Ann Aguirre Quotes - Page 2

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• The whole world is like Whitewall's razors I burst out. It cuts us, and we bleed but there's no purpose to it.

  Ann Aguirre

  Cutting, Purpose, World

  Ann Aguirre (2011). “Enclave”, p.246, Macmillan

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• He's earned a lifetime of peace and happiness, but some people never get what they deserve. That's why there are saints in gutters and sadists in palaces.

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  People, Saint, Gutters

  Ann Aguirre (2009). “Doubleblind”, p.177, Penguin

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• Love sounded terrible if it made you so weak, you couldn't survive with out it.

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  Weak, Made, Terrible

  Ann Aguirre (2012). “Outpost”, p.11, Macmillan

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• I know you have bad news,” I say softly. “I’m ready for it.” But that’s not true. One is never ready. You just lie and say you are and hope you can take the hit on the chin without going down.

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  Lying, News, Ready

  Ann Aguirre (2011). “Aftermath”, p.40, Penguin

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• He's never going to sit at my feet and write me poems, which is good because I hate poetry, except dirty ones that rhyme.

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  Hate, Dirty, Writing

  Ann Aguirre (2008). “Grimspace”, p.273, Penguin

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• Nobility and self-sacrifice sound wonderful in theory, but now he’s seen how it feels. A dead hero is still dead at the end of the day, and you’re still alone.

  Ann Aguirre

  Hero, Sacrifice, Self

  Ann Aguirre (2010). “Killbox”, p.30, Penguin

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• But the world moves on, even when you don’t want it to, even when change feels like the end of everything. It never stops. That’s harsh and magical and somewhat comforting because nothing is immutable, however much we want it to be. Moments cannot be caught like fossils in amber, ever- perfect,ever-beautiful. They go dark and raw, full of shadows, leaving you with the memories. And the world moves on.

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  Beautiful, Memories, Moving

  "Aftermath". Book by Ann Aguirre, August 30, 2011.

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• Because I love you.' It was easy to say it this time now that I understood what it meant. Then I quoted his own words back to him. 'Not just when it's easy. All the time.

  Ann Aguirre

  Love You, Easy, Understood

  Ann Aguirre (2012). “Outpost”, p.256, Macmillan

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• He went in, lean and deadly, and ended the creature with a lightning-fast spike of his blade. It shrieked, likely altering the rest. The death call carried like a mournful song.

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  Song, Lightning, Blades

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• A huntress never stabbed anything she didn't want to.

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  Want, Huntress

  Ann Aguirre (2011). “Enclave”, p.9, Macmillan

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• Right now, I wish I’d stayed because I want you at my side. That sounds pretty selfish, but I don’t mean it that way. You just never needed me that way; I said it to you once as I was leaving—that you love me, but you don’t need me. You don’t lean. But I admire that about you, and I could use some of your strength right now.

  Ann Aguirre

  Selfish, Mean, Leaving

  Ann Aguirre (2011). “Aftermath”, p.98, Penguin

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• For I need this scar over my heart to remind me. Crazy as it sounds, if I can bear the wound on my body, it lessens what I must carry on my soul. How he knew that about me, I cannot fathom.

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  Crazy, Heart, Soul

  Ann Aguirre (2011). “Aftermath”, p.97, Penguin

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• A curve of silver hung amid the brighter specks; it looked to me like a curved dagger, pretty but deadly, as if it might slice the sky in two.

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  Curves, Sky, Two

  Ann Aguirre (2014). “The Razorland Trilogy”, p.130, Macmillan

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• My heart shifted a little in my chest; it seemed to swell and beat against my bones until I couldn't hear.

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  Heart, Littles, Bones

  Ann Aguirre (2011). “Enclave”, p.170, Macmillan

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• Survival feels like cowardice.

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  Survival, Cowardice, Feels

  Ann Aguirre (2011). “Aftermath”, p.17, Penguin

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• But I miss the woman I was, even as I learn to accept the new creature I’ve become.

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  Missing, Accepting, Creatures

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• So I make no effort to hide my pain. I don’t ever put it all on display like this—but for today and all the rest of the days of the trial, I must. My every flinch, every flicker of pain, will be magnified a hundred times over, then dissected by the pundits and talking heads. But I’m told it’s necessary; the world needs to see me vulnerable and wounded. I cannot appear not to care or to lack remorse, but that removes a crucial component of my self- defense mechanism and leaves me bleeding for all the world to see. I suppose that’s rather the point.

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  Pain, Self, Talking

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• For love to flourish there has to be trust. Promises don’t matter as much as personal choice.

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  Choices, Promise, Matter

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• Dying isn’t like living; it requires no effort at all.

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  Effort, Dying

  Ann Aguirre (2011). “Aftermath”, p.14, Penguin

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• His reply offers infinite solace in a single word. Always.

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  Infinite, Solace, Single Word

  Ann Aguirre (2010). “Killbox”, p.219, Penguin

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• I admired Stalkers style. He was incredibly fast using two small blades strapped to the backs of his hands. Slash slash slash. Fighting him you wouldn’t die of one great wound but instead bleed out slowly surprised to find yourself weak and dying after a thousand cuts.

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  Fighting, Cutting, Hands

  Ann Aguirre (2011). “Enclave”, p.194, Macmillan

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• I'm Sirantha Jax, and I have had enough.

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  Had Enough, Enough

  Ann Aguirre (2010). “Killbox”, p.186, Penguin

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• ... Where did you go?” “Down below.” “Ugh,” she said. “I’ve heard they’re little better than animals.” Funny. I thought the same thing about most Topsiders I encountered. Tegan touched my hand in silent sympathy, and I set my jaw. ... I stepped forward and pasted on a false smile. We were in her home, after all. The least I could do was be polite. “I’m Deuce, animal from the underground.

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  Home, Animal, Hands

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• Don't worry he tells me tenderly. It doesn't matter who you've been, who you are, or who you become. I'm with you every step of the way.

  Ann Aguirre

  Worry, Matter, Way

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• I know just how he feels that it’s come to this. Sometimes, love isn’t enough, even when it’s all you have.

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  Sometimes, Enough, Feels

  Ann Aguirre (2011). “Aftermath”, p.225, Penguin

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