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Wayfarer (Passenger, #2) QUOTES

Wayfarer (Passenger, #2) QUOTES

1 " I'm not... I'm not without a heart,' he heard Sophia say, her chin raised, eyes straight ahead. 'I'm not. I just don't have the luxury of being soft. I am trying to survive. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

2 " If I could pluck this moment out of time and keep us here forever, I would. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

3 " Because one moment in life does not define a person," Li Min said. "Without mistakes and misjudgments we would stagnate. It is no shameful thing to be beaten when outnumbered, not when you were brave enough to try. Nor is a scar or injury something to despair over, for it is a mark that you were strong enough to survive. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

4 " «Perché non è un momento solo della vita a definire una persona», rispose Li Min. «Senza errori, senza sbagliare i calcoli, rimarremmo immobili. Non è una cosa vergognosa essere battuti da numeri superiori, non quando hai avuto almeno abbastanza coraggio da provarci. E una cicatrice o una ferita non devono farti disperare, perché sono il segnale che sei stata abbastanza forte da sopravvivere.» "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

5 " Half the men worship at her feet; the other half have already proposed marriage, including young Jack, who has sworn to his dear 'miss' that he'll be true if she'll only wait a few more years for him. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

6 " Stop trying to make me feel better,” Sophia ordered. “It won’t work. I’m determined to be angry and guilty about this for at least another two days, and then again when I’m punching your corpse. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

7 " Why would I ever search out someone who abandoned me? Someone who had no regard for any of us, who ran because he’s too much of a damn coward to stand up to his family! "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

8 " Se potessi estrarre questo istante dallo scorrere del tempo e tenerci qui per sempre, lo farei. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

9 " We are, all of us, on our own journeys. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

10 " The things which are denied to us in life will never create a cage for our souls. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

11 " I understand. There is the journey you make through the world—the one that aches and sings. We come together with others to make our way and survive its trials,” she said. “But we are, all of us, also wayfarers on a greater journey, this one without end, each of us searching for the answers to the unspoken questions of our hearts. Take comfort, as I have, in knowing that, while we must travel it alone, this journey rewards goodness, and will prove that the things which are denied to us in life will never create a cage for our souls.” Nicholas "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

12 " Name the horizon, and it’s ours.”
By the time the auditorium doors opened, they were gone "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

13 " Mind the hour, mind the date, and find that path which does not run straight. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

14 " One day they will name a plague for you,” he said.
“Hopefully a particularly nasty one,” she answered. “A girl can dream. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

15 " All cities are jealous of Paris, but Prague is the envy of Paris. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

16 " The worth is in the fight, not the conquest. Do not give up. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

17 " He was staring down another loss, and, though he had to be logical, though he knew her to be logical, he saw the stricken look of betrayal on her face, and all of those arguments threatened to fly away from him. What was history anyway but the lies of the winning few? Why was it worth protecting, when it forgot the starving child under siege, the slave woman on her deathbed, the man lost at sea? It was an imperfect record written by a biased hand, diluted to garner the most agreement from competing parties. He was tempted to see her point, to imagine that she could realign the past and present and future into something beautiful. God, if anyone was capable of it, it would be her. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

18 " I understand. There is the journey you make through the world—the one that aches and stings. We come together with others to make our way and survive its trials," she said. "But we are, all of us, also wayfarers on a greater journey, this one without end, each of us searching for the answers to the unspoken questions of our hearts. Take comfort, as I have, in knowing that, while we must travel it alone, this journey rewards goodness, and will prove that the things which are denied to us in life will never create a cage for our souls. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

19 " There was something else that Hall used to say–that life itself was uncertainty, and the only remedy to its madness was to act boldly. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

20 " Nicholas wondered briefly if it was his destiny to be surrounded by women possessing varying degrees of murderous intent. "

― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)