Cynthia Hand Quotes

Tucker: Why would you tell me now if it's against the rules?
Clara: Because I love you.

Tucker strokes my hair. There's something so tender about the gesture. It might as well have been him whispering I love you.

I wanted to tell you that wherever I am, whatever happens, I’ll always think of you, and the time we spent together, as my happiest time. I’d do it all over again, if I had the choice. No regrets.

This is the part where I kiss you.

There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.

Are you any good at it?"
"Pulling idiots out of the snow? I'm the best.

You are going to love the sports here. Snow skiing and water-skiing and rock climbing and all kinds of extreme sports. I give you full permission to hurl yourself off stuff.

The backcountry signs say stuff like BEYOND THIS POINT IS A HIGH RISK AREA, WHICH HAS MANY HAZARDS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AVALANCHES, CLIFFS, AND HIDDEN OBSTACLES, YOU MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF YOUR RESCUE and I think, um, no thanks. I choose life.

I'll never forget the way he tastes. It's not anything I can describe, a little sweet and a whole lot of spice, and it feels, in that moment, absolutely right.

You and I have a connection that nothing, not on heaven or earth, or even hell, could ever break. If you want to talk to me, talk to me. I’ll hear you…

Dude. Hot Bozo. Best nickname ever.

I sneaked out to his house a couple times in the middle of the night to watch over him while he slept, just in case, I dont know, his comic book collection decided to spontaneously combust. This was dumb and admittedly creepy in an Edward Cullen kind of way

I think you must be some kind of a freak. Either that or you’re trying to
convert me to your secret horse religion.”
“Darn, you got me,” she says theatrically. “You thwarted my evil plan.

As your abilities begin to grow, your angelic side will start to manifest itself in more noticeable ways."
"My angelic side. Great. Like I don't have enough to deal with."
"It's not so bad," Mom says. "You'll learn to control it."
"I'll learn to control my hair?

Bug spray.” Mosquitoes never bother me, but apparently they eat Tucker alive if he forgets bug spray. So I wear it for solidarity. “All the kids wear
it,” I explain to Mom. “They say the mosquito is the Wyoming state bird.

Tucker: "Today we ran into a mama grizzly with two cubs at the ridge off Colter Bay and Clara sang to it to make it go away."

Mrs. Avery: You sang to it?

Tucker: Her singing is that bad.

Hey, Carrots," he says.

I know the path by heart, by heart- a funny expression, so true. My heart knows right where to go.

It's just high school, man. Those guys are just high school guys, and in ten years they're going to be working for people like me. I know that. I just have to make it through two more years.

I have a good life, I remind myself. There are plenty of people who love me. They're just not around at the moment.