“Sometimes, when we want something so badly, we fear failure more than we fear being without that thing.”
― Matthew J. Kirby, quote from Icefall
“In life, the hardest decisions often have to be made more than once. But each time, it gets easier.”
― Matthew J. Kirby, quote from Icefall
“Never trust a storyteller," he says. "We're all of us liars.”
― Matthew J. Kirby, quote from Icefall
“You can never trust anyone once you've had to trap them in a cage.”
― Matthew J. Kirby, quote from Icefall
“One cannot apologize for one's nature.”
― Matthew J. Kirby, quote from Icefall
“When you are in pain, a moment is an eternity.”
― Matthew J. Kirby, quote from Icefall
“You are stronger than me," Asa says. "And in bravery and strength, there is a kind of beauty.”
― Matthew J. Kirby, quote from Icefall
“A story knows no honor. A story knows no allegiance. A story simply is.”
― Matthew J. Kirby, quote from Icefall
“Though a story may begin as a lie, perhaps it can be made true. Perhapsd their ultimate power is found in how they inspire us to action.”
― Matthew J. Kirby, quote from Icefall
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“No. He was not here to wreak revenge.
For revenge was trifling and hollow.
No. He was not here to retrieve his wife.
For his wife was not a thing to be retrieved.
No. He was not here to negotiate a truce.
For a truce suggested he wished to compromise.
He was here to burn something to the ground.”
― Renee Ahdieh, quote from The Rose & the Dagger
“You understand that the piggies are animals, and you no more condemn them for murdering Libo and Pipo than you condemn a cabra for shewing up capim."
That's right," said Miro.
Ender smiled. "And that's why you'll never learn anything from them. Because you think of them as animals.”
― Orson Scott Card, quote from La voz de los muertos
“It's not that easy." "Sometimes it's exactly that easy.”
― Staci Hart, quote from A Thousand Letters
“ 'There's a seagull eating our food,' he told me, and it was the most romantic thing I'd ever heard. ”
― T.J. Klune, quote from Bear, Otter, and the Kid
“What's that?' Thaniel said, curious. The postmarks and stamps weren't English or Japanese.
'A painting. There's a depressed Dutchman who does countryside scenes and flowers and things. It's ugly, but I have to maintain the estates in Japan and modern art is a good investment.”
― Natasha Pulley, quote from The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
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