Alethea-kontis Quote by Alethea Kontis

“She gave another eye roll and glided away. My admiration for my sister grew. One thing to have children...another to keep them when they…

— Kristan Higgins

“We were just standing there, and her eyes were so interesting. Not in the usual way of being interesting, like being extremely blue or…

— John Green

“She wished she had eyes like her sister, huge and bright, constantly straddling the line between terrified child and ingénue.”

— Thomm Quackenbush

“And then it was all happening, what had started to happen at least twice before. Feelings so sweet and strong she could hardly bear…

— L.J. Smith

“Everything was made bright by her. She was the smile that shed light all around her.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“Maybe she had some sort of extraordinary quality, secret even to her. Maybe she did have the power to alter the things she'd always…

— Anna North

“She realized that adventures, once they were over, were things that had to stay inside one--that no one else could quite understand.”

— Eva Ibbotson

“You're a big sister?' I was shocked. She seemed so good-natured and compassionate.”

— Natalie Standiford

“And she was supposed to be its leader. The knowledge settled over her like a soft blanket woven of fate. It was always going…

— Kekla Magoon

“She recognized the strange happiness that came from loving something without knowing why you did, that strange happiness that was sometimes so big that…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“Back in time it seemed that having a sister were a tragedy. Instead it is one of the best presents my parents could have…

— Sara Anzellotti

“Now was too big, like a giant dark planet coming up over the horizon. she wanted then. That's what he'd seen that day, a…

— Janet Fitch