“Is this my purpose? The clouds don't have a lot of answers.” — Cynthia Hand Destiny Copy Share Image
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of it for anyone else’?” — Cynthia Hand Burdens Copy Share Image
“Everything was falling into place. And out of place, at the same time.” — Cynthia Hand Fall Copy Share Image
“That's ironic, because I always thought you were the ugliest out of all the angels.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“My fortune read, It’s never too late to become what one could have been.” — Cynthia Hand Books Copy Share Image
“Are you any good at it?" "Pulling idiots out of the snow? I'm the best.” — Cynthia Hand Clara-gardner Copy Share Image
“The man is definitely Tucker, I'd recognise that butt anywhere.” — Cynthia Hand Tucker Copy Share Image
“Let go of everything else, he urges in my mind. Just be here. With me.” — Cynthia Hand Psychology Copy Share Image
“What do you see in a guy like Christian Prescott?" he asks. "I don't know," I say wearily. "Anything else you want?"… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t taste anything like the drink I had at the party with Tucker. And now, almost two years later, I realize… — Cynthia Hand Two years Copy Share Image
“Pity party over?" "Yeah, I think so." "Good. Not good to wallow for too long. It's bad for the complextion.” — Cynthia Hand Pity party Copy Share Image
“He grins. Unbelievable how gorgeous he is. And that he's mine. He loves me and I love him and how rare and… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“You think I'm pretty?" I ask. "We need to stop talking," he says a little gruffly. "We're scaring the fish off." "Okay,… — Cynthia Hand Stop talking Copy Share Image
“One minute you’re a happy fourteen-yearold—good at everything you try, popular, fun—the next you’re a freak with wings” — Cynthia Hand Clara-gardner Copy Share Image
“Sam: "I always thought you were the most beautiful of all the Nephilim." Meg: "That's ironic because I always thought you were… — Cynthia Hand Despise Copy Share Image
“But love doesn’t always have to be about the happy ending. Love can be about beginnings, too.” — Cynthia Hand Happy ending Copy Share Image
“Oh right. What about Wendy?" I ask "What about her?" "It's her birthday, too. I'm the worst friend ever. I should have… — Cynthia Hand Friend Copy Share Image
“You're a little bit of a show-off. First you get us out of hell. And then you defeat like the biggest, baddest… — Cynthia Hand Books Copy Share Image
“In fact, I've essentially given up on the idea of flight altogether and accepted that I'm going to be an angel-blood who… — Cynthia Hand Angel Copy Share Image
“Look closer. The river's its own world of fast and slow, deep and shallow, bright and shadowed. If you look at it… — Cynthia Hand Fish Copy Share Image
“But now...it's like when part of you stops hurting and suddenly you're yourself again, healthy and whole, and only then do you… — Cynthia Hand Hurting Copy Share Image
“I sneaked out to his house a couple times in the middle of the night to watch over him while he slept,… — Cynthia Hand Books Copy Share Image
“She watched you wrestle Toby Jameson, who probably weighs two hundred pounds, without even working up a sweat. And she said to… — Cynthia Hand Clara-gardner Copy Share Image
“What do you see in a guy like Christian Prescott?" he asked me that night when he dropped me off from prom.… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“What did the fish say when it hit a concrete wall?" he asks me. We're sitting on the bank of a stream… — Cynthia Hand Cowboy hat Copy Share Image
“Insert the biggest, most awkward silence in the history of big awkward silences. I stare at him. I'm suddenly exhausted by all… — Cynthia Hand Angel Copy Share Image
“And then I can feel what he feels. He’s waited such a long time for this moment. He loves how I feel… — Cynthia Hand Feel Copy Share Image
“Angela says that angel-bloods are supposed to be immune to cold. It helps with the flying at high altitudes, I guess." I… — Cynthia Hand Angel Copy Share Image
“Because I love you.' There. I said it. I can't believe I actually said it. People cast around those words so carelessly.… — Cynthia Hand Love Copy Share Image
“I close my eyes again. There’s the smell of mountain snow on the air. I shiver. I would have brought a coat… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“How's happiness class going, by the way?" "Okay, so far." "Are you feeling happy?" he asks with the hint of a smirk.… — Cynthia Hand Angels Copy Share Image
“There are two ways to respond when life hands you something unpleasant,” the grandmother said, smiling down at the infant in her… — Cynthia Hand God knows Copy Share Image
