For though, as we have said, all children are heartless, this is not precisely true of teenagers. Teenage hearts are raw and new, fast and fierce, and they do not know their own strength. Neither do they know reason or restraint, and if you want to know the truth, a goodly number of grown-up hearts never learn it.
Catherynne M. Valente
Why should I care about you first kiss,' he said. 'You can kiss anyone you like. But sometimes if you wanted to kiss me, that would be all right, too.
kissing
She sounds like someone who spends a lot of time in libraries, which are the best sorts of people.
libraries
But luck withered by conservative, tired, riskless living can be plumped up again--after all, it was only a bit thirsty for something to do.
luck inspirational
Stories,' the green-eyed Sigrid said, unperturbed, 'are like prayers. It does not matter when you begin, or when you end, only that you bend a knee and say the words.
stories storytelling
I looked at this man and thought: Oh, how we are going to hurt each other.
attraction
It's not a game if you don't cheat, it's just two sods making a mess with fifty-two pieces of paper.
cheating
Truly, Mallow yearned to know everything. Curiosity was part of her, like her short blond hair and bitten fingernails.
curiosity
Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch.
miracles witches
Are you the only human in the world then? And all of the rest of us monsters?
monsters
RULES OF FAIRYLAND-BELOWBEWARE OF DOGANYTHING IMPORTANT COMES IN THREES AND SIXESDO NOT STEAL QUEENSA GIRL IN THE WILD IS WORTH TWO IN CHAINSNECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF TEMPTATIONEVERYTHING MUST BE PAID FOR SOONER OR LATERWHAT GOES DOWN MUST COME UP
funny rules humor laws
Some girls have to go to college to discover what they are good at; some are born doing what they must without even truly knowing why. I felt a hole in my heart shaped like a dark door I needed to guard.
ability self-knowledge self-discovery
hearts teenagers
Temptation likes best those who think they have a natural immunity, for it may laugh all the harder when they succumb.
temptation
You'll forgive the flowery talk, won't you? Our family does so love to be told they are beautiful. Vanity is an old and venerable habit.
vanity
And if they thought her aimless, if they thought her a bit mad, let them. It meant they left her alone. Marya was not aimless, anyway. She was thinking.
dreamer busy birds
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