30 Quotes by Betsy Cornwell

...if someone doesn't care whether you live or die, then living itself is rebellion.

When your heart is broken, it’s easier to follow rules

It's the colors that will make you stray. They sing to you, the not-blue and the searing light, and no matter how tightly you tie yourself to the inbetween, eventually you will break free.No one swims only in the shallow water.

Everything was a broken line for me in those days. I was slipped into the empty spaces between words.

But unlike sirens, selkies don't mean any harm with their songs. They don't sing to seduce or to kill. Their songs have nothing to do with anyone but themselves. They sing for the simple joy of it, and because of that, I imagine their songs are more beautiful than those of any siren.

Once you love someone, part of you is bound forever. Perhaps you never see him again - perhaps your life is better without him, and it's right to be apart. But once you've loved him, the link is formed. You can ignore it, if you choose, but you cannot sever it.

Shared, the pain was double, but only half so crippling. She couldn't bring herself to wish for the strenght to stand alone.

It was always the secrets that hurt us, wasn't it? Not the telling of them.

We're not soldiers," I said. "We're just trying to keep everyone alive, and fed, and free."Ghazia laughed. "What is that if not rebellion, when those who rule you want you hungry and indentured?