Quotes by Cynthia Hand

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

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.

Are you any good at it?Pulling idiots out of the snow? Im the best.

She shrugs.MenMen.If we can send one man to the moon, why cant we send them all there?

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.

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

I am amazed at how being with him changes everything for me, socially speaking.

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…

Shall I compare thee to a barrel of apples?Though art more hairy, but sweeter inside.Rough winds couldnt keep me from taking you to chapel,Where finally a horse could take a bride...

Theres nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.

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.

As your abilities begin to grow, your angelic side will start to manifest itself in more noticeable ways.My angelic side. Great. Like I dont have enough to deal with.Its not so bad, Mom says. Youll learn to control it.Ill learn to control my hair?

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

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 wearit,” I explain to Mom. “They say the mosquito is the Wyoming state bird.

He wanted to tell her shed have more room if shed just get rid of her books, but he supposed that in her case, it would be like telling a mother shed have more room if she threw out her children.

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.

Well he should get over himself. He tried to get me burned at the stake in Brit History yesterday. Here I am minding my own business like a good little girl, and out of the blue Tucker raises his hand and accuses me of being a witch sounds like something Tucker would do admits wendy.Everybody had to vote on it. I barely escaped with my nuns life. Obviously Ill have to return the favour.

Chicks dig historians.

I love you, he murmurs. Can you feel that? You. Not some destiny I think Im called to. You. Im with you. My strength. My soul. My heart. Feel it.