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Caragh M. O'Brien QUOTES

1 " Home was more about people than a place. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , Ruled (Birthmarked, #2.5)

2 " It isn't always easy between us. I admit that. But it's still right between us, always. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , Prized (Birthmarked, #2)

3 " When you decide something's right, there's nothing that can stop you from doing it. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , Birthmarked (Birthmarked, #1)

4 " Dream hard. Work harder. Shine. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , The Vault of Dreamers (The Vault of Dreamers, #1)

5 " I don’t know what I’d do without you, Leon.”

And there it was. That unlocking inside him. That thing only she could do to him. That was why he had come. Why he would always come.

Marry me, he thought. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , Ruled (Birthmarked, #2.5)

6 " Please put your shirt on,” she said.

He pulled it over his head, checking the buttons. “Better?”

She looked exhausted, and happy, and too bighearted to believe. So why did he still feel anguished? He grabbed her around the waist and pulled her onto his lap.

“Hey!” She laughed, hugging an arm around him.

He snuggled his nose in her hair and kissed her neck. Mine, he thought.

“They’ll see,” she muttered.

They’d better. “Let them. It’s legal.”

She laughed again and quickly kissed him. Finally. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , Ruled (Birthmarked, #2.5)

7 " Are we napping?” she asked.

“For a little,” he said.

He wasn’t napping. He concentrated every cell of his body on memorizing the weight of her against him, and the smell of her hair in the sun. His arms measured the slender curve of her torso. His fingers separated out a single strand of her hair. Her breathing slowed, easing, while his watchful heart chugged on, stupid and hungry, and the red bracelet stayed in his pocket. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , Ruled (Birthmarked, #2.5)

8 " Why did you come?” Gaia asked, passing over his shirt.

“I wanted to see you,” he said.

“That’s all? No problem with the crims or anything?”

It seemed like so long ago that he’d left the crims to come into the village to find her. He fingered his shirt, which was all but dry. “No. Just you.”

“You’re awfully untalkative for a guy who came all this way to see me,” she said. He glanced up again, seeing the concern in her eyes when she smiled at him. His loneliness began to thaw.

“You were amazing in there, you know,” he said.

She shook her head, turning his hat in her hands. “I hope I didn’t boss you around too much. I can get a little single-minded.”

“Hardly at all. ‘Take yer boots off and git yerself in here,’” he drawled. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , Ruled (Birthmarked, #2.5)

9 " The rule of mirrors. So many possibilities. We seek until we find a true reflection of ourselves, "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , The Rule of Mirrors (The Vault of Dreamers, #2)

10 " Did Berg teach you?' Orson says.
'No,' I say. He never taught me anything but fear. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , The Keep of Ages (The Vault of Dreamers, #3)

11 " Love is for happy people, not me. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , The Rule of Mirrors (The Vault of Dreamers, #2)

12 " My gaze drifts up again to the break in the wall and the night sky beyond it. 'So why call this the Keep of Ages?' I ask.
'Maybe they hoped it would stand forever,' Linus says. 'It's about timelessness.'
'Immortality,' Burnham says.
I smile. 'Ironic, isn't it, since it's crumbling? "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , The Keep of Ages (The Vault of Dreamers, #3)

13 " There are some things, once they are done, that we can never question, because if we did, we wouldn't be able to go on. And we have to go on, every single day. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , Birthmarked (Birthmarked, #1)

14 " Even the worst feeling, with time and familiarity, became tolerable. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , Birthmarked (Birthmarked, #1)

15 " Would you have this?” the Protectorat hissed at his son.
Rafael's gaze narrowed in a slow inspection while she stared defiantly back. Rafael's gaze faltered, shot briefly toward Leon, and then down. His answer was obvious: no.
And in spite of everything, in the face of all the other more important dangers that threatened her, it still stung that someone, some boy, found her ugly. Gaia burned with sudden hate for all of them.
The Protectorat saw. He smiled slightly.
“I thought not,” said the Protectorat, releasing her with a flick. He turned back toward his family. “I can't thrust her on any family I know, no matter what her genes are. She's a freak, not a hero. I'd rather make a hero out of Myrna Silk.”
Leon had been standing tensely throughout this exchange. “I'd take Gaia,” Leon said, his low voice resonating in the space. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , Birthmarked (Birthmarked, #1)

16 " It isn't always easy between us. I admit that. But it's right between us, always. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , Prized (Birthmarked, #2)

17 " What happened to your face?' he asked. 'When I was little, my grandmother was making candles and she had a big vat of hot beeswax in the backyard,' she said. 'I walked into the vat.' Usually that ended the conversation. 'I don't remember it,' she added. 'How old were you?' he asked. She tilted her face slightly, watching him. 'Ten months.' 'You were walking at ten months?' he asked. 'Not very well, apparently,' she said dryly. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , Birthmarked (Birthmarked, #1)

18 " She’d heard of love triangles before, but a love square? "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , Prized (Birthmarked, #2)

19 " I'd take Gaia," Leon said "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , Birthmarked (Birthmarked, #1)

20 " You look like a decent young man."
Leon didn't smile. "I'm not. "

― Caragh M. O'Brien , Prized (Birthmarked, #2)