Quotessence
Home / Authors / Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Jennifer Lynn Barnes Quotes

Author

Filter quotes by topic

AllJennifer Lynn BarnesThe NaturalsThe Inheritance GamesAll InAvery GrambsJameson HawthorneLoveMggGrayson HawthorneSloane

Famous Jennifer Lynn Barnes Quotes

“Sometimes you have an idea of a person — about who they are, about what you'd be like together. But sometimes that's all that it is: an idea. And for so long, I have been afraid that I loved the idea of Emily more than I will ever be capable of loving anyone real.” He looked at me like the act of doing so was painful and sweet. “It was never just the idea of you, Avery.”

Avery GrambsGrayson HawthorneAverygrayson
Book:The Final Gambit
Create image

“Sometimes you have an idea of a person — about who they are, about what you'd be like together. But sometimes that's all that it is: an idea. And for so long, I have been afraid that I loved the idea of Emily more than I will ever be capable of loving anyone real.” He looked at me like the act of soing so was painful and sweet. “It was never just the idea of you, Avery.”

Avery GrambsGrayson HawthorneAverygrayson
Book:The Final Gambit
Create image

“I need this,' Xander said into the microphone. 'You need this. We all need this. Nash, I’ve cued up the Taylor Swift for you. Jameson, get ready to break out those dance moves because this stage is calling your name, and we all know that your hips are utterly incapable of falsehood. And as for Grayson…' Xander paused. 'Where is Gray?' 'Grayson Hawthorne skipping out on karaoke?' Libby said. 'I’m shocked, I tell you. Shocked.' 'Gray has a voice so deep and smooth that you will shed literal tears as he sings something so old school that you will come to believe he spent the 1950s wearing the most dapper of suits and hanging out with his bestie, Frank Sinatra,' Xander swore.”

KaraokeJameson HawthorneGrayson HawthorneAvery Kylie GrambsXander HawthorneThe Final GambitNash Hawthorne
Book:The Final Gambit
Create image

“All of us had a way of regaining the control that life had taken away from us. For Sloane, it was numbers. For Lia, it was keeping her true self buried beneath layers of lies. Michael intentionally provoked anger instead of waiting for someone else’s fuse to blow. Dean did everything he could to keep his emotions in check. And I use knowing things about people as an excause to keep them from knowing me.”

Jennifer Lynn BarnesThe NaturalsBad BloodCassie Hobbes
Book:Bad Blood
Create image

“What I really needed wasn't a dose of school spirit; it was a glass of water, an aspirin the size of my fist, and the answers to the history exam that I hadn't studied for the night before. "As long as I'm dreaming," I muttered, my words lost to the cacophony of the gym, "I'd also like a pony, a convertible, and a couple of friends." "That's a tall order." I'd known that there were people sitting next to me, but I couldn't begin to imagine how one of them had heard me. I hadn't even heard me. "Would you settle for a piece of gum, an orange Tic Tac, and an introduction the the school slut?”

SarcasmDreamingNew Friends
Book:Every Other Day
Create image