Top 60 Amy Ewing Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “It’s hard to remember who you were when you’re constantly pretending to be someone you’re not.”

— Amy Ewing

2. “If you admit you need people, you can lose them. But needing people can save your life.”

— Amy Ewing

3. “Once a small crack reveals itself, suddenly a hundred others appear. And then the walls that have been so carefully constructed begin to crumble.”

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4. “Nature is unselfish,” she says. “It only wishes to survive. Humanity inflicts harm on it, digs up the earth, poisons the waters, harnesses rock and metal and stone for its own purposes. We are the protectors. We are the connection between humanity and nature. Nature is always searching for balance.”

— Amy Ewing

5. “What is life without a bit of excitement.”

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6. “The royalty take and take and it never seems to be enough for them. They steal girls to make their babies, boys to protect them, or seduce them, or serve them. But we are not objects. We are not the latest fashion or the most expensive prize. We are people. And I’m going to help make them see that.”

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7. “I press my face against the wrought-iron bars on my window – they are arched and curl into the shape of roses, as i by making a pretty pattern, they can pretend they’re something they’re not.”

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8. “This is how The Jewel operates. Status is our sole occupation. Gossip is our currency.”

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9. “I look at my reflection and can almost believe I’m capable of something incredible.”

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10. “We all have things we are ashamed of.”

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11. “I am Violet lasting again. I am home.”

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12. “They can be remarkably helpful, the dregs of society. And they love rebelling against authority.”

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13. “It’s my life. You can’t decide how I live it.”

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14. “She wants to believe in the magic and the mystery of it. She doesn’t seem to understand that we are part of that magic.”

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15. “It is frighteningly bizarre to hear myself described this way; a set of statistics, a musical instrument, and nothing more.”

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16. “My name is Raven Stirling!” I shout. “And I am stronger than you!”

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17. “These people are the air I breathe and the blood I bleed. They are my courage. I will not let them down. I.”

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18. “I hate him. But I hate myself more, for being idiotic enough to believe that I could have that sort of happiness.”

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19. “I think you can do anything you put your mind to.”

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20. “We all have things we need to do, no matter how reckless or foolish.”

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21. “Frederic hangs the rod back on the wall without even cleaning it.”

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22. “I am Raven stirling. They cannot own me.”

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23. “It appears that acting without caution runs in your family.”

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24. “I think the last dinner was preferable to this one. At least Raven was there. And Lucien.”

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25. “The people you love make you strong, Violet. They make you brave and fearless. I wish there were some way I could make you see that.”

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26. “It seems like for every time the Jewel makes me angry or uneasy or sad, I discover something beautiful in it.”

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27. “Violet’s eyes meet mine. I give her a look that tries to say, “What is wrong with these people?”

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28. “This is what I’m wearing. This is my favorite thing to wear, and since it’s the last time I’ll ever get to choose my own outfit, I’m choosing this, because I love it and it’s mine. I don’t care what I look like.”

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29. “Haven’t we all been wrong about this at some point? I mean, isn’t that how we learn to be right?”

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30. “In this place that takes little bits and pieces of us, you remind me of who I am.”

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31. “Oh, I do like you. You have such an interesting balance of obedience and contempt.”

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32. “Please don’t set me on fire in the middle of the night.”

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33. “Ik mag jou wel, met je interessante balans tussen gehoorzaamheid en minachting. – Hertogin.”

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34. “If you admit you need people, you can lose them.′ Her gaze sharpens, returning to the present. ‘But needing people can save your life.”

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35. “Don’t recite that royal line of crap at me.”

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36. “Title does not protect you from everything.”

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37. “Knowing that it would happen and experiencing it are two entirely different things.”

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38. “I want to feel as though I am loved, no matter what decisions or mistakes I’ve made. Because I love him for all of his.”

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39. “It hardens you, living in that place. It holds up a mirror and shows you the very worst parts of humanity. It changes people.”

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40. “Doctors are idiots,”... “It’s the surrogate that counts.”

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41. “Have I changed from who I used to be? I’m not sure if I can remember who I used to be.”

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42. “I love sunrises, even more than sunsets. There’s something so exciting about the worlds coming to life in a thousand colors.”

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43. “Something had to be done. No one deserves this life. No one deserves to have their choices taken away.”

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44. “He loves you, do you see that? He loves you and he hates himself and he’ll never, ever be good enough, not for you or his family or anyone. He was stolen, taken away and twisted, and everything that was pure inside him was left to rot and decay. He’s ashamed.′ She returns to the present and looks at Ash. ‘We all have things we are ashamed of.”

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45. “Ash, do you honestly think that what they’ve made you do affects who you are? You are a good person, and don’t ever let anyone make you feel differently.”

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46. “Hope is a precious thing, isn’t it,” she says. “And yet, we don’t really appreciate it until it’s gone.”

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47. “This is about a race of people enslaved and made extinct.”

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48. “This woman can take her easy way and shove it. “I’ll take the hard way,” I say.”

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49. “Can I not have the same freedom you have? To choose what I want. Choice is freedom, Violet.”

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50. “My mother used to say that a good meal could ease a troubled heart.”

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