Quotes of Megan Shepherd

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“The last thing the justice system is, is just.” ― Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter
“Sometimes you have to embrace the darkness to stop it.” ― Megan Shepherd, Her Dark Curiosity
“My heartbeat faltered. He pulled away, taking a little piece of my heart with him.” ― Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter
“Dead flesh and sharpened scalpels didn't bother me. I was my father's daughter, after all. My nightmares were made of darker things.” ― Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter
“The ways of men and women are such a puzzle. And I could barely decipher my own feelings, let along anyone else's.” ― Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter
“Call it sentimentality. Call it curiosity. Just don't call it madness.” ― Megan Shepherd, Her Dark Curiosity
“Analyzing, always analyzing— I couldn’t feel safe until I knew every aspect of what I was facing.” ― Megan Shepherd , The Madman's Daughter
“Flesh, blood, bone--the body is only a container for who we truly are inside.” ― Megan Shepherd, Her Dark Curiosity
“The Beast had been a monster. He'd been a murderer. And yet on some terrible, deep level, he had been the only one to truly understand me.” ― Megan Shepherd, A Cold Legacy
“Paranoia had crept into that part of my brain usually reserved for reason.” ― Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter
“How could a monster love anything but destruction?” ― Megan Shepherd, Her Dark Curiosity
“A trip to the library is like coming home and going on an adventure at the same time.” ― Megan Shepherd
“I folded my arm. "You know, I suspect you and Edward would be friends if it weren't for this place."His eyes were on fire. "It's not this island keeping us from being friends."My pounding heart stole the words to reply to that.” ― Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter
“Love can sometimes do the impossible.” ― Megan Shepherd, A Cold Legacy
“Thwack. The nail drove deeper, as if Montgomery was driving it into my very heart. How hard was it to fix a loose nail? He hit it again and again, determined to set that bookshelf straight. Determined to do something right, after so much wrong.” ― Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter
“Whether I'm right or wrong has nothing to do with gender.” ― megan shepherd, The Madman's Daughter
“Sometimes mistakes are worth making.” ― Megan Shepherd, The Cage
“A smile can hide so much. A smile can be a lie.” ― Megan Shepherd, The Cage
“I ran after him, but he was already back with the others. My footsteps echoed in the hollow space below the dock. I stopped. If he'd wanted me to catch him, he'd have let me.” ― Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter
Megan Shepherd
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Megan Shepherd

New York Times bestselling author Megan Shepherd grew up in her family’s independent bookstore in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is the author of several young adult and middle grade novels. She now lives and writes on a 125-year-old farm outside Asheville, No…

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