“You're alive, Bianca. You still can't appreciate what it means, to be alive. It's better than being a vampire - better than anything else in the world. I remember a little of waht being alive was like, and if I could touch that again, even for a day, it would be worth anything in the world. Even dying again, forever. All the centuries I've known and all the marvels I've seen don't compare to being alive." ~from Evernight, by” IfsWorldMeanLittlesStillsWould BeRememberKnownForeverAliveCenturyDyingAppreciateVampireCompareIf I Could Author:Claudia Gray
“It’s funny—when people call you “shy,” they usually smile. Like it’s cute, some funny little habit you’ll grow out of when you’re older, like the gaps in your grin when your baby teeth fall out. If they knew how it felt—really being shy, not just unsure at first—they wouldn’t smile. Not if they knew how the feeling knots up your stomach or makes your palms sweat or robs you of the ability to say anything that makes sense. It’s not cute at all.” PeopleIfsFirstsLittlesFeelingsFallGrowsFeltAbilityBabyHabitTeethMake SenseCuteShyGapsStomachSweatSay AnythingPalmsKnotsUnsureBeing ShyBaby Teeth Author:Claudia Gray
“It was as if something snapped in two deep inside me. My parents-- the people I’d loved the most in the world, the ones I’d always told all my secrets to, the ones I’d wanted to hide with far away from the rest of the world. They had lied, and I couldn’t imagine why. It couldn’t possibly matter why.” PeopleIfsWorldTwoMatterWantedParentSecretImagineFar AwayLiedDeep Inside Author:Claudia Gray
“That buy is totally cracked out," Vic said one day, as we walked past Balthazar in the great hall. I don't think he's on alything." I didn't mean, for real. If he was cracked out for real, he'd probably be having more fun, right?" Vic shrugged. "Balty looks like he's not having any fun. He looks like he never had any. Like he wouldn't know fun if it started dancing around yelling 'I'm fun' in his face.” IfsThinkingKnowsLooksMeanSaidRealPastFacesFunOne DayDancingHallsCrackedYelling Author:Claudia Gray
“I guess it's hard, being apart all the time." "It really is. If Lucas were still here, everything would be different." Vic's smile turned smug. "Yeah, I'd have a roommate who could beat me at chess instead of the other way around." Ranulf never looked up from the chessboard. "I hear your insults and plan to silence them with my victory." "Keep dreaming," Vic called.” IfsWayStillsDifferentHardDreamWould BeSilencePlansVictoryBeatsYeahChessInsultRoommateKeep Dreaming Author:Claudia Gray
“Good Soldiers don't sacrifice the cause for love - Lucas If the cause isn't love then it isn't worth the sacrifice” IfsCausesSacrificeSoldierGood Soldiers Author:Claudia Gray
“Hear me out. Would you eat a hamburger if there was any chance it could punch you in the face? - How is a hamburger supposed to punch me in the face? Just say that it can. Would you bother? Or would you eat something else?” IfsFacesChanceBotherHamburgers Author:Claudia Gray
“If you loved someone, you couldn’t let lies come between you. No matter what happened—even if you’d already lost each other forever—you owed each other the truth.” IfsLoveMatterRomanceLyingLostForeverHappenedNo Matter WhatInspirational Love Author:Claudia Gray
“The only one taking a risk here is me, if I get too attached to you. It’s not risky for you, as long as you’re not confused either.” “I’m not.” “Of course you aren’t.” A small smile played on Balthazar’s lips.” IfsLongCoursesRiskLipsConfused Author:Claudia Gray
“Is this what it means to die? Lucas thought. Because I’m not scared of it anymore. Not if it means I finally get this close to you.” IfsMeanDiesScared Author:Claudia Gray
“I’ll never die", he said. Before I could protest, Lucas put two fingers on my lips, his smile seemed to fill the room with lights and I realized he was telling a deeper kind of truth then I’d ever known before “You’ll live forever and being remembered by you is the only immortality I’ll ever need if I only live on as a part of you – Bianca, that’s my idea of heaven” IfsNeedsKindSaidTwoIdeasLightDiesHeavenRoomsKnownForeverFingersLipsDeeperI RealizedRememberedImmortalityProtestLive ForeverHis Smile Author:Claudia Gray
“You'll live forever, and being remembered by is the only immortality I'll ever need. If i only live on as a part of you--Bianca, that's my idea of Heaven” IfsNeedsIdeasHeavenForeverRememberedImmortalityLive Forever Author:Claudia Gray
“Nobody else will ever be able to save me if I’m not fighting as hard as I can to save myself.” IfsLifeI CanHardAbleFightingSave Me Author:Claudia Gray
“You should go." "I can't." "Because you want to stare at the monster?" Alec's green eyes blaze, but with a wholly human fire now. "Or because you pity me?" I couldn't guess which possibility he loathes more. I fold my arms. "I can't leave because the door's locked. Believe me, I would've gone hours ago if I could have." "Oh. Of course." Then he looks so abashed--so boyish, and so handsome--that I almost want to laugh.” IfsWantShouldBelieveHumansLooksI CanEyeCoursesHoursLaughingGoneFireDoorsPossibilityArmsGreenMonstersPityStaringIf I CouldLockedBelieve In MeHandsomeFoldsLoatheGreen EyesBoyish Author:Claudia Gray
“It’s less as if he sees me and more as if . . . something happens to him.” IfsHappens Author:Claudia Gray
“You’re strong enough to stand up to anyone. Smart enough to do anything you want. Don’t sell yourself short; don’t be afraid of what your new life is going to offer. Because I know—if there’s any justice in this world, good things are going to come to you. Better things than you ever dreamed.” IfsKnowsWorldWantEnoughLife IsStrongJusticeThis WorldOffersSmartSellsGood ThingsNew LifeStrong EnoughYourself Short Author:Claudia Gray
“Even if that were true, it wouldn't be irony," Lucas pointed out. "Irony is the contrast between what's said and what happens.” IfsSaidHappensIronyContrast Author:Claudia Gray
“Balthazar was the kind of guy who used totally correct spelling and punctuation even when he was texting, which was sort of bizarrely hot. She was in serious trouble if commas could get her going.” IfsKindUsedGuyTroubleSeriousHotSpellingPunctuationTexting Book:Balthazar Source: Balthazar
“Lucas," I repeated. "I know you can hear me. The guy I love is still in there. Come back to me." Once again longed for the release of tears. "Death couldn't keep me from you. And it can't keep you from me, not if you don't let it.” IfsKnowsStillsGuyLove IsTearsReleaseCome Back To Me Author:Claudia Gray
“He breathed out, not quite a laugh or a sob. "God, yes. Bianca, I love you so much. Even if I never see you again, even if we walk out of here into an ambush you set up with your parents, I am always going to love you.” IfsParentWalksLaughingLove YouYou AgainLove You So MuchI Love You So MuchAmbush Author:Claudia Gray
