Lucy Christopher Quotes

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• And it's hard to hate someone once you understand them.

  Lucy Christopher

  Hate, Stolen, Hard

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.238, Scholastic Inc.

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• Lets face it, you did steal me. But you saved my life too. And somewhere in the middle, you showed me a place so different and beautiful, I can never get it out of my mind. And I can't get you out of there either. You're stuck in my brain like my own blood vessels.

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  Life, Beautiful, Blood

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.250, Scholastic Inc.

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• The people we care for aren't always the one we should

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  People, Care, Should

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• Right at that moment it was as if we were the only two people left in the world. And I don't mean that to sound corny; it just honestly did. The only sounds were the droning crickets and chip-chips of the bats, the farawy wind against the sand, and the occasional distant yowl of a dingo. There were no car horns.No trains. No jack-hammers. No lawnmowers No planes. No sirens. No alarms. No anything human. If you'd told me that you'd saved me from a nuclear holocaust, I might have believed you.

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  Mean, Wind, Two

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• You saw me before I saw you. You had that look in your eyes, as if you wanted something. Wanted it for a long time.

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  Eye, Long, Looks

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• You saw me before I saw you. In the airport, that day in August, you had that look in your eyes, as though you wanted something from me, as though you’d wanted it for a long time. No one had ever looked at me like that before, with that kind of intensity. It unsettled me, surprised me, I guess. Those blue, blue eyes, icy blue, looking back at me as if I could warm them up. They’re pretty powerful, you know, those eyes, pretty beautiful, too.

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  Beautiful, Powerful, Eye

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.4, Scholastic Inc.

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• How long will you keep me?" I asked. You shrugged. "Forever, of course.

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  Long, Forever, Courses

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.29, Scholastic Inc.

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• It sounded weird to hear you talk so much; normally you only said a few words at a time. I'd never imagined that you'd have a story, too. Until that moment, you were just the kidnapper. You didn't have reasons for anything. You were stupid and evil and mentally ill. That was all. When you started talking, you started changing.

  Lucy Christopher

  Stupid, Talking, Evil

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.76, Scholastic Inc.

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• Nobody's bought this land. And no one's going to want it either. It's dying land, lonely land." "Like me, then," I said. "Yes, like you." You chewed the corner of your lip. "You both need saving.

  Lucy Christopher

  Lonely, Land, Dying

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.81, Scholastic Inc.

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• The land wants you here. I want you here," you called. "Don't you care about that at all?

  Lucy Christopher

  Land, Care, Want

  Lucy Christopher (2012). “Stolen”, p.127, Chicken House

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• When the darkness gets easier, you know you're sinking deeper, becoming dead yourself.

  Lucy Christopher

  Darkness, Becoming, Easier

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• You said you knew the perfect place to run to. A place that was empty of people, and buildings, and far, far away. A place covered in blood-red earth and sleeping life. A place longing to come alive again. It's a place for disappearing, you'd said, a place for getting lost... and for getting found. I'll take you there, you'd said. And I could say that I agreed.

  Lucy Christopher

  Running, Sleep, Blood

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.253, Scholastic Inc.

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• I craved your warmth. I hugged myself, rubbing my fingers up and down. I guess people are like insects sometimes, drawn to heat, A kind of infra-red longing.

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  People, Red, Heat

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• I chased money, pretended to be someone else to get it. It got easier the longer I did it... but that's the trap, see? When the deadness gets easier, you know you're sinking deeper, becoming dead yourself.

  Lucy Christopher

  Becoming, Easier, Sinking

  Lucy Christopher (2012). “Stolen”, p.102, Chicken House

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• Because it's magic, this place . . . beautiful. And you're beautiful . . . beautifully separate. It all fits.

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  Beautiful, Magic, You Re Beautiful

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.28, Scholastic Inc.

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• You smiled then, and your whole face changed with it. It kind of lit up, like there were sunbeams coming from inside you.

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  Smile, Faces, Kind

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.11, Scholastic Inc.

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• It was like I existed in a kind of parallel universe, thinking thoughts and feelings that no one else understood.

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  Thinking, Feelings, Kind

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• I mean, that star over there is blinking at me madly now, but for how long? An hour or two, or for the next million years? And how long will we sit here like this? Just another moment, or the rest of our lives? You know which one I'd prefer.

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  Stars, Mean, Years

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.198, Scholastic Inc.

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• I want you to see that the person I glimpsed running beside the camel, running to save my life, is the person you can choose to be.

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  Running, Camels, Want

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.254, Scholastic Inc.

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• But what else can I do, other than to plead with you like this? Other than to write down my story, our story, to show you that what you've done . . . to make you realize that what you did wasn't fair, wasn't right.

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  Writing, Stories, Done

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.254, Scholastic Inc.

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• You looked at me, your eyes huge. You we're like a dog then, waiting for me to throw you a bone . . . waiting for something I could never give you.

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  Dog, Eye, Giving

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• People love what they're used to, I guess." "No." You shook your head. "People should love what needs loving. That way they can save it.

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  People, Needs, Way

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.186, Scholastic Inc.

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• I didn’t want the person standing there, beside the bed, to have the same face I’d found so attractive at the airport. But you were there all right: the blue eyes, blondish hair, and tiny scar. Only you didn’t look beautiful this time. Just evil.

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  Beautiful, Eye, Airports

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.15, Scholastic Inc.

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• I wrapped my arms around me as tightly as I could, and stared up at the stars. Had I not been so cold and wanting to escape so badly, I could have stared at them forever: They were amazingly beautiful, so dense and bright. My eyes could get lost up there if I left them looking long enough. [...] They swallowed me up. They were like a hundred thousand tiny candles, sending out hope.

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  Beautiful, Stars, Eye

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.62, Scholastic Inc.

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• I thought you wanted to catch a camel," you tried again. "No." "I want to." "Well, you go then." You laughed. "I want your beautiful face where I can see it

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  Beautiful, Camels, Want

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.102, Scholastic Inc.

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