Beth Revis Quotes

Who are the real monsters?

What matters right now is this: we're each of us standing here, together, alive, together.

Everyone, this is the new girl. Elder knows her. New girl, this is everyone.” A few people look up politely; some actually smile. Most, however, look wary at best, disgusted at worse. The nurse closest to me jabs her finger behind her ear and starts whispering to nobody.“What’s wrong with her?” I ask Harley as he leads me to the table he was sitting at.“Oh, don’t worry, we’re all mad here.”I giggle, mostly from nerves. “It’s a good thing I read Alice in Wonder-land . I definitely think I’ve fallen into the rabbit hole.”“Read what?” Harley asks.“Never mind.” All around me, eyes follow my every move.“Look,” I say loudly. “I know I look different. But I’m just a person, like you.” I hold my head up high, looking them all in the eyes, trying to hold their stares for as long as possible.“You tell ’em,” says Harley with another Cheshire grin.

A leader doesn't make pawns - he makes people.

More than the sound of my own beating heart, I miss the sound of a ticking clock. Time passes. It must pass....

My heart stutters—not why? or how?—those are not the important questions. The really important question is: by whom?

She stops speaking, but I can hear her silent sobs. They’re the loudest thing I’ve ever heard.

He's the only stable thing in the swirling chaos.