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The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1) QUOTES

The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1) QUOTES

1 " That's what we all want, isn't it? Power without price. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

2 " Schizo. It didn't matter how many times Dr. Gill compared it to a disease or physical disability, it wasn't the same thing. It just wasn't. I had schizophrenia. If I saw two guys on the sidewalk, one in a wheelchair and one talking talking to himself, which would I rush to open a door for, and which would I cross the road to avoid? "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

3 " Why is it that every time a girl says a guy is bothering her, it's fluffed off with oh, he just likes you, as if that makes it okay? "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

4 " If I was crazy, would I know it? That's what being crazy was, wasn't it? You thought you were fine. Everyone else knew better. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

5 " I'm behind you." I spun to see Derek. "I can't win," he said. "You're as skittish as a kitten. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

6 " Wow. The guy can make me feel stupid even when he's telling me I don't have to let him make me feel stupid. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

7 " Oh, for God's sake. Save your piss. Don't save your piss. It's all the same to me. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

8 " He wore sweatpants and a T-shirt and had stopped in the middle of the hall, furiously scratching one bare forearm. "Fleas?" I said. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

9 " That's what being crazy was, wasn't it? You thought you were fine. Everyone else knew better. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

10 " He said "cool" like I say a Spanish word when I'm not sure of the pronunciation. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

11 " It's because when we sneeze, our soul flies out our nose and if no one says 'bless you,' the devil can snatch it. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

12 " Cleavage is great," she said. "Like an extra pocket. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

13 " Tori joined us for dinner --in body, at least. She spent the meal practicing for a role in the next zombie movie, expressionless, methodically moving fork to mouth, sometimes even with food on it. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

14 " Don't talk to the crazy kids. I longed to shout back that we weren't crazy. I'd mistaken her kid for a ghost, that's all. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

15 " Guess it didn't matter if it was a group home or summer camp, guys and their stomachs didn't change. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

16 " Mommy forgot to warn the new babysitter about the basement. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

17 " Normal.Un cuvant atat de simplu,banal.Ciudat cum stralucea acum,ca un inel de alama pe un carusel, sclipind de promisiuni,atat de aproape,dar cu neputinta de atins. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

18 " Sunt ca un catelus pe care i l-a lasat cineva pe care l-a iubit foarte mult si se cazneste sa faca tot ce trebuie, chiar daca el unul nu se da in vant dupa catei. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

19 " Just stay still, if you stay still it can't find you. That's sharks, you idiot. Sharks and dinosaurs. This isn't Jurassic Park. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

20 " I let out a laugh that sounded more like the yip of a startled poodle. "Superp-powers? I wish. My powers aren't winning me a slot on the Cartoon Network anytime soon... except as a comic relief. Ghost Whisperer Junior. Or Ghost Screamer, more like it. Tune in, every week, as Chloe Saunders runs screaming from yet another ghost looking for her help."
Okay, superpower might be pushing it. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)