Hallowed Quotes
"It's hard to believe, looking at it now, that a few weeks ago one of my favorite things in the world was riding around in this old truck with the windows rolled down, letting my fingers trail through the air."
"This is where everything happened, pressed against Bluebell's beat-up, musty seats. This is where I fell in love."
"In those large blue-gray eyes is a brand-new knowledge of good and evil."
"I'm just glad we don't have to hightail it out of Jackson and leave my entire life behind. At least for the time being."
"Some things change. Some things don't, I guess."
"In ten years, I will be married. I will have a child. I will be happy."
"I've never been one of those girls who dreamed of getting married... When I was a kid I fashioned swords out of tree branches."
"I want to crawl into bed, pull the covers up over my head, and sleep it all away."
"She knows that any time spent with Angela is time spent talking about angel-bloods and Angela's many theories."
"It's not like we haven't talked. We have, although mostly it was a debriefing of what's already happened. No new information. No revelations."
"If you say so," she says. "Can we talk about something else now?"
"It's like a group of them," she tells me. "Congregarium celestial, literally like a herd of angel-bloods. A flock."
"It's probably just a dream, you know?" I manage. "Like my subconscious working something out, my fears, maybe, or like those dreams where you show up to school naked."
"What once was lost, now is found," Mrs. Avery says.
"Everything's going to be all right, Carrots. You'll see."
"Things have a way of working out the way they're supposed to."
"Black Wings feel sorrow because they are going against their design. The same thing happens to us."
"I don’t know." That’s true. I don’t remember exactly what I was thinking about all those times, but I would hazard a guess that it involved Tucker and my dream and how I’m not going to let it happen.
"You shouldn’t have to apologize for who you are."
"Say a prayer for me, will you? Because I’m pretty sure my parents are going to kill me."
"I love you, Clara. And I do care about Tucker, as much as I know you won't believe that. I do care about your happiness. But I care about your safety first. That has always been my first priority."
"Then nothing can ever truly separate you, not even death. Love binds you."
"You have made my life into something so extraordinary, you can't even know."
"We're going to make it through this together. We're going to be all right."
"Black Wings could come for any one of us at any time. Let's not pretend otherwise."
"The point is, he’s angry. At some of us, specifically."
"We’re all going to be there. We stand by each other."
"It’s your funeral. We love you. We’re going to take care of your kids."
"You’re careless, Corbett, but you can afford to be."
"We aren’t cowards, and we’ve been given a call to battle."
"Storm’s coming, kid. Things are going to be rough. But we’ll make it."
"Trust me, Tucker’s jaw is going to drop when he sees you."
"What if it’s a practical joke somebody’s playing on you?"
"I’m not a piece of meat, okay? I can handle this myself."
"We didn’t forget," Walter says in a low voice.
"All days are nights to see till I see thee, / And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me."
"Hold fast to each other. Help each other through."
"I wish I could have been there for you. Helped you."
"It’s like closing a door. You erect a spiritual barrier between you."
"We decided that it would be best if I stopped seeing you. For your own good."
"It’s complicated," she answers. "And rare. But, yes, an angel can choose to marry."