Zoraida Cordova Quotes

She ate the stars and swallowed the earth,
She is the girl with all the power.

Why's it always the heart or the eye of something?" Rishi asks. "You notice that? There are so many body parts that don't get enough love, like earlobes and belly buttons.

Don't listen to him," Thalia interjects. "Our court is more civilized than whatever happens on land."
"Tell that to the guy stuck to the ship with electric tape."
Kurt points a finger at Marty. "I don't know who you are. I assume you're part of the peace treaty, but I will not have you besmirch the king on our own land."
"Whoa, easy. I kid. I joke. I make funnies.

I didn't want to think about you dead."

"That's the thing, my love. Even if you don't think of the dead, the dead are thinking of you.

All lands change for the worse when the people do not fight back. Now there is nothing left." "But

There is so much wrong in the world." she says. "Sometimes, I feel the only thing I can give is a bit of kindness, even when I can't give hope.

Our kind, we don't leave many traces behind in this world.

Not all loves are meant to last forever. Some burn like fire until there is nothing left but ash and black ink on skin.

Flames as large as houses don't crackle - they roar.

Right now, I'm just a girl, and there is also magic in that.

Not all monsters look monstrous.' There's so much sadness in his voice that I want to ask how he knows that. 'Sometimes they're perfectly normal humans. Sometimes they're so beautiful, you would never suspect.

They Call her the Devourer."
"I'm guessing she's not a unicorn princess.

Some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. - Willa Cather

We all get scared and want to turn away, but it isn't always strength that makes you stay. Strength is also making the decision to change your destiny.

Sometimes I wonder if a person can have so much regret they'll drown in it.

Crooked smiles for crooked hearts.

Breakable. No matter who we are we are breakable.

The smell of old books and dust wafts from the opening, more powerful than any memory.

They're afraid. Fear makes people do things they normally wouldn't. Like share a drink with someone they despise.

I wish I could have been there to tell you to never trust a boy with star eyes. They blind you like a deer in headlights." I

How rude of me. This is Roaan Recklit." We shake hands. Good grip, good grip. "Sorry," he says, releasing my hand. "I forget my own strength.

But everything about me has always been loud, the sound of my heart, the weight in my tread, even the cry I always seem to be holding back.

Mama Juanita used to say that when you drop a spoon, get ready for company, probably from a vindictive woman. A fork - a handsome man. A knife - lock the doors and windows.

Don't touch things just because they're shiny.

She licks her lips, and then there is darkness.

I should have told him sooner that I needed something inside me to break so thoroughly I could never be put back together.

Nothing is yours! The world wasn't made for you. The world was made.