“She'd grown up inside books. No matter how dark life became, shutting out the hurt was as easy as opening a cover. A child of murdered parents and a failed rebellion, she'd still walked in the boots of scholars and warriors, queens and conquerors.
The heavens grant us only one life, but through books, we live a thousand.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“If Vengeance has a mother, her name is Patience.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“The choice between looking plain and pretty isn't really a choice at all. But any fool knows looking dangerous is preferable to both.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“Memory is a traitor, and a liar, and a good-for-nothing thief.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“Conquer your fear, and you can conquer the world.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“If you can't see your chains, what use is a key?”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“The heavens grant us only one life, but through books, we live a thousand." - Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“The storm begs no forgiveness of the drowned.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“Problem with being a librarian is there's some lessons you just can't learn from books.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“There's no softer pillow than a clear conscience.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“No matter how dark life became, shutting out the hurt was as easy as opening a cover.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“I'll just dance until the music stops, and see where the steps take me.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“You can keep the glory. I'm just here for the blood.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“That's the power of words; twenty six little letter can paint a whole universe”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“Silver at her throat. Stone at her feet. Iron in her heart.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“...Because the voices in your head that say otherwise are just fear talking. Never listen to fear.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“We have a saying in Vaan," Byern replied.
"In every breath, hope abides."
(...)
"Just keep breathing, little Crow.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“We have a saying in Vaan,” Byern replied. “In every breath, hope abides.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“But those who stand for nothing die for the same. And if you stand only for yourself, you fall alone.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“If you can’t see your chains, what use is a key?”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“The heavens grant us only one life, but through books, we live a thousand.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“Looking out over the mezzanine to the endless shelves below, the girl couldn’t help but smile. She’d grown up inside books. No matter how dark life became, shutting out the hurt was as easy as opening a cover. A child of murdered parents and a failed rebellion, she’d still walked in the boots of scholars and warriors, queens and conquerors.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
“fear is the only enemy in your path. Conquer your fear, and you can conquer the world.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Godsgrave
Jay Kristoff
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“We all make mistakes. It’s part of growing. The trick isn’t to be perfect. It’s to find a place of solace in the mind so that it doesn’t cane you for trusting the wrong person or following after the wrong dream. All of us fall victim to harmful guile at some point.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, quote from Time Untime
“... technically, just like with the rings of a tree or Carbon-14, it had to be possible to measure the passage of time by the melting of vanilla ice cream.”
― Herman Koch, quote from The Dinner
“I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.”
― Oriana Fallaci, quote from A Man
“To look at the entire journey all at once was stupidity. You thought of it in segments; that was the only way.”
― Richard Matheson, quote from The Shrinking Man
“... it is strange to know you would be cast off by the people who greet you so warmly, if they knew the whole truth about you.”
― Zen Cho, quote from Sorcerer to the Crown
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