“Catalina says that people are like books. Some you want to read and enjoy; some you hate before you've even read a word.”
―
Isabel Ibañez,
Woven in Moonlight
“Everything always seems sweeter in the minutes before darkness descends.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“Dressed in his usual black ensemble, he reminds me of the perfect night. The kind of night that makes you want to get lost somewhere. The kind of night that invites adventure and misbehaving.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“Because words empowered by justice can never be silenced” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“Despite the danger, my protest had burst from my lips, from my heart. Because words empowered by justice can never be silenced.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“I didn't create the system- I was born into it” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“Time is the worst kind of thief, sneaky and effective and gone before you realize what's been taken.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn
“Do you know what surprises me the most? After it happened, I found that I could still get out of bed. The pain of losing someone you love doesn't actually kill you, even though it feels like it should.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn
“We all want the same things: opportunities and means for everyone to earn their bread; freedom of self-expression without consequences; for all children, not just” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“Manuel’s chuckle dies as he catches sight of the expression on my face. He reads me easily, and his glowing eyes seem to dim. Or maybe I think they do because I want him to hold on to this moment and remember it forever, like I will.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight
“Your people are conquerors. Destroyers of culture and traditions. Murderers and thieves.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight
“I trudge after them, unable to stop thinking about that cloak made of grass and how the tamer had spent years making it. And how he’d given it to me.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn
“Brave,” he says at last. “Determined. Intelligent. Unsure. Lost and angry. Sad, too, I think. But” ― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight
“Why is it so hard to believe that even enemies may want the same things?” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“I'm only a copy of someone else. Just a decoy. I'm not really her. I'm not me. I don't know who I am or where I belong, if anywhere at all.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“I want to be heard too. Sometimes, when my temper gets the best of me, I'm secretly pleased.That's the real me breaking through the mask.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“Easy for him to suggest something like that. To sign over my rights, become someone’s property. Financial burden. An exchange in which I’d lose my self-respect, become someone I didn’t recognize. Chattel. A porcelain figurine on a shelf.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn
“You keep surprising me," he says, and there's a particularly despairing quality to his voice that I find riveting. "I wish you'd stop."Warmth spreads deep in my belly. It loosens my tense shoulders, makes the tight line of my jaw relax. His words work like a balm, sweet, healing honey, and it's strong enough I can almost taste the addicting sugar."Why?""Because I don't like how it makes me feel," he snaps."Don't tell me we're becoming friends," I say lightly.A rueful smile tugs at his mouth. "That's not what I'd call it.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn
“Everything always seems sweeter in the minutes before darkness descends.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“Dressed in his usual black ensemble, he reminds me of the perfect night. The kind of night that makes you want to get lost somewhere. The kind of night that invites adventure and misbehaving.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“Because words empowered by justice can never be silenced” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“Despite the danger, my protest had burst from my lips, from my heart. Because words empowered by justice can never be silenced.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“I didn't create the system- I was born into it” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“Time is the worst kind of thief, sneaky and effective and gone before you realize what's been taken.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn
“Do you know what surprises me the most? After it happened, I found that I could still get out of bed. The pain of losing someone you love doesn't actually kill you, even though it feels like it should.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn
“We all want the same things: opportunities and means for everyone to earn their bread; freedom of self-expression without consequences; for all children, not just” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“Manuel’s chuckle dies as he catches sight of the expression on my face. He reads me easily, and his glowing eyes seem to dim. Or maybe I think they do because I want him to hold on to this moment and remember it forever, like I will.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight
“Your people are conquerors. Destroyers of culture and traditions. Murderers and thieves.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight
“I trudge after them, unable to stop thinking about that cloak made of grass and how the tamer had spent years making it. And how he’d given it to me.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn
“Brave,” he says at last. “Determined. Intelligent. Unsure. Lost and angry. Sad, too, I think. But” ― Isabel Ibañez, Written in Starlight
“Why is it so hard to believe that even enemies may want the same things?” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“I'm only a copy of someone else. Just a decoy. I'm not really her. I'm not me. I don't know who I am or where I belong, if anywhere at all.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“I want to be heard too. Sometimes, when my temper gets the best of me, I'm secretly pleased.That's the real me breaking through the mask.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Woven in Moonlight
“Easy for him to suggest something like that. To sign over my rights, become someone’s property. Financial burden. An exchange in which I’d lose my self-respect, become someone I didn’t recognize. Chattel. A porcelain figurine on a shelf.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn
“You keep surprising me," he says, and there's a particularly despairing quality to his voice that I find riveting. "I wish you'd stop."Warmth spreads deep in my belly. It loosens my tense shoulders, makes the tight line of my jaw relax. His words work like a balm, sweet, healing honey, and it's strong enough I can almost taste the addicting sugar."Why?""Because I don't like how it makes me feel," he snaps."Don't tell me we're becoming friends," I say lightly.A rueful smile tugs at his mouth. "That's not what I'd call it.” ― Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn
