Stacey Kade Quotes & Sayings

Do you have any idea who Erin was kissing?"
"Yeah, so we'll brush out teeth really, really thoroughly afterwards," I said, bumping her nose with mine gently. I wasn't going to let anyone spoil this moment. — Stacey Kade

She shrugged and flipped her glossy hair behind her shoulders. "What else do you have to do with your time besides think about stuff like this? It's not like you're real heavy into extracurriculars. Besides, you're all, like, goth and into the dead, right?"
Alona Dare, queen of the insult-compliment. "Wow. Thanks. Anyone ever tell you you're good with people?"
She frowned. "No."
"Good. I'm not goth."
"Your hair is black, you have piercings, you wear black all the time and act all freaky-"
"My hair is naturally this color. I have three earings in one ear, that's it. This shirt" -I tugged at the fabric across my chest- "is navy blue, and if I act weird all the time, it's because of ghosts like you. — Stacey Kade

I suspected those people were seeking to make sense of the world by turning her into a cautionary tale, the lesson being, look both ways. And don't be such a bitch. — Stacey Kade

So what did it matter where she came from? Who-or what-her parents were? Everyone's family was messed up in some way including my own. And she was still the same Ariane. - Zane, page 400 — Stacey Kade

Not five minutes after Alona had vanished through the far wall of my bedroom, my mom had poked her head in my room to say good night, and let's face it, probably check up on me. Her face was glowing with happiness. She must have had a good time Sam at the movies. Where I was absolutely sure they did nothing but actually watch the movie, and refused to believe any evidence to the contrary. It was too ... weird. — Stacey Kade

I couldn't loose somebody else like that, without even the chance to say good-bye. Not again. Not her. — Stacey Kade

Sorry, maybe this is the head injury talking, but ... what? — Stacey Kade

It's called a near-death experience. You should try it sometime," I said sweetly. "Maybe without the 'near'. — Stacey Kade

My mother's voice intruded on a dream in which a large animated eggplant named Bob teetered on the edge of a cliff with thoughts of suicide and Parmesan. — Stacey Kade

I'd ended up sprawled across his chest, which was actually broader than it looked. Navy blue is a slimming colour, I guess. — Stacey Kade

It's hard to know you'll never be enough just because you're not someone else. — Stacey Kade

Just thinking."
"Why start now? — Stacey Kade

Would Alona be gone before I even got a chance to say good-bye? A real good-bye? One last kiss and the chance to tell her that she'd made my life better even as she'd made me crazy? That we were better together than I would ever be by myself, but that because of her, I would be okay? Not great, but okay, and I owed that all to her?
No. I needed to see her one last time. — Stacey Kade

Now this... this is why humans did such stupid things for love. To feel this heady sense of belonging and connection, this temporary abatement of perpetual loneliness. — Stacey Kade

Reginald, the dog-bear," I repeated.
"Or bear-dog," she reminded me.
"That's terrible," I said in mock solemnity. "He's already not sure what he is- a dog, a bear ... a bog ... "
She giggled.
"And then you tag him with the name Reginald?" I shook my head. — Stacey Kade

I whispered, taking advantage of her momentary distraction to try to adjust the front of my pants. If I had to run now, I'd be in big trouble. — Stacey Kade

Over the years, I'd seen all kinds of smiles from her. The kind designed to make all the blood drain from your head and gather behind your zipper ... — Stacey Kade

I was going, going, gone-like falling off the side of a cliff in the movies-until I managed to find a foothold and stop myself. But who knew how long it would last? That bit of rock or vine always gives out, doesn't it? The only question was when. — Stacey Kade

The truth is, it's really only okay to be yourself if that self is within an accepted range of 'normal'. — Stacey Kade

Teachers, parents, guidance counselors ... all of them are always pushing this crap about how it's okay to be different, just be yourself. Don't give in to peer pressure, blah, blah, blah. The truth is, it's really only okay to be yourself if that self is within an accepted range of "normal." You like soccer instead of basketball, Johnny? Well, okay, I guess, so long as you still like sports. What's that, Susie, you want to wear the blue sweater instead of the red? You know we're all about expressing individuality here ... so long as it's still a sweater. — Stacey Kade

This girl who equally drove me crazy and made me care about her more than I should. She was the only one who understood. The only one who could help make what I was more bearable, even if she occasionally tortured me in the process. — Stacey Kade

What is that phrase the kids use today? Oh, yeah. You're his bitch, his spirit-world bitch — Stacey Kade

There's always that one thing, right? A particular action that is your own personal line in the sand. The nuclear threat you keep in your back pocket, never even mentioning it because it will escalate any conflict beyond the chance of reconciliation.
And yet, here I was, declaring war, turning that line in the sand into a mere dot in the distance behind me. — Stacey Kade

And no, I think i'm better than you because I am better than you. — Stacey Kade

The trouble with rules, though, is that you'll always be tempted to break one- for the right reasons, due to unavoidable circumstances, because it feels as if there's no other choice. And once you break one, the rest seem like so much broken glass. The damage is already done. — Stacey Kade

You are more than someone's experiment, more than Dr. Jacobs' brain child," he whispered fiercely. "You have a right to want things for yourself, Ariane, to see yourself as a person. How do I get you to believe that? — Stacey Kade

What are you doing, meditating?"
"No, I'm trying to calm down so I don't kick your ass," she said through clenched teeth. — Stacey Kade

Have some pride, will ya? Begging someone to like you is so pathetic. — Stacey Kade

Trust me, you see the dead walking around, you learn not to scream, laugh, or piss yourself pretty quickly. — Stacey Kade

It might have been my human side clamoring for blood, or my alien side looking for a chance to exercise strategic dominance over a lesser life form. Either way, I was going to win. — Stacey Kade

I resisted the urge to point out that since Alona was already technically dead, it wouldn't really be homicide. I do have some sense of self-preservation. — Stacey Kade

No. Not a death wish. Just very little left to lose. — Stacey Kade

Pretending to feel something you don't can often lead you to the real thing, in some form. — Stacey Kade

I think, uh, I might be in love with you, I said, my voice sounding gruff and awkward even to my own ears. — Stacey Kade

What happened to you?" she asked.
"Ben was feeling artistic. Wanted to rearrange my face. — Stacey Kade

People did crazy things for love. And being responsible for someone else's feelings like that felt powerful and terrifying. As if I'd been given some delicate and fragile object to carry over rocky and uneven terrain with shaky hands. — Stacey Kade

I couldn't figure out how the system worked. And maybe that was the point. If you aren't sure how it works, it's a lot harder to game it. — Stacey Kade

That was, in fact, my life. A whole series of reasonable lies. — Stacey Kade

My father always said never offer a choice if there's only one right answer — Stacey Kade

Three days isn't that long to go without human contact, unless everyone you touch turns your insides into a cold, shaky mess. Then it feels like forever ... and touching Will Killian actually felt pretty good. — Stacey Kade

Killian wasn't dead. He just dressed like it. — Stacey Kade

What was the point, I had to wonder, of fighting so hard to learn to protect my life if I was destroying it in the process? — Stacey Kade

I thought for sure you were going straight to hell. — Stacey Kade

I leaned back to look at her, seeing only her, this girl who was Ally but also Alona, and who bore a resemblance to a friend i'd once had but was someone new. Someone i could live without, but didn't want to — Stacey Kade

You better smile, or we're toast," I said. "Everything about you screams social malcontent with a grudge and a trunk full of weapons. — Stacey Kade

Yeah. Having a corporeal form was way less of a party when you had to think of other people's feelings. Ha. Welcome to my world. — Stacey Kade

Nice. I like a little desperation in
a guy. It builds character. — Stacey Kade

But I was beginning to think the real problem might be that who I was was just not good enough. — Stacey Kade

So it turns out that late-night flashes of brilliance often look a little less brilliant in the bright light of morning. — Stacey Kade

My shirt is gray," I pointed out. "You've expanded my fashion horizons dramatically. I wear three colours now. — Stacey Kade

My mouth fell open, and I swear, I got chills. He'd actually done it. He'd told his mom no. Somewhere along the line, Will Killian had grown a mother-proof spine. — Stacey Kade

Great. Not only do I have an angry spirit guide, but an angry spirit guide with a vindictive streak and an unnatural knowledge of show tunes. Better and better already. — Stacey Kade

It said something about how much the soul or spirit in charge mattered. — Stacey Kade

Why? What happened to her? Did you get her pregnant? Shove her down a flight of stairs? Help her evil twin abduct her and take her to Mexico for some face altering plastic surgery? — Stacey Kade

God, buses are so ugly when you see them that close. — Stacey Kade

I know who you are, no matter what you look like, he said quietly, surprising me. — Stacey Kade

At least I graduated," he muttered, stabbing the key in and unlocking the door.
I sucked in a breath. "I think dying was a little out of my control, thank you very much."
"If you say so". He shrugged, but I saw the corner of his mouth turn up into a faint smile. — Stacey Kade

From what I'd witnessed, Alona Dare was single minded, determined, and ruthless. If high school was a zoo, she was the lioness running the hunt on the hapless tourists who'd wandered into the wrong enclosure. — Stacey Kade

At least Madame Selena had her own building ... about sixteen inches from the edge of the highway, but still. And she had a turban. Say what you will, but it certainly added an air of mystery to her, like what, exactly, she was hiding under it. — Stacey Kade