April Genevieve Tucholke Quotes

All the strangest things are true.

We both fell asleep wrapped up together with the wolves still lullaby-ing us in the background

When you look into the darkness, the darkness looks into you.

All good Heroes are scared, if they know the evil they face.

Sunshine, if I ever disappear, please tell people that I ran after the Devil, trying to get my soul back.

Revenge. Justice. Love. They are the three stories that all other stories are made up of. It's the trifecta.

The crow cawed again overhead, and a strong sea wind came in and burst through the trees, making the green pine needles shake themselves all over the place. That sound always gave me goose bumps, the good kind. It was the sound an orphan governess hears in a book,before a mad woman sets the bed curtains on fire.

Please tell me you don't go around saying crap like that to everyone. No wonder no one in town ever talks to us. Wealthy families always have a crazy person or two. Is that really the role you want to play, Vi?""We're not wealthy anymore. Remember? So if I'm crazy, no one will care.

River had never lost his cool, not since I'd know him. That was the thing about River. He was calm. Calm as a summer's day. Calm as a gentle nap in the sun. Even when girls were fainting and men were slitting their throats in front of you.

I wish people would spread a Faustian rumor about me.' I leaned over and knocked Sunshine's hand out of Luke's hair. 'A Faustian myth,' I repeated. 'It's so much more interesting than just being that nouveau-poor blond girl who lives in a big house with nobody but her jackass brother with pecs bigger than his brain. Sunshine, if I ever disappear, please tell people that I ran after the Devil, trying to get my soul back.

People like you don’t go mad, Vi. They’re quiet on the outside and loud on the inside and sane as the day is long

Once upon a time I thought I could change stories, make them go the way I wanted, instead of where they actually went.

It took strength to be quiet. It took strength to be kind. It took strength to let other people's cruelty bounce right off of you.

Every story needs a Hero.

Freddie often fold me that you've got to be happy when you can, because life won't wait for you to take the time. And she was right.