31 Quotes by Alexandra Christo

It's like holding a story rather than a person; she feels wild and infinite in my arms.

False confidence is nobody’s friend.

Everyone is a blank canvas, waiting to be filled with the colour of discovery.

That's the thing about risks, it's impossible to know which ones are worth it until it's too late.

You should pay less mind to fairy tales, Elian, or that's all you'll become." When he leaves, I think about whether that would be awful, or beautiful. Could it really be such a bad thing, to become a story whispered to children in the dead of night? A song they sing to one another while they play.

You can't win a war. Someone else just loses.

Wars aren't won by running.

look at you," he whispers. "My monster, come to find me.

Lies aren't answers.""But they sound so much better than the truth.