Quotes of: Kansas-city Keyword

But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out.

The Drowned Cities

The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you’d ever left behind riding on your shoulders.

The Drowned Cities

Her face was smeared with mud and blood and ash. Just another bit of debris in the wreckage of war.

The Drowned Cities

The city glitters past us with its sharp edges, reminding us of how tiny, how weak, how totally unimportant we are.

Demons in the Spring

What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?

Divergent

The goodness of the world grew like moss in cracks, she thought. It grew, somehow, with hidden roots, nourished by something unseen.

The Etched City

Evil flourishes because the good aren't good enough," see murmured. "And sometimes the good just have bad days.

The Etched City

I guess it’s always romantic when two people fall in love.... Even if it turns out not to be real.

Emerald City

Partying means drinking. It also means playing records by Lou Reed and Chicago, which I thought was a city but is also a band it turns out.

Everything Matters!

Some tourist think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a ciry of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.

The Fault in Our Stars

It wasn’t so much that I thought there was nowhere to go, in this huge city; but with so many places to go, where were you supposed to begin?

Fabulous Things

Look closely Jane. This is Majesty Park, the city of wonder. Here you are free to dream dreams and follow them wherever they may take you.

Grimly Jane

Previous experience had taught me that any expedition marches on its stomach.

House of the Tiger King: The Quest for a Lost City

Strange, I thought, how you can be living your dreams and your nightmares at the very same time.

Hollow City

You may choose to live in a world of fantasy if you like, my dear, but I am a realist.

Hollow City

If you wish, I shall go personally to your City and knock together the heads of Perlith and Galooney.

The Hero and the Crown

It did not last long. It is only in the movies that knife fighters stab and miss and slash and miss and tussle over several city blocks.

From Here to Eternity

So? I know lots of beautiful women. Nova wanted to chase... I merely obliged her by running.

Broken City

And this is when I knew I was black for real. This is when I knew black was a city whose walls were constantly under siege....

Bury My Clothes

Three of the ten principles governing the City of Joy are (a) tell the truth, (b) stop waiting to be rescued, and (c) give away what you want the most.

In the Body of the World

New York was a city where you could be frozen to death in the midst of a busy street and nobody would notice.

Chronicles, Vol. 1