Sarah Beth Durst Quotes & Sayings

[Zach] placed his hands on her shoulders so she'd look directly into his eyes. You know, the moment I saw you, I said to myself
because all the great people talk to themselves, of course
I said, 'Zach, you have to meet that lovely lady, because she will make your life extraordinary.' I was not wrong. — Sarah Beth Durst

Bayla, is this how you'd kill me?" she asked out loud. There are easier ways. You could send another snake. I am sorry I ate the first one." Hearing her own voice made her feel braver. "He was delicious, though — Sarah Beth Durst

Both instances, sweet. Also stupid, which pretty much defined Evan: sweet and stupid. — Sarah Beth Durst

She'd always been a little excitable, a little more passionate about books than your average person, but she was supposed to be
she was a librarian, after all. — Sarah Beth Durst

You're upset. Who upset you? Tell me, and I'll bite him."

"No biting."

"Little nibbles?"

"No."

"Ferocious licks?"

"Ew. — Sarah Beth Durst

Impressive vocabulary," Korbyn said. "I feel as though I should take notes."
"I think she's making them up," Liyana said. "Half of them are not anatomically possible. — Sarah Beth Durst

Look you don't know I'm your soul mate," Lily said. " You barely know me at all. I have terrible habits. I swallow toothpaste. My socks don't always match. I'm not good at small talk. I'm just about the most unpopular kid in class, a close third behind the guy who doesn't shower and the girl who's a compulsive liar. Besides, it's not like Jake and me ... He was just being nice."
"You are my soul mate, even if you don't know it yet," Tye said — Sarah Beth Durst

She was only a few yards from the door. If she lunged, she could be safely inside with solid metal between her and the bear. But she had called to him, and he had come. The tranquilizer dart that she had shot on the sea ice now lay in front of her. Impossibly, inexplicably, the bear had brought it back to her. She felt light-headed, and she knew she was shaking. She raised her eyes to look at the bear.
He was a mass of shadows at the edge of the station floodlights. She could make out the shape of his muzzle and the hunch of his shoulders. "Cassandra Dasent," he said. His voice was a soft rumble.
She felt as if her heart had stopped beating. — Sarah Beth Durst

She'd also liked being within a wall of books. There, she'd felt as close to safe as she could remember — Sarah Beth Durst

Imagine that it's sugar," Korbyn said. 'You're riding across candy.'
"Salt can never be sugar," Fennik said.
"We should talk about the definition of the word 'imagine'. — Sarah Beth Durst

She had a hundred reasons: because Bear had carved a statue of her in the center of the topiary garden, because she could always make him laugh, because he'd let her return to the station, because he won at chess and lost at hockey, because he ran as fast as he could to polar bear births, because he had seal breath even as a human, because his hands were soft, because he was her Bear. "Because i want my husband back," Cassie said. — Sarah Beth Durst

Did he really just poop a rainbow? Seriously, did that just happen? Because I saw it happen. — Sarah Beth Durst

Tara. I'm a vampire," Pearl said.
"Yeah, whatever, and I'm queen of the sea."
"Your Marine Majesty, I'm a vampire," Pearl said.
Concentrating, she slid her fangs out. "Tara. Tara!" She curled back her lips to expose the points. "See"
Tara screamed.
"I won't hurt you," Pearl said. Calm down. Sheesh."
Tara continued to scream.
Pearl considered biting her merely to shut her up. Regrettably that would be counter productive. Studying her nails, she waited for Tara to quit screaming. She noticed that Tara didn't try to exit the car, which was an interesting choice.
"You aren't running away," Pearl said.
"Duh, it's raining outside," Tara said. — Sarah Beth Durst

All her life, Sophie had been taught that books are precious. Each one holds people and worlds. Each one is a piece of someone's heart and mind that they chose to share. They were shared dreams. — Sarah Beth Durst

Always talk, talk, talk with you people," Pearl said. "You know, sometimes violence really is the answer. — Sarah Beth Durst

Good luck. Be safe. And if you can't be safe ... be yourself. — Sarah Beth Durst

My manly strength will not allow me to choose a less unyielding material," Matt said. "I have rocks for muscles. You fear my strength. — Sarah Beth Durst

Don't trust the fire, for it will burn you.
Don't trust the ice, for it will freeze you.
Don't trust the water, for it will drown you.
Don't trust the air, for it will choke you.
Don't trust the earth, for it will bury you.
Don't trust the trees, for they will rip you,
rend you, tear you, kill you dead. — Sarah Beth Durst

To you," he said, "I surrender my heart and soul."
She rolled her eyes. "Very romantic, considering you have neither. — Sarah Beth Durst

Whether you made your choices with your eyes open or closed, they're made. It's not time to regret them; it's time to live with the consequences. — Sarah Beth Durst

Americans invented adolescence. It is not a natural phenomenon. Adolescence is a social construct, created by an urban-industrial society that keeps its young at home far past puberty. Teenage angst is a luxury if a successful modern human conceit that isn't condoned by our superior species. — Sarah Beth Durst

Last period of the day was new gym class. It was her only class that didn't include Evan, which was a relief. She should be functioning at a peak concentration, but he and his luminous eyes kept distracting her. First opprtunity I have, she thought. I'll bite him. — Sarah Beth Durst

There's only one way in and one way out of this world. — Sarah Beth Durst

You're a teenage boy. I have boobs. What part of the equation is missing? — Sarah Beth Durst

'Hubba-Hubba' never slips out," Zeke said. "You selected those words with deliberate intent, and I question your commitment to the respectable use of the English language. — Sarah Beth Durst

I'm a bloodsucking fiend," she said. "I'm not supposed to be reassuring. — Sarah Beth Durst

Do you know hot to drive?" he asked.
"Sure," she said. "This one is the gas. — Sarah Beth Durst

The middle son gets a magic donkey. When you shout the word: "Bricklebrit!", it spews gold pieces out of ...
And I quote:
... its front and back.
Yes, folks. Thing I Love #4: the Bricklebrit Donkey. You shout a word, and gold comes flying out its butt. Fairy tales don't get much better than that. — Sarah Beth Durst

Do you believe in vampires? Not the sparkly variety. — Sarah Beth Durst

I hope I haven't hurt your feelings,' he said.
'I don't have feelings, at least not the inconvenient ones. — Sarah Beth Durst

Only Uncle Pascha ignored her. He was contemplating his chessboard. She doubted that he'd move his piece today. It had been his turn for only six months. Once, he had gone three years between moves. He preferred a leisurely game. — Sarah Beth Durst

You do not say no to the girl with the deities. — Sarah Beth Durst

I have done all that I can for you and less than I should. — Sarah Beth Durst

Champion Ven knelt in the ruins of the village. Sifting through the rubble, he lifted out a broken doll, its pink dress streaked with dirt and its pottery face cracked.
There was always a broken doll.
Why did there always have to be a damn doll? — Sarah Beth Durst

The beanstalk felt like sandpaper". — Sarah Beth Durst

That would have been too obvious," Matt said. "You just said I never choose scissors so you had to know I would choose scissors so I couldn't choose scissors because you'd know it. Hence, the rock."
"Hence the paper covering your rock. You ask her."
"Well played my friend," Matt said. "Well played. — Sarah Beth Durst

Fennik growled. "You mock me."
Korbyn's face was innocent, like Jidali's after he sneaked a cookie from Aunt Sabisa. "I would never mock such an illustrious personage," Korbyn said. — Sarah Beth Durst

Glaring at the unicorn silhouette, she decided she hated coincidences. Or cosmic signs. Whichever it was. She felt as if the universe were laughing at her. — Sarah Beth Durst

I can wait beyond never. — Sarah Beth Durst

Whether he loved her or not didn't change how she felt about him. She loved him independent and regardless of whether he loved her. — Sarah Beth Durst

You do realize that you are addressing the emperor of the Crescent Empire."
"And you are addressing a free woman of the desert. You are not my emperor. Therefore, I am your equal. — Sarah Beth Durst

I do not want leaving me to be easy. — Sarah Beth Durst

The lamb baa-ed vigorously as Mary dragged it into the manicure room, and Zel winced. She really should insist Julie come work, She could use the help, plus it would mean extra mother-daughter time
and, Zel thought wryly, I won't have to find a spare tower in the suburbs.
Closing the appointment book, Zel went to finish trimming Linda's hair. "Did I hear a sheep out there?" Linda asked.
"Sick dog," Zel said. "Now, bend your head down." Linda obeyed and Zel ran her fingers through the back of her hair to check for evenness. All she needed to do was think of a way to make Julie come without Julie immediately assuming her mother was trying to ruin her life. Not an easy task. — Sarah Beth Durst

I can't be bound by a past self I don't remember. — Sarah Beth Durst

You'll never make it through life if you let irrational fears freeze you all the time. — Sarah Beth Durst

Plans fall apart and time moves on. — Sarah Beth Durst

Point is, I invented me ... maybe as a reaction to them ... definitely as a reaction to them. I am myself in spite of my memories. — Sarah Beth Durst

Promise the dragon won't eat me."The dragon spoke. "I wouldn't dream of it, little Key. You are not flavored to my liking."
"Somehow I don't feel reassured," she said. — Sarah Beth Durst

Her kind was supposed to be irresistibly alluring to humans. She was the humanoid equivalent of a Venus flytrap. — Sarah Beth Durst

That's brilliant."
"I thought so. But I'm glad you agree. It will make this journey much more pleasant if you are impressed with my brilliance. — Sarah Beth Durst

I am myself in spite of my memories." -Aunt Nicki — Sarah Beth Durst