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Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2) QUOTES

Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2) QUOTES

1 " Fer in our dreams we find ourselves. Who we were. Who we are. Who we can become. Sleep. Dream. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

2 " There are some people, she says, not many, who have within them the power to change things. The courage to act in the service of somethin greater than themselves. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

3 " I weep fer the livin. I weep fer the dead. I weep fer the yet to be born. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

4 " This might not mean much to you right now, but fer what it's worth, I'll tell you. Maybe I know better'n most. Life ain't black an white. People ain't neether. Family, friends, lovers. It's all a lot more complicated. The longer I live, the more I see, the less I know fer sure. Especially when it comes to matters of the heart. So dry yer tears. Whoever he is, he won't be cryin over you. Men never do. That's the one thing I do know fer sure. Now, muck up them boots a bit. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

5 " There's some wounds that run too deep to be seen. They're the most dangerous. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

6 " Maybe I did mean to kill myself. I didn't think it outright but...maybe the truth is, I didn't--I don't--much care one way or th'other. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

7 " The mask's back in place. The heard-it-all smile. The seen-it-all eyes. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

8 " But tears don't bring back the dead. I learned that. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

9 " We like to think we’re in charge of our own lives, but we ain’t. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

10 " My heart breaks. I hear it break. I feel it. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

11 " We're bein cut asunder, Lugh an me.
Bit
By bit.
An it makes me think.
It makes me wonder.
Is this how he feels when he sees me with Jack? Do I look at Jack the way Lugh looks at Maev?
Helpess.
Throat bared.
Hopeless. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

12 " I know it's selfish of me to even think of sayin this. You deserve a guy who'll... pluck the stars from the sky and lay 'em at yer feet. I'm the kinda guy who'd step on 'em on my way out the door. I ain't got nuthin to offer you. He takes my hands in his. I jest want you to know that... How I feel about you ain't changed. No. That ain't true. It has changed. It's grown stronger. He touches my face. You run deep in me Saba. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

13 " The power of a red dress. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

14 " The rain rains "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

15 " Then Jack. Tellin me, farewell not goodbye, I’ll see you out west an – oh, by the way – yer in my blood, Saba. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

16 " It's always bin a bloody world, she says. Only nowadays, some people's blood is better than others. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

17 " Believe it or not, missy, back in my salad days, I was what we called a gay blade, he says. Had a fine manly figger. I had dash an charm an... oh, I was devilish handsome, no word of a lie. Females flocked to me, helpless moths to my deadly flame.
There you go, says Em. You jest need to scrub up some. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

18 " All the time I’ve knowed you, Jack, you kept the door to that heart of yers locked up tight an the key hid away. Looks like she found it.
He says nothing. Molly waits. Then:
Keys ain’t her style, he says. She kicked the door down. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

19 " Don’t you dare walk away from this, Jack, don’t you dare, Molly says fiercely. Most people don’t ever feel what yer feeling. Be with her. An if it lasts one hour, one night, a week a month, it don’t matter. Be with her, burn with her, shine with her… fer whatever time’s given to you. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)

20 " You couldn't find nobody more pig-headed if you tried, he says. An she's always thinkin she knows best, even when she don't, especially when she don't. She's prickly and stubborn an everythin you'd put at the bottom of a list if you was makin a... a list of that kind. Which I aint. I didn't.
But? says Molly.
But ohmigawd Molly, she shines so bright, he says. The fire of life burns so strong in her. I never realized till I met her... I bin cold my whole life, Moll.
I know, she says softly.
It's jest that... aw, hell. She thinks I'm a better man than I really am.
Well, yer a better man than you think you are. "

― Moira Young , Rebel Heart (Dust Lands, #2)