Matute Tour Quotes & Sayings

Is this the girl?" Kieran's voice was very different: It sounded like waves sliding up the shore. Like warm water under pale light. It was seductive, with an edge of cold. He looked at Emma as if she were a new kind of flower, one he wasn't sure he liked. "She's pretty," he said. "I didn't think she'd be pretty. You didn't mention it."
Iarlath shrugged. "You've always been partial to blondes," he said.
"Okay, seriously?" Emma snapped her fingers. "I am right here. And I was not aware I was being invited to a game of 'Who's the Hottest?'"
I wasn't aware you were invited at all," said Kieran. His speech had a casual edge, as if he was used to talking to humans.
"Rude," said Emma. — Cassandra Clare

Queens and goddesses forget nothing, except when it suits them. — Sara Donati

He smelled like leather and woodsmoke. He smelled like a fire burning. — Sierra Simone

She had abruptly flipped from the southern belle and was now putting on the extremely businesslike air of those perfectionist women who'd only worked in the professional world for two or three years before stopping to have children and were now terrified of not being taken seriously. — Rebecca Makkai

We don't choose the books we write; they choose us. — Miriam Toews

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis. — Dalai Lama

The sunlight blinded her. She felt purified by its rays. She had been in the dark for so long, and in so many ways.
Children of Ankh series — Kim Cormack

Venture capitalists make money by buying shares in companies and subsequently selling those shares for more than the original investment. It's a simple game fraught with complexities. — Bill Snow

For life be, after all, only a waitin' for somethin' else than what we're doin'; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. — Bram Stoker