Home / Books / The Line

The Line

Book by Teri Hall · 7 quotes · Teri Hall, Humor, The Line

Browse quotes from The Line.

Book detail: The Line is presented as a focused source page for quotations connected with this book, collection, transcript, or source record.

Browse quotes from The Line.

The quotes below use the same card format as the rest of the site, including topics, source notes, copy actions, image creation, and sharing controls.

Filter quotes by topic

All Teri Hall Humor The Line Band Geeks Bravery Cats Drumline Fear High School Line Looks Magical Realism Metaphor Mothers Novel Pathik Sheep Surrealism Young Adult Young Adult Fiction

The Line Quotes

“Don't you see? You can't be brave without being afraid. The brave ones are always afraid. But they do what they must, even so.”

Fear Bravery Teri Hall The Line

Book:The Line

Source: The Line

“Half asleep, he wondered whether that might not have been his happiest day ever, the last, perfect day swelling with the immensity of his secret intent, secret creation—the day before everything changed—the day before he realized, for the first time, yet with absolute finality, just how small his private immensity really was when measured against that other vast, dark, impersonal immensity, call it God, or history, or simply life.”

Novel Magical Realism Surrealism

Book:The Line

Source: The Line

“For while Pushkin had enjoyed watching the young man’s words drift by, Irina’s consciousness had closed upon them like the jaws of a trap. With an audible snap, she had taken hold and had no intention of letting go. In fact, so tight was her grip on the young man’s arguments that, should he ever want them back, he would have to gnaw through his own phrases the way a wolf in a trap gnaws through its ankle.”

Metaphor

Book:The Line

Source: The Line

“That's your mom, right?" Pathik smiled. "She looks nicer than she did when she was dragging you away the other night.”

Humor Mothers Teri Hall The Line Pathik

Book:The Line

Source: The Line

“Sophomore Lucy Karate took a deep breath and concentrated her moss green eyes on the black squiggles in front of her. The sheet music on the page was exactly the same it had been for the past ten months. The difference wasn’t the music; it was the day. This was the day before auditions – her last opportunity to practice before her fate for the next school year was ultimately decided.”

High School Young Adult Young Adult Fiction Drumline Band Geeks

Book:The Line

Source: The Line

“Look, we need to make time, but we also need to be somewhat quiet." She faced him. "I am being quiet!" Pathik held a finger up to his lips. "Seriously. Quite. You don't really want to attract a lot of attention out here if you can help it." Rachel didn't like the sound of that. "Are there sheep-cats?”

Humor Sheep Cats Line Teri Hall

Book:The Line

Source: The Line

“Rachel had decided he WAS handsome during their hike to the camp. Though the way he kept telling her to speak more quietly or to look where she was going was annoying. By the time they finally got there, she was beginning to think his looks were his only good attribute.”

Looks Humor Teri Hall The Line

Book:The Line

Source: The Line