Top 180 Ann Aguirre Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “You really have no idea, do you?” His voice holds a wondering note. I’m wary. “Of what?” “How incredible you are.”

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152. “He went in, lean and deadly, and ended the creature with a lightning-fast spike of his blade. It shrieked, likely altering the rest. The death call carried like a mournful song.”

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153. “At least you’re taking action. Every big thing starts small.”

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154. “I missed you.” I didn’t mean to tell him so, even if it was true. Admitting need felt like weakness; it demonstrated dependence and vulnerability.”

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155. “I refute a god who would do such a thing to test people who have done their best to live according to his laws.”

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156. “She locked her fingers with his, staring up at the endless spire of ascending darkness, and she was not afraid. “Lead on.”

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157. “Do you miss him?” he asked. “Every day.”

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158. “What was the good of having such a fine home if you weren’t willing to fight for it?”

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159. “The idea didn’t make me like her less, but I did feel sad and heavy, as if I’d lost something without ever knowing what it was.”

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160. “Nobody would ever be like Fade. That much, I knew.”

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161. “For peace to take hold, one person must first stop fighting.”

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162. “He bent his head and brushed my lips with his. His hair spilled against my forehead, sleek and startling. Shock held me immobile, shock – and something else. Part of me wanted to lean into him.”

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163. “A curve of silver hung amid the brighter specks; it looked to me like a curved dagger, pretty but deadly, as if it might slice the sky in two.”

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164. “Dying isn’t like living; it requires no effort at all.”

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165. “You are extraordinarily capable.” That rang more like an observation than flattery, and for that reason, it settled into an empty space in her soul as the highest praise of all.”

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166. “You know you can get in trouble for visiting a boy’s personal space. But if you do something for me, I won’t tell anyone.” Oh, not today.”

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167. “The dead are past saving.” You could miss someone, but it did no good to fixate on loss.”

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168. “My skill didn’t lie in planning battles, only in fighting them.”

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169. “Each love is unique. Special. Giving to one never takes away from another.”

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170. “It’s what I hated about the whole world, back on Earth. All the rules you had to follow without knowing why, and if you asked, you got branded difficult and damaged. Well, I am difficult. I am damaged.”

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171. “Love can make us do dreadful things.”

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172. “Y’did some backcountry doctoring. Right brave, that was. But her thigh looks bad, and we’re a day out of Salvation.”

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173. “That she could smile while I hurt in ways I could not understand – it broke something in me. I did not understand the heart of her, then. She is made of brightness, too much for sorrow. Such a glad spirit – I am humbled now that she shared it with me.”

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174. “Grimspace steals my soul a sliver at a time, and I love it too much to mind.”

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175. “Age had nothing to do with how well my brain worked.”

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176. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen your handwriting before. It’s an oddly personal thing, isn’t it?”

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177. “I’ve had so many people leave, but this is the first time anyone’s come back.”

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178. “Maybe I was just one of those people who couldn’t rest easy unless things went catastrophically wrong.”

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179. “Science has proved there’s nothing to the talk of ghosts and spirits, no proof anything like the soul exists. And to my mind that’s an argument against the existence of an omniscient force. I think people believe whatever makes living easiest, and who am I to deny someone comfort?”

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180. “Survival feels like cowardice.”

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181. “Do monsters always know what they are?”

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182. “Love sounded terrible if it made you so weak, you couldn’t survive with out it.”

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183. “I’m not a woman you bring home to Mother, pick out china patterns with, or Mary forefend, breed. I’ve seen a chunk of the universe, true, but there’s still so much more to see. I doubt I’ll ever cure this wanderlust, and I’m content with dedicating my life to failing to sate it... He’s never going to sit at my feet and write me poems, which is good because I hate poetry, except dirty ones that rhyme.”

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184. “Time is fluid, so the moments where everything feels perfect pass in a wink, and those where you’re on your knees in despair drag on like the death of a thousand cuts.”

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185. “I never knew I had the power to hurt him, only that he possessed the power to hurt me.”

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186. “At its most basic level, the universe is beautiful.”

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187. “But if you’re to be punished regardless if we’re caught wouldn’t it be better to have done something worth the price?”

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188. “There’s no guarantee I’ll survive it, but that’s sort of the human condition, isn’t it? In the end, nobody gets out alive.”

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189. “It doesn’t work that way. Each love is unique. Special. Giving to one never takes away from another.” Those might be the wisest words I’ve ever heard.”

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190. “Realistically, it’s a risk, I suppose, but in this day and age, you almost have to choose between freedom, which can devolve into chaos, and security, which can become a pair of shackles.”

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191. “Fine, you’re angry. But I don’t care if you pray mad, stay mad, and die mad. That’s your choice. Or you could choose to be different... How this turns out is up to you.”

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192. “I’ve made a terrible mistake,” Clem told Ethel, two days later. “Did it involve three longshoremen and a bottle of Scotch?” the older witch asked. Clem blinked. “What? No.” “Yes! My record holds.”

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193. “He shook his head, seeming puzzled. “After life, there is death. Before we die, we choose someone to receive our memories. Thus, when we go, we leave what we learned.”

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194. “The past lies beyond an unbreakable glass wall, so we can see what we’ve done but not change.”

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195. “You’re all that’s kept me going when it seemed like this was hopeless. It’s also why I did whatever was necessary to bring you back. You’re my beating heart, and without you, I cannot live.”

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196. “Only rage ever drove her to that point, a fact that often confused people who were arguing with her. They never realized that if tears spilled out, she was half a breath from knocking someone through a wall.”

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197. “She found his hesitant possessiveness adorable, because while he felt those things, he never tried to stop her from doing whatever she wanted. And she could eat his sweet vulnerability with a spoon.”

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198. “Please stop being yourself, your personality is atrocious.”

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