Right Now Quotes - Page 28

• I don't care whether I really exist or don't, whether I'm real or fictional. What I want right now is to be the person who decides my own fate.

  John Scalzi

  Real, Fate, Care

  John Scalzi (2012). “Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas”, p.167, Macmillan

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• Yes.” She smiled, liking the word. “What I feel like right now—I’d compare it to waking from a dream and seeing the real world. It’s a beautiful place, but it also has darkness. If you try to eradicate that darkness, you also destroy the light.” Pain for the future of her people tightened her heart.

  Nalini Singh

  Beautiful, Dream, Pain

  Nalini Singh (2010). “Visions of Heat”, p.168, Hachette UK

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• When you read my texts, you saw a curt, miserable git. And you told me so. Maybe you're right. But you know what I saw when I read yours? - Sam No. And I don't want to know. - Poppy I saw a girl who races to help others but doesn't help herself. And right now you need to help yourself. No one should walk up the aisle feeling inferior or in a different league or trying to be something they're not. - Sam

  Sophie Kinsella

  Girl, Helping Others, Race

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• She is all I could ever ask for, she is perfect, and right now, with those big, green eyes and pillowy lips and alabaster thighs, the idea of doing this for the rest of our lives doesn’t seem all that daunting. She’s the last reprieve. The stay of execution. She gives me hope. But times are tough for dreamers. And even if my dream is a simple one—all I want is for Her to be in love with me forever—I know it’s still a long shot. Life ruins everything.

  Pete Wentz

  Dream, Eye, Simple

  Pete Wentz, James Montgomery (2013). “Gray”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• But our love isn’t easy because it’s not meant to be. It requires work and sacrifice and protection. And I wouldn’t want it any other way, not right now, with the morning sun making the curtains glow and Her arms around my neck and the sounds of the street so far away. I’m in it for the long haul, I’m not going away.

  Pete Wentz

  Morning, Sacrifice, Long

  Pete Wentz, James Montgomery (2013). “Gray”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• Be glad I don't have my gun because right now I'm considering the different ways I can get you to shut up. Let me scream and back off.

  Abbi Glines

  Gun, Different, Way

  Abbi Glines (2013). “Forever Too Far”, p.129, Simon and Schuster

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• You saved me life, she tried to tell him. Not forever, not for good. Probably just temporarily. But you saved my life, and now I'm yours. The me that's me right now is yours. Always.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Forever, You Saved Me, Saved

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.279, St. Martin's Griffin

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• Sire," Oliver said as he helped Petunia to her feet, "I'd like to marry Petunia. "Of course you would," retorted the King Gregor. "But not right now! we just got those two taken care of." He pointed to the twins who were still trying to play Christian's odd game. "And weddings are expensive!

  Jessica Day George

  Christian, Kings, Taken

  Jessica Day George (2012). “Princess of the Silver Woods”, p.322, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• You are so lucky I'm too tired to murder you right now.

  Rachel Caine

  Tired, Lucky, Murder

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• Simon I've been trying to call you, but it seems like your phone is turned off. I don't know where you are right now. I don't know if Clary's already told you what happened tonight. But I have to go to Magnus's and I'd really like you to be there. I'm scared for my brother. I never ask you for anything, Simon, but I'm asking you now. Please come. Isabelle. Simon let the letter fall from his hand. He was out of the apartment and on his way down the steps before it had even hit the floor.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Fall, Phones

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Lost Souls”, p.155, Simon and Schuster

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• I never lie- except for the few times I do in fact lie, but it's never intentional, and i'm totally telling the truth right now" She raised her right hand "promise".

  Gena Showalter

  Lying, Hands, Promise

  Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Craving”, p.17, HQN Books

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• ...but the truth is that I don't feel like I can carry anyone but myself right now. The streets are empty. I am empty. Or, no--I am full of pain. It's my life that's empty.

  David Levithan

  Pain, Truth Is, Empty

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.20, Egmont UK

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• There's a lot for you to live for. Good things are definitely in your future, Leonard. I'm sure of it. You have no idea how many interesting people you'll meet after high school's over. Your life partner, your best friend, the most wonderful person you'll ever know is sitting in some high school right now waiting to graduate and walk into your life - maybe even feeling all the same things you are, maybe even wondering about you, hoping that you're strong enough to make it to the future where you'll meet.

  Matthew Quick

  Strong, School, Ideas

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• You look so blindingly cute right now, I feel like I need to make a pinhole in a piece of paper just to look at you.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Cute, Needs, Looks

  Rainbow Rowell (2013). “Fangirl”, p.226, Pan Macmillan

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• A red traffic light loomed, and Cecilia slammed her foot on the brake. The fact that Polly no longer wanted a pirate party was breathtakingly insignificant in comparison to that poor man (thirty!) crashing to the ground for the freedom that Cecilia took for granted, but right now, she couldn’t pause to honor his memory, because a last-minute change of party theme was unacceptable. That’s what happened when you had freedom. You lost your mind over a pirate party.

  Liane Moriarty

  Memories, Party, Men

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• Man, I'm messed up right now. My best friend is my father? The man I idolized as a kid... whose tattoo is on my arm... And he's younger than me. Yeah, I don't think I can handle this. Mindwipe me, somebody... please! Where's that dragon from Sanctuary? Simi, go get Max. I need him.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Tattoo, Father, Kids

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• The rain is a necessary prelude to beautiful weather. So even if your heart is in downpour right now it only means it will become exceptionally beautiful in time.

  Bisco Hatori

  Beautiful, Rain, Heart

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• She wants to be polite and not hurt your feelings, so she's not going to laugh right now. But inside, inside she's laughing.

  Derek Landy

  Hurt, Laughing, Feelings

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• Cath ate the banana and held on to his gaze. “I’d give you the moon right now,” she said. Levi’s eyes flashed happily, and he hitched up an eyebrow. “Yeah, but would you slay it for me?

  Rainbow Rowell

  Eye, Moon, Giving

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.611, St. Martin's Griffin

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• I wonder what kinds of songs Preston's father sang to him." Zach raised his eyebrows. "I wonder if he's in a cell humming them to himself right now." I should have said something-done something. He was in a dark place, there in the moonlight. But before I could say a word, Zach took a deep breath and looked up at the fortress. "I wonder if I should join him.

  Ally Carter

  Song, Father, Dark

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• Right, sure. Because there's no girls in politics! I have no interest. Voting? What? I forgot my apron. I think I ought to be in the kitchen right now, actually. My rolling pin-

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Girl, Thinking, Voting

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.306, Scholastic Inc.

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• I respect you more than anyone. But right now I’m wondering what bothers you more, that I made a stupid decision or that I didn’t make your decision.

  Veronica Roth

  Stupid, Decision, Wonder

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• Then in the interest of full honesty, I really wish you'd kiss me right now.

  Ann Aguirre

  Honesty, Kissing, Wish

  Ann Aguirre (2013). “Horde”, p.97, Macmillan

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• The me that's me right now is yours. Always.

  Rainbow Rowell

  You Saved Me

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell YA Collection”, p.275, St. Martin's Griffin

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• This is a beautiful and hopeful time to be alive. We are at a turning point, and your contribution to the world is needed more than ever. All of your struggles, all the struggles of your ancestors, all the struggles of all life have led to this moment right now. You are the culmination of life's great yearning; you are the hope of the world.

  Ilchi Lee

  Beautiful, Struggle, Hopeful

  FaceBook post by Ilchi Lee from Jul 13, 2014

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