Amy Ewing Quotes

Don't recite that royal line of crap at me.

The people you love make you strong, Violet. They make you brave and fearless. I wish there were some way I could make you see that.

Don't start acting like you're responsible for everyone's problems. I make my own choices. So do you.. Being lied to or bribed or coerced doesn't qualify as making a choice

Who do you look like?" I laugh.

"No one. My father used to joke that my mother must have had an affair with the milkman.

It's hard to remember who you were when you're constantly pretending to be someone you're not.

They can't keep us from being who we are anymore. They can no longer be allowed to dictate our lives.

Ash, do you honestly think that what they've made you do affects who you are? You are a good person, and don't ever let anyone make you feel differently.

It is frighteningly bizarre to hear myself described this way; a set of statistics, a musical instrument, and nothing more.

Nature is unselfish," she says. "It only wishes to survive. Humanity inflicts harm on it, digs up the earth, poisons the waters, harnesses rock and metal and stone for its own purposes. We are the protectors. We are the connection between humanity and nature. Nature is always searching for balance.

I am Raven stirling. They cannot own me.

I love sunrises, even more than sunsets. There's something so exciting about the worlds coming to life in a thousand colors.

This is how The Jewel operates. Status is our sole occupation. Gossip is our currency.

What is life without a bit of excitement.

Violet's eyes meet mine. I give her a look that tries to say, "What is wrong with these people?

Oh, I do like you. You have such an interesting balance of obedience and contempt.

Oh, love is handsome, love is charming
Love is beauty while it's new
But love grows old and love grows colder
And fades away like morning dew.

They can be remarkably helpful, the dregs of society. And they love rebelling against authority.

I press my face against the wrought-iron bars on my window - they are arched and curl into the shape of roses, as i by making a pretty pattern, they can pretend they're something they're not.

I feel myself dissolve into a thousand molecules, amazed at how three small words can completely alter my state of being.

How many more humiliations do I have to suffer? I've only been here a day.

My mother used to say that a good meal could ease a troubled heart.

Hope is a precious thing, isn't it," she says. "And yet, we don't really appreciate it until it's gone.

It hardens you, living in that place. It holds up a mirror and shows you the very worst parts of humanity. It changes people.

Doctors are idiots," ...."It's the surrogate that counts.

Title does not protect you from everything.

It would be easier to forget you," he says to me, "and these past few weeks we've had together. It would be easier if I could hate you. But the sad truth is, I will more than likely love you for the rest of my life.

We all have things we are ashamed of.

Haven't we all been wrong about this at some point? I mean, isn't that how we learn to be right?

What?" I demand, too tired and frazzled to be polite. "Did you think I didn't care? Do you think I'm not human?"
"No," he replies. "I think you are royal.

I look at my reflection and can almost believe I'm capable of something incredible.

We all have things we need to do, no matter how reckless or foolish.

Surrogates are not just silly girls, to be bought and sold and treated like pets or furniture. We are a force to be reckoned with.

Please don't set me on fire in the middle of the night.

These people are the air I breathe and the blood I bleed. They are my courage. I will not let them down. I