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“After another moment's silence she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust her for the very same reason.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

“Boys. Listen up. We are going out for a girls�� night, where there will be dancing.��
Kami did an illustrative shimmy. Angela looked resigned.
Jared looked amused. “What was that?��
“You’ve got to dance like nobody’s watching, Jared,�� Kami informed him.
“Have you considered that perhaps nobody’s watching because they’re too embarrassed for you?��
“Fine,�� said Kami, grinning at him. “Be a hater of dances. Be a hater of joy. I don’t care. You’re not invited!”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“Jared had his back to the wall, which Kami thought was a reflex when he was uncomfortable. She wanted to shield him. “He was doing some—Zen jogging,�� she claimed.
Jared flicked her an incredulous glance. “Yes,�� he said slowly. “Zen jogging. I wasn’t wearing that many clothes because—that’s part of the process. You’re meant to commune with the elements. Normally, I wouldn’t have worn my jeans, but I put them on because I know the English are a modest people.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“My current verdict would be: Crazy Eyes. Nice Ass."
"I think I want that on my tombstone.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“Who ever he is, I agree with your mother," said Dad as he entered the kitchen. "Stay away from him. Stay away from them all until you're of marrying age. Once you reach a nice, mature fifty-four, gentlemen callers will be welcomed here.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“He punched me in the face," Ash said, who understandably did not seem to find the situation humorous at all. "And then he yelled at me for sleeping with our personal trainer!"
"I was told breakup scenes were a good way to distract people," Jared said with beautiful simplicity.
"Ash looked so surprised," Holly said. "He had no idea what was going on. He said, 'I didn't sleep with our personal trainer! We don't even have a personal trainer!'"
Angela and Holly giggled. Ash held the back of his hand to his bleeding mouth and glared.
Jared was still grinning like a maniac. "In that case," he told Ash solemnly, "I will consider taking you back.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“Honestly, Jared, one thing at a time. Why are you in a well with me? This is a really bad rescue!" [...]
"I called the police as I was running to the well. I'm sure they're coming."
"Did they say they were coming?" Kami asked suspiciously. "Or did you shout, 'Kami's in the well!' before jumping in the well too, thus loosing your phone and making sure the police think it was some kids playing a dumb joke?"
Jared paused. [...]
"Alternate plan," Jared said. "Do you have a very intelligent collie who might communicate through a system of barks to your parents that little Kami is in the well?”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“I was thinking."
"I see no evidence of that, Jared." Kami said.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“The first touch of his mouth was gentle, light and sweet.
Fun fact, Jared put in, Ash wet the bed until he was five.
Kami spluttered out a laugh against Ash's lips.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“I have a serious girls�� night question for you,�� said Kami. “I know you’re new to this, but I will require an answer quickly. Are you prepared to eat at least five éclairs tonight?”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“Also, you may not have noticed, but this is a cupboard."
"I admit that our private office is of modest dimensions," Kami told him, "But that's the way we like it. Just because we're editors doesn't mean we need special privileges. We're not snobs.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“She walked beside Jared, four inches of rain-dashed darkness between her hanging wrist and his.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“They were standing in a very large room. The floorboards stretched in a pale expanse at their feet. There was so much dust on the floor that it had a pearly sheen.
”Even you could not nap on this floor,�� Kami told Angela.
”I don’t know, a dust mattress might be very comfortable,�� said Angela. ”Also possibly orthopedic.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“They aren't monsters!"
Her mother whispered, "Yes, they are.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“Well. Yes. Someone's trying to kill me. But you don't have to make such a big deal out of it.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“They stood at the bottom of the steps under a light shaped like a caged star, soothing each other with their thoughts as they had done for years and years, since they were swapping lullabies in cradles across an ocean.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“Well, mi amore, this is awesome news! Let's get right on that," said Kami, and began to undo the buttons of her blouse. She looked down at the red buttons slipping out one by one from the black fabric of her shirt. She only had eight buttons, and there went the fourth. Jared sucked breath out of a horrified void and shouted, "stop that!" He angled himself to protect her from the eyes of a crowd that was not there. He hesitated, possibly because now he had a view directly down into shadows and curves.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan

“There's a card up in your little sweetshop advertising Pomeranian cross puppies free to a good home," he observed. "What's your point?" "I'm not a puppy, you can't give me away.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan

“Kini aku tahu, aku menyukai kebersamaan kami, bukan hanya karena aku teramat menyukai Rasmus. Namun juga karena aku makin menyukai diriku sendiri jika aku bersamanya. Ia membuatku berarti.”
― Kusumastuti, Berlabuh di Lindoeya

“There is something bittersweet about letting go; about parting from anyone or anything that holds memory.

But it is Spring. The weather is nice outside tonight. I put my writing utensils away for the rest of the season and take back up the old practices of the Forest-Sitting Religion.”
― Frank LaRue Owen, The School of Soft Attention

“I used to keep a strong scaffolding in place.
It separated Pure Land from Zen
Zen from Dao
Dharma quarantined from the
way of mountain spirits.

With a sudden glance
in the middle of a storm,
the bottom dropped out
the scaffolding fell
along with my mind
and all of these nectars
poured into the same vat.”
― Frank LaRue Owen, Temple of Warm Harmony

“Neotnia translates his words: ‘When I was a little boy, my parents didn’t dance, but they loved to take me camping. I remember being around a campfire much like this one and gazing at the stars with them. I noticed how some showed brighter than others, and some twinkled at different rates. I asked what they were, and my parents told me the stars were kami. “Beautiful, shining kami in the sky. All different. All unique. Just like us.�� I had never heard the word before, so assumed “kami�� was simply another name for“people��. After that, whenever we went camping, I would always tell my parents I couldn’t wait until nightfall so I could see the beautiful shining people in the sky.”
― Michael Grothaus, Beautiful Shining People

“The splotches of sun breaking through the gaps in the maples sway across her face. It’s as if luminous beings live just beneath her skin.”
― Michael Grothaus, Beautiful Shining People