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1 " What I didn't know until right this very minute was how growing up happens in little surges. We grow up in moments - when we encounter such stupidities in ourselves that our only choice is to grow past them or into them. Maybe that's why some kids grow up too fast and others not at all. "
― Natalie C. Parker , Behold the Bones (Beware the Wild, #2)
2 " He speaks in a way that leaves no room for argument, on the edge of condescension and caring. It's a trick all men of the South have to learn before they're accepted as one of the good ol' boys. "
― Natalie C. Parker , Beware the Wild (Beware the Wild, #1)
3 " Secrets are never so dangerous as when they've been forgotten. "
4 " You will always fail to lose me. "
― Natalie C. Parker , Steel Tide (Seafire, #2)
5 " She wanted it so keenly that a spark of hope wedged between her ribs like one of those stars, glimmering against all reason. "
6 " The rules don't keep us safe Caledonia. We keep one another safe. If you'd trust us to do that, we wouldn't need rules at all. "
― Natalie C. Parker , Seafire (Seafire, #1)
7 " Never underestimate the girls of this world. "
8 " Remember when they call you girl, they're trying to tell you something. They're trying to tell you that they're more than you, that the body you're in makes you less. But you know, and I know, that you're exactly what you need to be. "
9 " She loved as fiercely as she fought. And she mourned as deeply as she loved. "
10 " When I want a kiss, I will be the one to take it. "
11 " We grow up in moments - when we encounter such stupidities in ourselves that our only choice is to grow past them or into them. "
12 " Sometimes, a story catches you the way a hunter snares its prey. And suddenly, things you thought you could ignore become the burning center of your world. "
13 " There is a difference between something being known and something being said. "
14 " Just because there are bad things behind someone doesn’t mean they only have bad things inside them. "
15 " She laughs again. It's such a delightful and proper sound that I sit up straighter. I should have a cup of tea in my hand to go with that laugh. "
16 " Give me high-impact love that makes me stronger that I am. Or give me nothing at all. "
17 " Sometimes, we believe things without meaning to. "
18 " Remember, when they call you girl, they’re trying to tell you something. They’re trying to tell you that they’re more than you, that the body you’re in makes you less. But you know, and I know, that you’re exactly what you need to be. "
19 " More than anyone, she knew the difference between broken for good and broken for now. "
20 " The thing about family is sometimes you don't have to ask us to do stupid things, and sometimes you don't get to tell us we can't. "
