Shannon Messenger Quotes

“Team Foster-Keefe will always be cooler.”
― Shannon Messenger, Neverseen

“I think we could all use a little more weird in our lives.”
― Shannon Messenger, Exile

“Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.”
― Shannon Messenger, Lodestar

“Ohhh, a lovers’ quarrel!” Ro clapped her hands. “Those are my favorite. Anyone have snacks? I feel like we should have snacks for this.”
“That’s not what this is,” Sophie told her. “We’re not...never mind.”
Ro grinned, flashing pointed teeth. “If you say so.”
“Fosters not ready to face her feelings,” Keefe stage-whispered.
“I’m ready to strangle you,” Sophie countered.”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“But before he left, he asked, “Still best friends, right?”
A soft smile curled her lips, and her heart pull back into its place.
“Forever.”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“Keefe raised one eyebrow. "You okay there, Foster? Your mood seems to be making some sudden shifts." "Yeah. because I'm trying to decide if I can shove you off the stairs without knocking Biana down." "I can jump out of the way," Biana offered. "I can give him an extra shove as he tumbles by," Tam added. " I'd come up there and do it myself, but I'm trying to be a good brother and wait for my slothlike sister." "I'd like to see you climbing in heels," Linh told him.”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“Well, if you like honestly,” Ro said, following him over to Keefe, “it stinks here, too. Everything smells like...”
“Fresh air?” Sophie guessed.
“Awww, my girl keeps getting snarkier and snarkier,” Keefe said proudly.
“I’m not your girl,” Sophie snapped back. “And don’t think I’m done being mad at you!”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“Okay,” she agreed. If he refused to be serious, then so would she. “Fine, Im an elf. Am I suppose to help Frodo destroy the ring and save Middle-Earth? Or do I have to make toys in the North Pole?”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities

“It's time to listen to your girl. No arguing—she's smarter than you.”
― Shannon Messenger, Flashback

“Sophie froze.
“My name’s Fitz,” he added, stepping closer still.
Fitz? What kind of name was Fitz?”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities

“You can’t change who you are! Or who your family is,” Tam told her. “Believe me—if I could! I would. All you can do is make sure you’re living by what you believe in.”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“They weren’t friends. And they weren’t actually sisters. They were just two different girls from two different worlds.”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“Wait for the morning, when you can regroup with your friends and the seven of you can start scheming together.”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“Keefe gave her sister his famous smirk, reaching up to smooth his expertly tousled blond hair. “Don’t worry-were all in the Foster Fan Club.”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“It’s too bad Keefe isn’t here, you two could have a contest to see who whines the most.”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“It’s been her secret-her burden-since she fell and hit her head when she was five years old. She’d tried blocking the noise. Tried ignoring it. Nothing helped. And she could never tell anyone. They wouldn’t understand.”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities

“Three hands. No fourth for her. It was how it should be. How it would have to be. And Sophie could live with that. She could let them go again, to spare them that pain.
But it would still hurt.
It would always hurt.”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“She wasn't the same girl she'd been the year before, who though failing out of Foxfire would be the end of the world. Now she'd been kidnapped, presumed dead, banished from the Lost Cities, and helped stop a plague from killing off the entire gnomish species. She'd even snuck into the ogres' capital and helped destroy half the city--which happened to be why the Council was struggling to negotiated a new elvin-ogre treaty.”
― Shannon Messenger, Lodestar

“We wanted her to see that the shadows that scared her could be beau,titular and powerful when we learn how to control them,” Edaline added.
Taking control.
It sounded so simple.
And so impossible.”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“Scattered, disconnected pieces of thoughts broadcast straight into Sophie’s brain- like being in a room with hundreds of TV’s blaring different shows at the same time. They sliced into her consciousness, leaving sharp pains in their wake.

She was a freak.”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities

“I don’t know how it’s all going to work out, but … I’ll be fighting for the happy ending too.”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“She pulled her shoulder-length blond hair around her face, wishing she could hide behind it. This is exactly the kind of attention she went out of her way to avoid. Why she wore dull colors and lurked in the back, blocked by the other kids who were at least a foot taller than her. It was the only way to survive as a twelve year old in high school.”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities

“The Fitzphie pizzazz, Sophie repeated, There's no such thing.
Not what that attitude, there isn't! Keefe told her.”
― Shannon Messenger, Flashback

“Sophie smiled, “We all have our things.”
“Well, yours is weird,” Amy told her.”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“Keefe reaches for Sophie’s shaky hand. “We’ll get them back safe. I promise.”

Sophie squeezed his hand, twining their fingers together.”
― Shannon Messenger, Nightfall

“Sophie tugged out a loose eyelash-a nervous habit-and started at her feet.”
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities

“But it turns out I'm worthless."
"No, you're not."
Surprisingly, the words came from Tam.
"Having a family like yours messes with your head," he added, tugging his bangs over his eyes. "I know how that goes. You still made a bad call—or lots of bad calls actually. But if you don't do it again, we're cool."
One side of Keefe's mouth quirked as he nodded.”
― Shannon Messenger

“You don't stick your hand into a viper's nest until you have a plan for getting bitten.”
― Shannon Messenger

“The probability of a theory rarely negates its possibility.”
― Shannon Messenger

“Whatever secrets lie in your past do not change who you are now.”
― Shannon Messenger