Quotes by Mary Neal

“Don't you recognize me, Mary? It's your good friend Allie the Outcast - although it looks like you're the one who's the out-cast now." Then Allie realized something with far too much glee. "Now that you're here - alive and all - there's something I've wanted to do for a very long time."Then Allie reached back, curled her fleshie's right hand into a fist, and swung it toward Mary with all her might.This was one strong fleshie!The punch connected with Mary's eye so hard, that Mary's entire body spun around, and she collapsed into a leopard chair. Allie's knuckles hurt, but it was a good kind of pain."My eye!" wailed Mary. "Oh! My eye.””

“If someone had told Allie that she would commit a premeditated act of murder, she would not have believed it. She would have spouted off all the reasons how she could never be capable of such a thing”

“Marie couldn't help but smile. This girl whom she had not even wanted to take on in the first place had become her greatest supporter. Her truest friend.””

“Mary believes she was put on earth to bring an end to the living world.”Both Nick and Mikey just stared at her.“What do you mean … end?” asked Mikey.“End means end. Complete and total destruction. She wants to kill everyone and everything. She wants to bring down every building, burn every forest, empty every ocean of life. She wants to turn the earth into a dead planet …””

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.””

“Life isn’t about waiting for the showers to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.””

“Wish me luck, dear.' 'I won't do that.' And when Marie looked to Anastasia for an explanation, the girl smiled and said, 'Luck is for losers. You have history on your side. You have gravity, You have authority. You are the Granddame of Death.' And then she added, 'Your Excellency.””

“Where are you, my dear Marie?””

“Marie,” she said, “it’s finally happened.” “What has, dear?” “I’ve stopped seeing myself as Citra Terranova,” she said. “I’ve finally become Scythe Anastasia.””

“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it. Zora Neale Hurston””

“Are you going to tell me who she is?" she asked."A psychiatrist," Nick shot back."Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, it's about time," his mother replied.””

“The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.””

“When we choose to forgive, we choose to accept the depth of God’s love and grace for all people, acknowledging that there is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. It concedes that we cannot see the bigger picture of God’s intricate tapestry of life.””

“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.””

“I know the thing the Tonists believe are ridiculous," Citra said, "but I suppose to some people, there's something compelling about them.""That's what turkeys think about the rain," Marie pointed out. "They raise their eyes heavenward, open up their beaks, and drown.””