Iris Quotes

“Frank stared at her. "But you throw Ding Dongs at monsters."
Iris looked horrified. "Oh, they're not Ding Dongs."
She rummaged under the counter and brought out a package of chocolate covered cakes that looked exactly like Ding Dongs.
"These are gluten-free, no-sugar-added, vitamin-enriched, soy-free, goat-milk-and-seaweed-based cupcake simulations."
"All natural!" Fleecy chimed in.
"I stand corrected." Frank suddenly felt as queasy as Percy.”
― Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

“Your mom is a rainbow goddess?"
"You got a problem with that?"
"No, no. Rainbows. Very macho.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero

“[Iris] squeezed his hand. "Don't lose hope, Frank. Rainbows always stand for hope.”
― Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

“Hope," Frank grumbled. "I'd rather have a few good weasels.”
― Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

“And I don't want the world to see me,
Cause I don't think that they'd understand.
When everything's made to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am.”
― The Goo Goo Dolls

“I fell like a star and she was the end of the world. A cataclysmic crash of two people. Never to be the same. Never getting back up. Not unless we were doing it together.”
― Tess Sharpe, The Girls I've Been

“Right then, in that moment, Dex The Dick grinned. Grinned. And sweet mother of God, it was devastating. So completely catastrophic I just stood there and absorbed the nuclear bomb going off in front of me, defenseless.”
― Mariana Zapata, Under Locke

“In a swamp, as in meditation, you begin to glimpse how elusive, how inherently insubstantial, how fleeting our thoughts are, our identities. There is magic in this moist world, in how the mind lets go, slips into sleepy water, circles and nuzzles the banks of palmetto and wild iris, how it seeps across dreams, smears them into the upright world, rots the wood of treasure chests, welcomes the body home.”
― Barbara Hurd, Stirring the Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, and Human Imagination

“I've found peace here at the co-op. You could stay with us, if you want. Become a ROFLcopter.”
― Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

“White Iris

The iris danced across
the ancient Grecian skies
gliding with her embossed
satiny milken sides ...”
― Muse, Enigmatic Evolution

“Back when I’d been sick, I’d always dreaded hearing other words. Spread. Lymph nodes. Amputation. Those words, those possibilities, make you grow up quick. They made me remember to prioritize correctly, to value and appreciate. But mainly the branches of those words scared me so much, I wanted to live even if it wasn’t always going to be fun and games.”
― Mariana Zapata, Under Locke

“I am willing to admit that Gerard Butler has single-handedly murdered the romantic comedy.”

Gigi snickered. “Gerard Butler took the romantic comedy to an orgy, accidentally strangled it during an air game, panicked, and dumped its body in the woods.”

I stared at her, gobsmacked. “That may be the funniest thing I've ever heard –” I spluttered. “How the hell do you even know what an air game is?”

Gigi preened. “Just because you put the parental locks on HBO doesn’t mean I can’t get around them.”
― Molly Harper, The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires

“It's better to be the hero of your own story than to become the villain of someone else's.”
― Chris Colfer

“They all turned to the dark-haired woman standing quietly to the side and slightly behind Aunt Charlotte. She was, in a word, gorgeous. Everything about her was perfection, from her shiny hair to her milky-white skin. Her face was heart-shaped, her lips full and pink, and her eyelashes were so long that Honoria thought they must
touch her brows if she opened her eyes too wide.
“Well,” Honoria murmured to Iris, “at least no one will be looking at us.”
― Julia Quinn, Just Like Heaven

“She knew Archia could easily be perceived as the least formidable of all the quadrants, as Archians mostly kept to themselves, rarely crossing the channel to the main land due to their general distrust for machinery. They focused on physical work and living good, if somewhat modest, lives.”
― Astrid Scholte, Four Dead Queens

“You’re crazy, you know. That’s what falling in love is all about— being vulnerable. Leaning on someone else. You don’t lose yourself in the process— you grow.”
― Virna DePaul, Filthy Rich

“If you know everything, then how could you have troubles? You said you can see through to the answers to everything. Even though you can see through everything, there are still things you don't know? I found that to be so strange... Perhaps you can't really see through everything?”
― Aki, オリンポス 2 [Olympos 2]

“Don’t lose hope, Frank. Rainbows always stand for hope. - Iris, Rainbow Goddess”
― Rick Riordan

“In Greek mythology, the goddess Iris sped messages to the gods on the rainbow's arc. Her flower bears no perfume, but steam distillation of the root, or rhizome, yields orris, a precious essence that smells of candle wax, but its impression in perfume is powdery, silvery green, violet-like- a prize of the perfumer's palette. How I wish I could summon the goddess to carry my message to those I love. -DB”
― Jan Moran, Scent of Triumph

“Now it rests on a gold foil chest, next to a single iris in a fluted vase. Something about the flower beckons me to study it.
The arrangement is perfectly framed against the silk tapestry behind it. The purple petals are simple but elegant. Its placement here seems deliberate, almost ceremonial.”
― Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After

“My lifesaver has always been the hazel iris of your soul. It never fails. When the world plunges me deep into the darkness, one look from you is all it takes to save me.”
― LeAnne Mechelle, Write like no one is reading 2

“Messages are everywhere. Collect as many as you can, even the ones that don’t seem to make any sense. Those are often the ones that tend to be the most telling since they can’t be easy to discern at first glance. I call this practice chasing rainbows.”
― Irisanya Moon, Pagan Portals - Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow and Messenger of the Godds

“Oh, I would betray you a hundredfold,...I would betray you a thousandfold for her”
― Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows

“Although irises come in different colors (iris = rainbow), they contain only brown pigment. When they have a lot of pigment, the eyes appear brown or black. If the amount of pigment is small and restricted to the posterior surface of the iris, the unpigmented parts simply scatter the shorter wavelengths of light and the eyes appear blue, green, or gray. Most newborn babies’ eyes are slate gray or blue because their iris pigment is not yet developed.”
― Elaine Marieb & Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology 11th Latest Edition Elaine N. Marieb

“I am a federal agent. This is kidnapping."
"There's been a lot of that lately,”
― Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

“As I stared at my reflection in the mirror, at my perfect matching pajamas, all I could think of was, I’m so tired of being a good girl.”
― Blair M. Shadows, Crystal Iris

“Already in need of fresh air?” He knew I breathed better outdoors. I was about to say sorry when he said, “I hate how they all look at you, like a piece of meat to be devoured.” He gestured toward a group of men.
“What are you talking about?”
“You’re telling me you haven’t noticed them looking at you?” His face couldn’t hide his feelings.
I rolled my eyes. “You must be out of your mind… If they’re looking, it’s because they know I’m your fiancée, and I heard the deal you made today is worth a bit of gossip.”
I could feel his anger—not at me, never at me, just at any other man near me. The jealousy had always been a problem, even if I didn’t want to admit it.”
― Blair M. Shadows, Crystal Iris

“No, no, it’s okay, I know you wouldn’t burn the place down, Iris.”
He had no idea.”
― Blair M. Shadows, Crystal Iris

“One last chore, I said to myself as I put on my lipstick. Aaron was already waiting for me by the front door.
“It’s freezing,” I told him as I pulled my coat tighter.
“The driver should be here any minute.” There were lots of positives from having the kind of money Aaron had; never having to drive and find parking or catch a cab was one of my favorites. The black car pulled in front of us moments later.”
― Blair M. Shadows, Crystal Iris

“Waiters were coming our way and I shortened the distance and picked up another glass. I did not know how to handle my feelings. There he was, so…real.
“I’m Hoyt,” he introduced himself and I shook his hand. As soon as our hands touched we both pulled back immediately as we gasped. The heat almost burned our hands. I was still holding my fingers when I looked up and saw that he too had felt it.”
― Blair M. Shadows, Crystal Iris