Nate Quotes

“Dear God,” said Will, looking from Charlotte to Nate and back again. “Is there anything that makes women sillier than the sight of a wounded young man?”
Tessa slitted her eyes at him. “You might want to clean the rest of the blood of your face before you continue arguing in that vein.”
Will threw his arms up in the air and stalked off. Charlotte looked at Tessa, a half smile curving the side of her mouth. “I must say, I rather like the way you manage Will.”
Tessa shook her head. “No one manages Will.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“Nate: “And,” he said, “boys at twelve aren’t exactly slick with the ladies.”
Ruby: “’Slick with the ladies’?” I said. “Are you twelve?”
― Sarah Dessen

“One o' these days, lass, I'm goin' t' still that mouth o' yers. - Nate”
― Lisa Mantchev, Eyes Like Stars

“I may hold ye at arm's length....But I want ye t' be mine an' mine alone. - Nate to Bertie, as they danced.”
― Lisa Mantchev, Eyes Like Stars

“So," Nate attempted conversation for the third time. He seemed to be in a better mood lately. "Do you guys maybe want to talk about how every uncomfortable this is?" He smiled tightly, looking first at Tristan, then at Scarlet. "Because I don't know about you, but I feel awkward. Let's hash it out, shall we? Tristan," Nate said brightly. "We'll start with you. How are you feeling?"
"Annoyed."
"I like your honesty and openness." Nate turned to Scarlet. "What about you? How are you feeling?"
"Tired," she said. "Nine in the morning is too early for needles."
Tristan said, "Maybe if you hadn't stayed out so late, you wouldn't be so tired."
Scarlet said, "Look who's decided to speak again. Suddenly the silent and dark Tristan has an opinion on my life."
"Oh, I have many opinions."
"See?" Nate said, his smile tighter than before. "Isn't all this openness refreshing?”
― Chelsea Fine, Avow

“I never said I would be helpful. I said I would ask permission before stabbing you.”
― Chelsea Fine, Avow

“You'd think I wouldn't even have to say that, but seeing as you two were halfway to Babytown when I walked in here-"
"Just shut up and go pack," Tristan said.
"Ooh, feisty." Nate shook his head at Scarlet. "Tristan doesn't like it when I talk about you guys having sex."
"Neither do I. Geez." Scarelt was blushing as she shooed Nate from the room.
Nate exited and Tristan and Scarlet spent the next half hour lacing arrowed in blood and not making eye contact.”
― Chelsea Fine, Avow

“Maybe we can't have everything we want in this relationship, Susanna." He bent his lips to her ears and whispered, "But we have this ball and tonight, you are my queen.”
― Rachel Hauck, Once Upon a Prince

“I wish he'd listen, because if anyone knows how badly you can screw up your life when you decide you're not good enough, it's me.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“Apparently, in addition to muscles, Nate had an inner squirrel. He didn't have any trouble balancing on the tree, whereas I felt like I could fall out anytime.”
― Eileen Cook, Unraveling Isobel

“Declan, get your ass out of bed!"
A light flicked on and Declan stumbled into view through the open window. He looked to be only half awake and was missing his shirt.
Alex, on the other hand, was not missing that shirt in the slightest.”
― Jena Leigh, Revival

“Your dad does like you. In fact, he wants to protect you from me. He told me to not bother trying to get my claws into you and drag you down to my level.
Bother. Definitely bother. I like the idea of you getting your claws into me.”
― Eileen Cook, Unraveling Isobel

“They sailed through the intersection...and only barely missed getting creamed by the cross-traffic.
Nate was smiling. "Did you see that?"
"Yes, Nathaniel." Kenzie had a white-knuckle grip on the door. "You have a bright future ahead of you as a wheelman for the mob. We're all so proud. Now focus on the road, please.”
― Jena Leigh, Revival

“I'll have to warn you, my cousins are Satan's spawn.”
― Rebecca Donovan, Out of Breath

“Nate liked Death. Death was in the clothes that he wore and the music he listened to. He would wrap himself in a black sweater and ask Death to ride along with him in his Honda Civic.”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, A Map of the Known World

“When I reach the end of one row, I continue straight on away from the barn and the farm and the road. I walk until I come to a pile of hay bales and plop myself down. The sun is bright and the air is sharp. In the distance I hear the lowing of cows. It's so peaceful here.

"Merry Christmas, " I whisper to myself. "Merry Christmas, Nate.”
― Lisa Ann Sandell, A Map of the Known World

“You think we're going to turn you over to the law?" he said. "Oh, no, we're much more dangerous than that.”
― Matt Forbeck, The Con Job

“The remarkable thing now was emerging from the vortex, a thing for which no one had words and Nate was only able to punctuate with “Holy Satan’s crotch.”
― Edgar Cantero, Meddling Kids

“Small change of plan. One of the counselors got sick. He’s going to be delayed by a day or two. I need you to sub in until he gets here.”
“What?” Nate said, blinking.
“It’s the Jackals, cabin 12. The kids are nine years old. You’ll be working with Dylan and staying in that cabin until the other counselor gets here. Can you go join him over at that table when you’re done eating?”
“Oh no,” he whispered dryly. “No. How did everything fall apart so quickly?”
― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods

“You get to help people in ways that I can't even imagine. Hell, *you get to help people.*”
― Keith R.A. DeCandido, The Zoo Job

“Something hit the floor with a crack. Nate turned and looked down to see his cell phone on the floor. He patted his back pockets, as if to be sure it was his, then swore and reached down. The phone slid across the floor.
“What the hell?” he muttered.
It slid faster now, scraping and bumping along.
“Carter!” Nate growled. “This is not the time for pranks.”
As he took off after the phone, I looked out the bathroom door to see it rise a foot off the ground, then fall with a crack.
Nate swore and picked up speed, loping down the hall, muttering. “If you break it, Carter, I swear you’re buying me a new one.” ”
― Kelley Armstrong, Belonging

“Don't let yesterday use up too much of today”
― Tracie Puckett, Coming Out

“I love words, because they're mine. Utterly, completely mine. I can share them with others. I can keep them to myself. I can use them over and over again. No matter what I do, they'll always be mine. No one can take them away from me”
― Parker S. Huntington

“There will be children here tomorrow,” Nate said. “Children. With their little child fingers.”
“Child fingers?”
“I’m saying we won’t be safe anymore. This other counselor better stop being sick really quick.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Box in the Woods

“Nate poked her with the toe of his sneaker.
“This is a David thing,” he said. “Obviously.”
She did not reply.
“Romance seems fun,” he added.
“Don’t.”
“I’m not.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Box in the Woods

“Sometimes it does a chap's heart good to rescue a beautiful woman. Makes him remember why God rescued him.”
― Rachel Hauck, Once Upon a Prince

“The existence of a word proves that someone in the history of humanity felt the same way I did and gave it a name. It means we're not alone. If there's a word for what we're feeling, we're never alone”
― Parker S. Huntington

“Forgiving others is a myth. The only prisoner freed when you forgive someone is you”
― Parker S. Huntington

“That wasn't a moose was it?" Janelle said when Stevie was out of earshot. "that's a branch, right? it moved in the wind?"
"It's a branch". Nate replied.
"Like, that's obviously a branch," Vi said. "Should we tell her? She seems really invested in this."
"Definitely not," Nate said as Stevie vanished in the direction of the classroom buildings, earbuds already in her ears. "Let her have her moose.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Hand on the Wall

“A whore like her will fuck anything,” Nate growls, pointing over at me.

“Obviously.” Colt looks him up and down and then chuckles to himself. "She did fuck you.”
― Shantel Tessier, Sabotage