Jackson Pearce

“Pity is a useless emotion”

— Jackson Pearce

Knowledge does have a way of making you an outcast.

— Jackson Pearce

“Who made you Queen of Literacy? Go sit in your car!”

— Jackson Pearce

I'm friggin' awesome! So screw the haters!

— Jackson Pearce

“And I am more alone than ever before.”

— Jackson Pearce

“It is beautiful, it is endless, it is full and yet seems empty. It hurts us.”

— Jackson Pearce

Maybe all you can do, when your world is burning, is hold on to the thing you love the most.

— Jackson Pearce

I am confident, I am capable, and I will not wait to be rescued by a woodsman or a hunter.

— Jackson Pearce

The cruelest thing, hope, the way it strings you along, the way it makes you believe.

— Jackson Pearce

“They want me. I want them. I want this place. I want everything to be simple and beautiful and warm.”

— Jackson Pearce

“Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from judgement.”

— Jackson Pearce

“Strange how seeing the light can make a person feel so alone in the darkness”

— Jackson Pearce

Making fake promises while wearing a fancy dress... that isn't enough. Promises take more work than that.

— Jackson Pearce

“The song sounds like the ocean- it rises and falls, notes splash forward and harmonize with the sea behind me.”

— Jackson Pearce

I like libraries. It's a comfort that knowledge can be save for so long. That what we learn can be passed on.

— Jackson Pearce

“I turn back to them, trying to maintain control of my emotions, trying to keep the two of them from seeing that…

— Jackson Pearce

“The air feels sugary and thick, between the coffee steam and the music, and I forget to notice time passing, hours passing.”

— Jackson Pearce

I follow, always, because its the only time when our hearts beat in perfect harmony, the only time when Im certain, beyond…

— Jackson Pearce

“I recognize the look in Silas's eyes--adoration. I furrow my eyebrows and try to shake away the feeling of being punched in…

— Jackson Pearce

“I don't care anymore. Even if she never speaks to me again because of the press, she's worth it. She makes me…

— Jackson Pearce

“You're sleeping with someone for a Promise. I slept with Anna because I wanted to at the time. The fact that your…

— Jackson Pearce

“Promise One: Love and listen to my father. This whole time I've been obeying his every word, following all the rules, saying…

— Jackson Pearce

“I shouldn't be jealous because it's not real--she's like a math problem, the kind where you got the right answer but didn't…

— Jackson Pearce

All I've learned in today's Shakespeare class is: Sometimes you have to fall in love with the wrong person just so you…

— Jackson Pearce

“Would I trade that in, give it away for the hunt? I stumble down the stairs of a subway. No. I couldn’t…

— Jackson Pearce

I became an ifrit to save the lives of my fellow jinn. What kind of life saver would I be if I…

— Jackson Pearce

This is why Caliban was a punishment. I realize it now - it's a beautiful, perfect world of nothingness. No connection, no…

— Jackson Pearce

“So, um, if he tried the fruit... shouldn't guys be having Princess Balls, too? Or Prince Balls, I guess?" I didn't mean…

— Jackson Pearce

It's just that it's impossible to be a broken or whole person. You can only be a person. You can only exist,…

— Jackson Pearce

“I think we’re always looking for new pieces,” Viola says quietly. What? She continues, “I was looking for Lawrence, then for something…

— Jackson Pearce

And I have to admit that there is something undeniably fulfilling about hunting with Rosie. Somehow, it makes me feel as if…

— Jackson Pearce

“-Me has dicho que no dura, que desear ser feliz nunca dura. Así que lo que me haría sentir completa es formar…

— Jackson Pearce

“Rosie!” Scarlett shouts. There’s fear in her voice, mixed with fury. I grit my teeth. My sister flings the bathroom door open,…

— Jackson Pearce

“Packing to leave Atlanta is a lot easier than packing to come here. We bundle most everything up in our bedsheets and…

— Jackson Pearce

“Do you suppose that’s it? That’s all there is to it?” Scarlett whispers, collapsing backward onto the couch. “Even if it isn’t,…

— Jackson Pearce

“Keanu Reeves?" she asks in amazement. I nod. "What did he wish for?" "Isn't it obvious?" I say, waving a hand at…

— Jackson Pearce

“I’m sorry, Rosie,” Silas says when he sees the sadness in my eyes. I shake my head, trying to brush the look…

— Jackson Pearce

“I'm not letting the world - or anyone in it - determine my fate. Not anymore, at least. - Ginny”

— Jackson Pearce

“People always figure it's the color guard, but seriously, it's the woodwinds you've got to look out for.”

— Jackson Pearce

“I should be mad. I should hate her. I should judge her. But there is some madness in love.”

— Jackson Pearce