Not going to walk me to the door?" I asked, pretending to be shocked at his lack of gallantry." Of course, I am. Many would think that a bonny lass such as herself wouldst be able to stay out of trouble for a distance of fifteen feet, but I know better."" Did you just use the words herself and wouldst in the same sentence? You can't be a pirate and a courtier at the same time, Dev. It just isn't done.

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Nothing hurts you unless you let it.

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

She wasn’t going to sit and wait. She was done waiting, because you could spend your whole life waiting for something to happen. Something big. You could wait and wait, and even if something big happened, even if it finally happened—it didn’t change anything.

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Someone tried to kill me, and I’m going swimming. I’m going swimming, because it doesn’t matter. I’m going swimming, because I don’t matter. Furthermore, I’m going swimming, because that’s what Claire's do. We swim, and we daydream, and we read, and we wait for someone to care, and they never, ever, ever do.

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Sometimes, having friends who were like family was a good thing, and sometimes, it was like having an endless supply of very nosy, very irritating siblings.

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Sometimes, the most dangerous people were the ones you trusted most.

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Sometimes, there aren't any good choices. Sometimes, making the right one is hard... It's funny, but when you think about it, we're all broken. That's what life does. It knocks you down and breaks you and you either get back up again, or you don't. You either do things on your terms, or you don't. You let the bad things win, or you don't."" You either let it break you, or you don't.

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The fact that you don't hate him for this breaks my heart. And if we weren't leaving because of what they'd done to you, we'd be leaving because the pack has twisted you enough to make you think that it's okay for someone to treat you that way.

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

This was our language: half-truths, obvious lies, accusations neither one of us would ever make. It was a system very bit as complicated as Morse code or the dancing of bees. Don't ask, don't tell, stay civil.

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Three questions,” I said, ticking them off on my fingers as I spoke. “One: do you have a car? Two: do you have plans tonight? And three: how fast can you drive?

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes