356 Quotes by Amie Kaufman

Funny how I was old enough by sixteen to drink, fight and vote, but even two years later I am to young to respect.

She may be trained, but I’m fighting for my family, my home, my freedom. She’s fighting for a goddamn paycheck.

It’s not that he’s choosing me, a girl he met less than a month ago – he’s choosing a world in which no one has to die.

Bravo Sherlock. That’s two lollipops I owe you.

I’ll keep your secrets. Shut my mouth. But I can’t shut my eyes.

I can see he’s trying so hard to lead us, and I ache for him every second. But sometimes it feels like the only reason we’re still moving is that none of realizes we’ve already been mortally wounded. We haven’t realized we’re supposed to fall down.

Brave is protecting others from hurt.

Flynn’s reaction is electric, for all he only moves an inch, straightening, gazed fixed on the sky overhead. Though his eyes are on the clouds, I can’t help but watch his silhouette in the darkness. The way his mouth is set, the hope and determination there – the strength of his shoulders, the energy in the way he gazes skyward. The breeze stirs his hair, and I find myself transfixed.

It all threatens to well back up, the tangle of things I’m too exhausted to face. There’s only one thing I know with absolute certainty, and as I whisper her name and lean into her again, she lets me. Her hand leaves my chest and invites me in – she cups my cheeks as our lips meet, drawing me away from the frantic heat and toward something slower, something quiet. Something real.