All Fall Down Quotes
"Everyone wants me to be different than advertised."
"Sometimes the walls that stand between us and our neighbors are all that stand between our country and war."
"I solemnly swear that I will never talk again if I can help it."
"My life is a never-ending conversation of the things that people do not say."
"Diplomatic relations are like an iceberg. About 90 percent of them exist beneath the surface, unseen by the world at large."
"I feel like there’s too much riding on whatever answer I’m being asked to give."
"I’m here because there’s no place else for me to go."
"I’m not going to let it come and sweep over me."
"You clean up real good, kid," Grandpa says, but he’s not looking at me. He slaps Ms. Chancellor’s hand. "Now, how about me?"
"Grace, tomorrow night is very important for your grandfather." Ms. Chancellor’s voice is low. Her words sound mildly like a threat.
"I don’t need a bath!" I’m shouting now. "I need someone to listen to me! I need someone to believe me."
"You know not all people with scars are evil," I snap. "I’m not living in a cartoon. But I also know —"
"Grace, I know you must have questions …" Grandpa doesn’t even say hello when he reaches his office.
"You said these men killed your mother, didn’t you, Grace?" Grandpa asks, and I stand silent. "Didn’t you?"
"She was murdered, Alexei," I say, softer. His jacket falls from my shoulders and lies like a puddle in the street. "She was. She really was. And I saw the man who killed her."
"I know the prime minister didn’t do it," I tell him.
"I know not all people with scars are evil," I snap. "I’m not living in a cartoon. But I also know —"
"We’re the only league there is. Right now, you and I are all we’ve got."
"Part of having the world think you’re crazy means you always have to remind yourself of the truth."
"I am a natural tree climber, swimmer, and window-crawler-outer."
"The world has changed. Wars raged and governments rose and fell, but the streets of Valancia have stayed exactly the same."
"I can apologize in seven different languages. It's just something you pick up when you're me."
"There are many perfectly adequate ways to die. I just have to find one."
"We are students of a twelve-year-old ninja. And we have a lot to learn."
"If one of us gets hurt, I will never forgive myself."
"It only took Ms. Chancellor forty-eight hours and five teams of florists to transform the space."
"The dress Ms. Chancellor forced me into this time hits me at my knees and has a wide skirt lined with crinoline — it actually bounces and makes a noise when I move."
"Megan has abandoned her camo cargo pants and is wearing a sundress with a little white sweater."
"I can’t really focus on them. Not when Alexei is wearing a dark suit with a blue tie that is the exact same color as his eyes."
"The guests are arriving, and everything looks okay."
"I keep waiting for him to look up and see me."
"I can’t shake the feeling that nothing will ever be okay again."
"I’m not exactly sure that comfortable and I will ever be on a first-name basis again."
"It’s like watching someone finally find her destiny."
"I’m sorry you promised Jamie that you’d keep me out of trouble."
"It was once the main trade route between Europe and the Far and Middle East."
"I can’t decide which cliché suits me better."
"The grief and guilt were simply too much for you."