Alice Christina Henry Quotes

If you go chasing your freedom your fate will only follow you there and force you back. ~ Christina Henry

Occasionally it seemed that her body was actively working against her progress. ~ Christina Henry

..."I think happy endings must be accidents."
"But we hope for them all the same," Alice said. ~ Christina Henry

She didn't have to be Cheshire's ideal of a Magician or Hatcher's ideal of a lover or her parents' ideal of a daughter. She could be Alice. ~ Christina Henry

I want to rest, "Alice said, and she meant it with all her heart. "Once I lived in a cage, and before that a different kind of cage. I tried to break free from the first one and they put me in one that was much, much worse. All I want is to find a place I have dreamed of, a little cottage in a green field by a lake. ~ Christina Henry

It's not such a wonderful thing, to be young," I said. "It's heartless, and selfish."

"But, oh, so free," Nod said sadly. "So free when you have no worries or cares. ~ Christina Henry

All children grow up, or they die, or both. All children, except one. ~ Christina Henry

Song


When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.

I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.

Sir Thomas Wyatt has been credited with introducing the Petrarchan sonnet into the English language. Wyatt's father had been one of Henry VII's Privy Councilors and remained a trusted adviser when Henry VIII came to the throne in 1509. Wyatt followed his father to court, but it seems the young poet may have fallen in love with the king's mistress, Anne Boleyn. Their acquaintance is certain, although whether or not the two actually shared a romantic relationship remains unknown. But in his poetry, Wyatt called his mistress Anna and there do seem to be correspondences. For instance, this poem might well have been written about the King's claim on Anne Boleyn: ~ Christina Rossetti

But I'm coming with you. Until you catch the soul-sucking thing, I'm glue and you're ... something that needs to be glued ~ Christina Henry

Girls like us, we have to save ourselves. Nobody else will get you home. ~ Christina Henry

All she'd found was that women spent a great deal of time saying they were please when they were not, similing when they were not happy, and pretending their anger and frustation did not exist ~ Christina Henry

The ocean has a rhythm, but it has no heart. ~ Christina Henry

The world was abruptly sharp and clear, too clear, and too alive. It was terrible beyond words. The ~ Christina Henry

He was haunted, same as she was, except he didn't know the name of his ghost. ~ Christina Henry

If you let the grief in, it might consume you. ~ Christina Henry

Men generally don't recognize the authority of women", Levi said very gently. "It's the way of the world, Amelia. I'm sorry it distress you."
"The world", Amelia said, "is wrong about so many things. ~ Christina Henry

There's nowhere for us to go back to. We can go forward. We can find our way out. ~ Christina Henry

Just because I'm mad doesn't mean I'm not right. ~ Christina Henry

Things that are worth nothing are easy to come by. ~ Christina Henry

I huffed out a deep breath. "It's something huge, isn't it?" Beezle nodded. "Yup."
There was a sound of several limbs splashing in the water. "Is it all squishy and tentacly?"
"Yup."
"I hate my life," I said, and as I turned I conjured a ball of nightfire and threw it. ~ Christina Henry

She was exhausted, and had spent some time breathing smoke and poison. ~ Christina Henry

can't save everybody. But we can save somebody. ~ Christina Henry

I am not a pyromaniac," I said. "I only set things on fire because it's expedient ~ Christina Henry

She must start believing in impossible things, for impossible things kept appearing before her eyes. ~ Christina Henry

Lucifer's kingdom is metaphorical, not literal. The fallen are scattered throughout the world, maintaining different bases of power for him."
"And my father lives in Minneapolis," I repeated.
"Yes."
"And where does Lucifer live?"
"Los Angeles."
I let out a laugh at that. "Of course he does. ~ Christina Henry

There was no light in their rooms save that of the silver moon through the bars, and the occasional passage of a lamp by the attendant walking the halls. She could not see the color of his eyes, only the wet gleam of them. ~ Christina Henry

So she should not wish to undo the past but learn to accept its consequences, and remember that not all consequences were evil. ~ Christina Henry

Thorns pricked at her skin everywhere, poked at her face ~ Christina Henry

She is just a woman trying not to get killed in a world that doesn't look anything like the one she grew up in, the one that was perfectly sane and normal and boring until three months ago. ~ Christina Henry

Why is it that assholes just go on and on, even when the world would be a better place if they just dropped dead?"
"Because their assholery protects them. They're so full of bile that the virus can't get a toehold," Adam said. ~ Christina Henry

It's not as easy as you'd think, burning a dead creature. Flesh and skin want to cook and crisp and char rather than ignite. ~ Christina Henry

It's easy to forget the good things.' Hatcher said ~ Christina Henry

There was comfort in ignorance, in thinking the world a certain way and not knowing any different. ~ Christina Henry

He'd been around the island for a while, and I'm sorry to say that being bashed around in Battle and at raids had done nothing very good for his brains. ~ Christina Henry

I didn't believe him at first, about the island, though."

"I didn't either,"I said. "I don't know that anyone does. It sounds like a fantastic lie."

"It is a fantastic lie," Sal said, and her face was very earnest. "This isn't a wonderful place for boys to play and have adventures and stay young for always. It's a killing place, and we're all just soldiers in Peter's war. ~ Christina Henry

He won't be safe," Hatcher repeated. "For I will find him and I will strip the flesh from his bones piece by piece. There is no place the Rabbit can hide, no hole he can disappear into. I will not sleep again until I have heard him scream for mercy he will never receive. ~ Christina Henry

Women who did what they liked instead of what other people wished were often accused of witchcraft, because only a witch would be so defiant, or so it was thought. ~ Christina Henry

Was this, too, part of growing up? Was it facing the bad things you'd done as well as the good, and knowing all your mistakes had consequences? Peter made mistakes all the time - he was thoughtless; he hurt people. But it never troubled him, not for a moment. He forgot all about it in an instant. That was being a boy. ~ Christina Henry

I was suddenly sorry I'd grown, even if it was only a little, and wished I could be similar again and that it was just Peter and me, running and climbing and laughing, back when the island was ours ~ Christina Henry

Most men give a girl a ring, you know, not threaten them with murder." Hatcher ~ Christina Henry