. — Katie Klein

And as I stare at the girl of my dreams, staring back at me, I marvel at how the universe can know better than we know. How everything can change in one moment, one second, one blink of an eye. How that everything can be all we ever hoped for and more.
Our very own crystal clearness after a long stretch of sunless cold. — Katie Klein

God, Jaden! You are going to screw yourself into a corner if you don't talk to him. This is like, a crossroads. You're always going to look back and wonder if things could've been different, and this love story is going to turn into a tragedy. Your tragedy. You two deserve a chance to be happy together, and the only thing keeping you apart right now is YOU. — Katie Klein

True love can blossom in unexpected places. This is Jaden pretending not to notice. — Katie Klein

No. I mean, med school is THE greatest challenge, right? I want to see if I can make it."
"This isn't about a challenge.=," he says, a flash of anger in this eyes." "This is about finding what you love to do: doing something that makes you happy. — Katie Klein

I hate Ernie," I reply, still searching. "Actually, I take that back. Hatred requires passion. Ernie isn't worth an ounce of my passion. — Katie Klein

I swear to God, after the zombie apocalypse the only thing left on the planet will be cockroaches and Moose," I told Mom one night after she managed to back into a light pole at the restaurant and drive away with not even a dent in the bumper.
Mom shushed me at the time. "He'll hear you! — Katie Klein

Glitter is like ... .little flecks of brilliance caught in a tube. — Katie Klein

Maybe I can stalk you again sometime."
"Absolutely. — Katie Klein

Never underestimate the power of glitter. — Katie Klein

You know," he says, peeking inside the bag. "It's okay. Because ham and cheese is my absolute favorite ... and an apple? It's like, the lunch of champions."
I stifle another yawn. "It doesn't get much better than that, right?"
"Only if you were eating with me," he says. — Katie Klein

The guardians," Joshua begins. "We want you to join us."
I laugh quietly, not understanding. "I, um, didn't think that was possible as long as I was living."
"Not as a Guardian Guardian. As a Helper of Guardians. It's a new position. Just for you. I've been sent to talk to you since Seth refused." Joshua throws Seth a nasty look. — Katie Klein

I turn and gaze at the
bright blue sky, squinting. It's like surfacing for air after
giving up hope, after resigning to drown, suffocating — Katie Klein

And yet here I am - torn: wanting
to pull him closer, saving him, and at the same time
wishing I could hop on the back of his motorcycle and,
for once, allow someone to save me. — Katie Klein

You just, barged in and flipped my entire world upside down," he says, voice heated. "I didn't know what to do. — Katie Klein

He taught me to cry, to love, to forgive. He taught me that sometimes truths are complicated, woven deeper than we could ever imagine. He taught me to let go. To hold on. And that what's real ... is all that will ever matter. — Katie Klein

I bring the petals to my nose and breathe deeply. "Where did it come from?"
Seth smiles. "A garden."
"A garden?" I repeat, raising an eyebrow.
He laughs.
"You think you're so clever," I mutter. "It must be nice, conjuring up whatever you want whenever you want it."
"It has it's perks. — Katie Klein

Are Seth and I seeing each other? Is that even possible? I mean, inter-realmal dating? — Katie Klein

Well, I figure if you're gonna screw things up by skipping school, the day better be worth it. — Katie Klein

That's stupid. Everyone lies."
"Yeah, well, it's a waste of time. The more lies you tell the more stories you have to remember. Believe me: it's easier to just be honest. — Katie Klein

Maybe. But you know, when you love someone you love them. And every day you sit back pretending that you don't is one less day you have with him. — Katie Klein

The more lies you tell the more stories you have to remember. — Katie Klein

My insides twist in a flurry of excitement, and I stifle
the laugh welling inside.
Parker Whalen knows I'm alive. — Katie Klein

What's wrong with that is that it's not how the real
world works. That's why, sometimes, it's good to be
flexible. When you don't get what you want, you make
other plans. — Katie Klein

It's just ... it's not every day someone comes along willing to take a bullet for your little sister."
I swallow back a laugh, try to lighten the mood. "Nah, I'm sure Hanson would've stepped up."
Daniel rolls his eyes, reaches for his drink. "I hated that kid."
"Jaden thought he was perfect."
"I think Jaden started to see a new kind of perfect when she met you. — Katie Klein

Why? Look around you, Genesis. The world is full of evil. Since the beginning of time. Evil. Evil things. Evil people. — Katie Klein