Top 86 Aprilynne Pike Quotes
#1. I really like the group tour better than going it alone. First of all, it kind of takes the pressure off a little. I'm not a naturally extroverted person. But I also like it because it brings in new fans. For example, someone who really loves Aprilynne Pike's books might pick up mine and vice versa.
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#2. I CLOSED MY EYES AND PRETENDED SHE WAS YOU. illutions- aprilynne pike
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#3. Are you looking for something real in this world of illusions? Call me. Casual Flings need not apply. I am looking for Love.
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#4. Sometimes I think his boiling rage is the only thing left in the world that can still warm my heart.
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#5. The best, most lasting changes are those which come about gradually; to reach great heights, a tree must first put down extensive roots.
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#6. I'll think of you, just like I promised."
"And I'll think of you, just like I have every day," Tamani said.
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#7. Time was like that, though - racing forward when she wanted it to slow down, then crawling to a stop when she could least bear it.
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#9. I close my eyes and press my face into his shirt and howl against him, liquid agony pouring from me. He smooths my hair from my face and continues to murmur, but he never shushes me, never tells me to stop. Never tells me it'll be all right. He knows life too well to believe such lies.
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#10. His final touches completed, His Highness offers me his arm. On Wednesdays I'm now required to enter the grand assembly in the Hall of Mirrors on his arm like a glowing trophy. Not the kind of trophy one wins for completing a challenge, the kind one stuffs and hangs on the wall after killing it.
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#11. And who the hell came up with jeans? Tamani continued darkly. Heavy, sweltering fabric? You're seriously telling me the race that invented the internet couldn't create a fabric better than denim? Please!
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#12. Is he really in love with you?" Chelsea asked after a long, silent moment.
"Yes," Laurel admitted, looking up at Chelsea but leaving her head against the wheel.
Chelsea raised her eyebrows. "Well. Good luck with that.
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#13. And do you really think someone's going to look at you and say, 'Hmm, I think that girl's a plant'?
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#14. When in doubt, head under the bed, Tamani said with a grin.
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#15. Before 'Wings' came out, I told a few people that at the end of book one, readers should think Laurel made the right choice. Then, at the end of 'Spells,' they should understand why Laurel made the choice she did.
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#18. I am a gym rat who loves to work out, particularly running, Zumba, yoga, cycling, and kickboxing.
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#20. I can't just storm in and proclaim my intentions. I can't 'steal' you away. I just have to wait and hope that, someday, you'll ask," Tamani said.
"And if I don't?" Laurel said, her voice barely above a whisper.
"Then I guess I'll be waiting forever.
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#21. All of the heartache, the anger, the fear that this was as good as it was ever going to get, was worth it. Here, he could see her eyes and bask in her smiles-even when she wasn't smiling for him. Every day was worth the pain.
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#22. I think I could have won state today. Apparently, you put a troll on my heels and I turn into a superstar.
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#23. I just want to kiss you." He slid his hand up her neck, cupping the side of her face. "Do you want to kiss me?
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#25. Her two worlds, two lives that she tried so hard to keep separate, were crashing together. And she felt helpless to stop it.
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#26. When one is dining with the devil himself," I mutter, "a vast amount of preparation is in order.
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#27. The illusion of confidence is far more important than actually possessing the feeling.
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#28. And if you care about me half as much as you claim, then it should matter way more to you what I think than what they think.
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#29. Please do not ask me," I interrupt, my voice so wobbly the words barely get out. "There are secrets so dangerous one shouldn't even confess them to the dearest of friends.
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#30. It didn't matter to her that Tamani only had weak magic, he was magic.
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#31. But sadness was familiar; sadness was manageable. It didn't transform her, the way the raging anger did. She could remain herself and still feel this aching grief.
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#32. Square root of a cosine? How is that ever going to be useful?
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#33. Whether or not there was room in her life for Tamani, Laurel knew that there was precious little room in Tamani's life for anything but Laurel. He lived to protect her, and he'd never failed her. Annoyed her, frustrated her, hurt her, maddened her - but never once failed her.
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#34. You live your life and continue with all of your normal activities. I'll keep you safe," he said stepping forward to sweep a lock of hair back from her face. "Or die trying.
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#35. He exuded wisdom-even the wisest ... were pale, flickering candles next to the nourishing solar illumination of [his] insights.
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#36. Tamani pulled out his cell.
"He has an IPhone?" her mom whispered as the second ring sounded in Laurel's ear.
Laurel nodded. "I was saving that little tidbit of ammunition the next time we discussed me getting a cell.
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#37. So why are you here?"
He lifted his hands and made as if to lay them on her arms, but just before they touched he stopped and let them fall. Then, simply, as though it were all the explanation she could ever need, he said, "Because I love you.
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#38. His face was tense, his jaw flexed as he stared at her. She could hardly stand to meet his eyes. They were an ocean of betrayal. They probed her, searching for the smallest sign that she didn't mean it. That spark of hope that never seemed to go out.
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#39. Tamani paused and mulled this over for a few seconds. "If I say no, are you going to follow me anyway?"
"Of course.
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#40. All I'm saying is that you shouldn't stay with him for the wrong reasons, even if they are noble ones. No one owes it to someone else to be their girlfriend. It's a choice you remake every day.
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#41. This person interrogating you is Chelsea, by the way. Hi, Chelse.
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#42. Tamani smiled softly and lifted a hand to her face, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear and letting his thumb rest on her cheek. 'Trust me, it's no picnic missing you. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
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#43. No - the light in Tamani's eyes was much more than a reflection. It was the fire that melted her anger and devestated her resolve, every single time she saw it.
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#45. I would leave everything and join the World Tree tomorrow if she died, " Tamani said.
"I know, " Shar whispered through the darkness.
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#46. I'm not asking for forever," Tamani said. "Yet. I'm just asking for a moment.
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#47. Someday , Tamani told himself. Someday it'll be me.
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#48. Hey, keys!
Oh-my keys.
"Okay," she said. "Let's go."
I am such a loser.
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#49. Thank you for the exquisite comfort of your kitchen floor.
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#50. Still, there are many things we can toss at them that don't require magic at all. Acid. Hot oil. Bookshelves.
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#51. Holy Hecate, petals, branches, and breath," Tamani swore, his face lined with concern. "You can do that?
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#52. Sometimes," he said, bringing a figertip to her bottom lip, "A kiss is simply a kiss.
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#53. Benson just stares at me. "Could you do anything ... I don't know, supernatural when you were little?"
"Yeah, I made the glass on a snake's cage disappear right before my acceptance letter from Hogwarts arrived."
Benson just raises an eyebrow at me.
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#54. If the time comes and your dream doesn't seem worth it, then maybe it was the wrong dream.
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#55. Anyone can pluck a flower ... true strength is knowing how to give it life.
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#56. Chelsea clapped her hand over her heart, melodramatically. "Using my love of chocolate against me. I have no choice but to crumble like a ... chocolate cookie. Or whatever," She said when Laurel eyed her. "My metaphors suck. Let's go.
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#57. Talk about doomed love. He's gay, she's dead, stay tuned.
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#58. Laurel stared at him, his tense sholders, his dominating posture. He'd been back for about two weeks, and everything in Laurel's life had been thrown into chaos.
Sexy, sexy chaos
At least he had his shirt on this time.
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#59. You ready for this?" Shar asked.
"Yeah," Tamani said, a grin spreading across his face, "Oh, yeah.
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#60. I argued that she wasn't even alive when My Little Pony originally aired, but she retorted that she wasn't alive now, either, and there's just no good comeback to that.
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#61. As far as her mom was concerned, tea fixed everything. Have a cold? Have some tea. Broken bones? There's a tea for that too. Somewhere in her mother's pantry, Laurel suspected, was a box of tea that said, 'In case of Armageddon, steep three to five minutes'.
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#62. He'd been back for about two weeks, and everything in Laurel's life had been thrown into Chaos. Sexy, sexy chaos.
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#63. Human locks? Please," Tamani said. "May as well leave the door open.
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#64. Paranormalcy seduced me. The two sexy paranormals who vie for Evie's affections each had their own victory; one won Evie's heart and the other won mine.
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#65. Tamani has generously agreed to donate his body to my research."
The words were out of Laurel's mouth before she realized how bad they sounded.
"I mean he's helping me.
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#67. I closed my eyes," he repeated after a few shallow breahts, "and imagined she was you.
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#70. Tamani?" she asked, even though she knew this was the wrong time. "How is a plant supposed to beat a superstrong troll?
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#71. Sometimes we're so busy looking at one thing, one ... person ... that we can't see anything else. Maybe - maybe it's time for you to open your eyes and look around.
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#72. I wouldn't go that far mate," he said. "I still don't like you.
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#73. The first two chapters of any first draft generally need to be cut.
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#75. He's not David," she added, "but he definitely has his own charm.
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#76. Is it truly worth saving your life if you lose your soul in the process?
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#77. But love is something that has to be as selfish as it is unselfish. You can't make yourself love someone because you feel like you should. Just wanting to love someone isn't enough.
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#78. If your clothes are enough to drive would-be friends away, they're not the kind of friends you want.
Typical mother advice. Sweet, honest, and completely useless.
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#80. I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater.
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#81. She started to turn, but before she could step away, Tamani grabbed her hand. Without breaking eye contact, he raised her hand to his face and brushed his lips over her knuckles.
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#82. It's only by becoming familiar with poisons that you can make the best antidotes.
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#83. People always assume I play basketball because I'm tall. I'd like to ask people if they play miniature golf because they're short, but I had a feeling breaking that one out right now wasn't going to endear me to anyone.
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#84. So we show up on her porch out of the blue, kidnap her, feed her frozen fruit and ask her on a date. Genius
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#85. Logan," I interrupt, and finally he looks up. "Can't we just save the world first?"
"My world's not worth saving without you," he replies.
Then he turns and walks away.
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#86. At the end of 'Illusions,' readers should see the inevitable coming.
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