Amy Tintera Quotes

Humans had a brightness to them, a glow that only death extinguished. ~ Amy Tintera

I think people immediately assumed I was yours so they stayed far away.' He met my eyes and smiled. 'I was. I am.' He leaned forward and brushed his lips to mine. 'Yours. ~ Amy Tintera

Don't make me punch you anymore, okay?" he whispered.
I nodded, opening my eyes.
"You have to punch other people, though. ~ Amy Tintera

He turned to me. His expression was serious, but I liked how it softened slightly when he looked at me. Like the way he looked at me was different from how he looked at everyone else. ~ Amy Tintera

I stayed awake and kept watch. Plus you look all cute and nonlethal when you sleep. ~ Amy Tintera

I still have the scars from when they captured me and beat me in the middle of the street."
"You don't get scars."
"Emotional scars then. ~ Amy Tintera

Of course I wasn't pretending!" The words exploded out of her before she could stop them. Heat spread across her cheeks.
Cas's mouth had been open, ready with a reply, and he snapped it shut.
She cleared her throat. She'd already embarrassed herself horribly, might as well finish it off. "I fully intended to ignore you, but it turns out you're very hard to ignore. I never pretended to feel anything for you, Cas. All of that was real, and definitely never part of the plan. And I should have ... " A lump formed in her throat, and she swallowed, her voice shaking. "I should have warned you about the attack. I should have trusted you. I'm sorry. ~ Amy Tintera

the only way to find peace was to kill everyone who threatened it. ~ Amy Tintera

I certainly have never had to pretend to be weak. But your mother is right. There's a benefit to being underestimated. ~ Amy Tintera

You have to wait for me. I'm leading."
"Why are you leading?"
"Because you have no idea what you're doing."
"Fair enough. ~ Amy Tintera

Hadn't been expecting a thank-you. I wasn't even sure why I'd done it. I supposed he was my favorite HARC officer, but that was a bit like having a favorite vegetable. They were all pretty uninteresting. ~ Amy Tintera

Kind, reasonable, thoughtful. It wasn't 'love' or an admission of wild, passionate feelings, but he realized he liked her three words more. 'Love' would have been easy, another easy lie in a long line of lies. 'Love' would be easy to dismiss. ~ Amy Tintera

I need you to be better," I said.
"You're really not concerned about him eating me?" he asked, holding his arm out again.
"It'll grow back in a minute."
"That's totally not the point. I'm traumatized. ~ Amy Tintera

Maybe you need to take a look at who I am, instead of who you wish I were. ~ Amy Tintera

Only for a minute. I'll be right back." He plopped the baby in her lap and hopped to his feet. Wren held her at arm's length and frowned. She did not appreciate that, because she immediately began wailing.
"Here," Wren said, thrusting her in my direction. "Take the mutant baby. ~ Amy Tintera

Staying silent in the face in the face of horrible atrocities is just as bad as actually committing them," Aren said. ~ Amy Tintera, Avenged

I probably love you," she said. I let out a surprised laugh. "Probably?" She laced our fingers together and tugged me toward the shuttle, glancing over her shoulder. "Probably. It's hard to tell with me, you know?" I laughed again. "I probably love you, too. ~ Amy Tintera

Try not to scream when I break your bones. It bothers me. You can cry if you want; that's fine."
He burst out laughing. I didn't realize that was a funny statement.
"Got it," he said, trying unsuccessful to cover his grin. "Screaming, no. Crying, yes ~ Amy Tintera

Do that thing where you look blank, like you have no feelings at all.
I think that's just my face. ~ Amy Tintera

Maybe 'coincidence' is another word for fate. ~ Amy Tintera

Thank you," he said when he released me. "For coming with me. For not giving me shit about wanting to see my parents." "I have most definitely given you shit." "Then thank you for giving me minimal shit. ~ Amy Tintera

Are we going to do my leg next?" he asked. "Can I get some warning next time? A quick 'Hey I'm going to snap your bone with my bare hands right now. Brace yourself. ~ Amy Tintera

I sort of liked the sound of bones breaking. It was like home. ~ Amy Tintera

You're not who I thought you'd be, Cas."
"No?"
"Your so much better. ~ Amy Tintera

Now I was only confused as to why a person would want to kiss anyone but Callum. When he lifted his head from mine I ~ Amy Tintera

Want to dance?" He scooped me into his arms before I could reply. "We have music this time. And I don't have to punch you when we finish."
"You don't have to. But if I step on your feet too many times you can feel free. ~ Amy Tintera

Her smile faded to a more serious expression. "Is everything okay? With Callum?"
"Fine," I said, taking a bite of meat and avoiding her eyes.
"He's crazy about you, you know," she said softly, like I hadn't just told her things were fine. "I see other girls looking at him sometimes, and he doesn't even notice. He only sees you. ~ Amy Tintera

He made disgusted noises every time I touched him, so I fell entirely against him. He yelled and I ended up on the floor. It was not my most well-thought-out plan. ~ Amy Tintera

Some of the Reboots were gazing at her with such awe and excitement that I wanted to slap them and tell them to stop being weird. ~ Amy Tintera

You were born useless, but you dont have to be helpless ~ Amy Tintera

You could've at least let me know you weren't dead by the way. I was actually kind of sad about that."
"That's a pretty incredible sentiment, coming from you. ~ Amy Tintera

Lost or Alone? Ambrose said alone, and Fern responded, "I would much rather be lost with you than alone without you, so I choose lost with a caveat." Ambrose responded, "No caveats," to which Fern replied, "Then lost, because alone feels permanent, and lost can be found." Streetlights ~ Amy Harmon

The Gates of Heaven and the Gates of Hell are the same gates. It just depends which side you're standing on when you walk through. ~ Amy Lignor

What is a secret wish?" "It is what you want but cannot ask. ~ Amy Tan

While it is relatively easy to recognize the perennial grasses and seed-eating sparrows as characteristic of meadows, the ecosystems exist in their fullest sense underground. What we see aboveground is only the outer margin of an ecosystem that explodes in intricacy and life below. ~ Amy Seidl

I love people like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, people who create and write their own stuff - especially when there's just not enough cool, interesting characters out there. ~ Debby Ryan

I don't know how," I confessed, and I pulled my hand away so I wouldn't hurt her in my frustration.
She grabbed my hand and brought it back, this time pressing it to her heart.
"I'm telling you how. You hold onto me. You trust me. You use me. You lean on me. You rely on me. You let me shelter you. You let me love you. All of you. Cancer. Fear. Sickness. Health. Better. Worse. All of you. And you'll have all of me. ~ Amy Harmon

Every year, Bailey, Angie, and Mike head to Philadelphia for the Fourth of July. They visit the Museum of Art, and Mike carries Bailey up those 72 steps and they do the Rocky reenactment. Angie helps Bailey raise his arms and they all yell, 'one more year!' Bailey loves Rocky. Does that suprise you? ~ Amy Harmon

I let one thing result from another. Of course, all of it could have been just loosely connected coincidences. And whether that's true or not, I know the intention was there. Becasue when I want something to happen-or not happen- I begin to look at all events and all things as relevant, an opportunity to take or avoid. ~ Amy Tan

He saw all those private aspects of me - and I mean not just sexual private parts, but my darker side, my meanness, my pettiness, my self-loathing - all the things I kept hidden. So that with him I was completely naked, and when I was feeling the most vulnerable - when the wrong word would have sent me flying out the door forever - he always said exactly the right thing at the right moment. He didn't allow me to cover myself up. He would grab my hands, look me straight in the eye and tell me something new about why he loved me. ~ Amy Tan

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. ~ Amy Lowell

Saturday, three o'clock, I confirmed as he turned and walked away. I don't think it would be exaggerating much to say that my feet didn't touch the ground the whole way home. ~ Amy Plum

But it was the love of a ghost. Arms that encircled but did not touch. A bowl full of rice but without my appetite to eat it. No hunger. No fullness. ~ Amy Tan

In bluntest terms, art museums risk being commercial institutions in which art is subsumed by economics and the experience of looking at art becomes a form of consumption. ~ Amy Whitaker

I think I would be making a mistake to actively try and just do everything completely different from 'Gilmore Girls.' ~ Amy Sherman-Palladino

It's the almost that haunts me. Even now. ~ Amy Matayo

Nancy Herman, my new gym partner and locker neighbor, puts her hand on my shoulder and whispers, Don't worry April. I have foot fungus too. ~ Amy Holder

It felt like all the truth got whitewashed with fake happiness," she said, "only it was not happy and it was worse than fake. It was dangerous ~ Amy Tan

Yet part of me also thinks the whole idea makes perfect sense. The three of us, leaving our differences behind, stepping on the plane together, sitting side by side, lifting off, moving West to reach the East. ~ Amy Tan

We all have things we are ashamed of. ~ Amy Ewing

I wish I had known that secrets get stronger over time. ~ Amy Goldwasser

You have to pretend like you want to use a condom. I like to say something fun when I bring it up, but honest. I'll be like, 'You're going to want to wear this. I've had a busy month. ~ Amy Schumer

Okay, so when is the mother ship coming to pick us up?" I ask worriedly. "The what?" Reed asks with confusion clouding his eyes. "The mother ship, you know, aliens?" I ask tensely. He gives me an impatient look. "Aliens?" he scoffs. "We're not aliens then?" I reply, not even trying to keep the relief out of my voice. "No!" he says emphatically as he searches my face - probably for other signs of mental illness. Sighing, I ask, "Then what are we, Reed? Because seriously, if some big alien bug cracks me open from the inside and starts wiggling out, I'm going to be really ticked off that you didn't warn me. ~ Amy A. Bartol

Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I shall never be like that. But they won through step by step, by little bits of wills, little denials of self, little inward victories, by faithfulness in very little things. They became what they are. No one sees these little hidden steps. They only see the accomplishment, but even so, those small steps were taken. There is no sudden triumph, no spiritual maturity. That is the work of the moment. ~ Amy Carmichael

Next time, don't lose the only weapon you have between you and death."
He says as he tucks the knife into the side of his belt.
"You may not always have help, so don't be stupid. ~ Amy Lunderman

Oh, it's already on Facebook. I didn't feel the need to ask, you are mine... ~ Amy Rachel Thompson

I wouldn't be with a man who was scared of me, but I don't think men are scared of me - look at me, I'm tiny. I don't think I'm capable of putting anyone off. I'm a nice girl. ~ Amy Winehouse

I like dramas and stuff. That's what I watch, but it seems weird that I'd be in it. ~ Amy Sedaris

For Christ's sake, Ian, he was stealing your cash! I hope you at least wore a raincoat, you feel me?
Ian blinked. Why would I want a raincoat, Joel? I was having sex.
Joel put his face in his hands, closed his eyes tight, and prayed that when he looked up and opened then Ian would be kidding.
He wasn't ~ Amy Lane

It's not fair that the gorgeous get more gorgeous when they're pissed, while the ugly only get more hideous. ~ Amy Kathleen Ryan

That's us," I said smiling brightly. "The Udells." That seemed to wake Roger up a little, and he blinked at me, surprised.
"Finally," the clerk muttered. "All right. Names?" he asked, fingers posed over his keyboard.
"Oh," I said, "Well. That's ... Edmund. And I'm Hillary." Roger glanced over at me, a little more sharply, and I tried to shrug as subtly as possible. ~ Morgan Matson