“If you did not indulge in fantasies, how else would you know if you were living an interesting life?”
“Sometimes 'Hmm' is the wisest thing to say.”
“It can't be 'true' love without the truth”
“When sad she brings the thunder
And her tears, they bring the rain
When ill she feeds a poison
To us all to fell her pain
Her smiles they bring the sunshine
And the laughter and the wind
And the birds they go on singing
And the world is whole again.
"Smile, sweet Sunday," Wednesday whispered in her ear. "The birds need your love so they can lift their wings.”
“May we all be doomed to a happy life.”
“Your fey cousin here has the miraculous ability to hold his liquor--and mine, and yours, and the king's, and half the country's, I expect.”
“All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep.”
“There are four things that make a man fight as you just did," the duke explained to Rumbold. "Love, despair, anger, or insanity."
Erik counted them off on his fingers. "Everything to lose, nothing to lose, someone's taken it, or you've lost it.”
“Quit dwelling on other people's stories and make up some of your own.”
“First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius.
"Third time's tradition," finished Erik.”
“Somethings were meant to be and somethings were just meant to be good stories”
“The curse of an interesting life: there are either very good times or very bad times.”
“Velius--so who is she? no wait, let me guess. skin of the finest porcelain. hair of the softest silk. a voice like birdsong, a smile like sunshine, and a mouth that would sate your brightest and darkest wishes
Rumbold-- You've m-met her?
Velius--oh yes, my friend. we all know her. we've all pursued her. some of us have even been lucky enough to have her. we've been drunk on her sin, become fools of her favor. she might have borne a different face each time, but her name was always the same. Trouble”
“We are all fools blessed with the knowledge that certain events will come to pass no matter what path we take to get there. The wise ones follow their angels while they may.”
“Gifts, like words, carried with them a great deal of power. They bestowed good fortune just as powerfully as they could curse; the could bind people together or tear them apart.”
“Mama says I spend too much time in little fantasy worlds and not enough in this one.”
“She needed him to keep her sane, to make her laugh, to feel complete”
“No," Wednesday agreed. "You have tortured with silence. You let her grieve for a soul she did not lose, mourn a heart that should not have broken, and berate herself for betraying the man she loves...with the man she loves. It can't be 'true' love without the truth, Rumbold.”
“For some heroes, nothing is impossible”
“Everything in the world was about creativity: belief and creation. Storytelling was the essence of both.”
“I think I liked you better when you were a raging idiot.”
“He could not change the man he had been, but these hands would make him the man he could be”
“If you want anything to work, Sunday, you're going to have to believe it”
“Her heart was an invalid convinced that it would not survive many more sunsets.”
“There are many things wrong with you. A hangover just isn't one of them.”
“I have lived a life full of love and pain, of Joy and Sorrow, and I live on still. i have many, many years ahead of me, each day with the potential to be filled to the brim with trials to face and challenges to overcome.”
“Dream of me, my beloved family, happy in my plundering and adventuring, for when the waves rock me to sleep tonight, I will be dreaming of you.”
“People were supposed to cry at weddings; they just weren't supposed to cry because they suspected that the bride was going to die.”
“Any other brushes with insanity you haven't thought to mention?”
“Read it out loud, dear,” Grace ordered, as Angela opened the card tied to the yellow-ribboned box. To the bride-to-be in the kitchen stuck, An asparagus cooker and lots of luck. from Cookie Barfspringer “Thank you,” Angela said, wondering which one was the Barfspringer. The next gift was an egg poacher. The box in pink ribbons contained another asparagus cooker. “I sure hope Doctor Deere likes asparagus,” someone remarked.”
“You can't stop time. You can't capture light. You can only turn your face up and let it rain down.”
“My daddy always told me to just do the best you knew how and tell the truth. He said there was nothin to set a man’s mind at ease like wakin up in the morning and not havin to decide who you were. And if you done somethin wrong just stand up and say you done it and say you’re sorry and get on with it. Don’t haul stuff around with you.”
“So many things I'm not, and so few things I am.”
“Holocausts do not amaze me. Rapes and child slavery do not amaze me. And Franklin, I know you feel otherwise, but Kevin does not amaze me. I am amazed when I drop a glove in the street and a teenager runs two blocks to return it. I am amazed when a checkout girl flashes me a wide smile with my change, though my own face had been a mask of expedience. Lost wallets posted to their owners, strangers who furnish meticulous directions, neighbors who water each other's houseplants - these things amaze me.”
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