Random Inspirational Quotes

"People are much more complicated in real life, but my characters are as subtle and nuanced as I can make them. But if you say my characters are too black and white, you've missed the point. Villains are meant to be black-hearted in popular novels. If you say I have a grey-hearted villain, then I've failed."

"You can get a thousand no's from people, and only one "yes"from God."

"Sometimes God is Drunk [10w] Satan's sudden appearance means God is on a drinking binge."

"Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gateAnd though I oft have passed them by A day will come at last when IShall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun."

"We got into an argument over the color of love. I said it was pink, and he said it was red. So you see, I had no other choice but to stab him."

"Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together."

"Oppressor vs. Oppressed [10w] Love somtimes disintegrates into becoming the oppressor or the oppressed."

"Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken."

"When I heard your organization was recording testimonies, I knew I had to come. She died in my arms, saying 'I don't want to die.' That is what death is like. It doesn't matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn't matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we would never have war anymore."

"You can’t control what others think. The only thing you can control is yourself. Some people will look down on you for your choices in life, no matter what they are. You can’t do anything about that. The only thing you can do is decide how to live your own life. And to hell with everybody else"

"We love the things we love for what they are."

"Bravo,"said Grimalkin, peering down from Cold Tom's chest. "The Winter prince and Oberon's jester agreeing on something. The world must be ending."

"It's almost as if each instant is our last and first. We are always dying, and always reborn. And that is living."

"I was afraid. Of getting hurt in other ways. To be truthful, I still am."His thumb stroked her cheek. "I would never hurt you.""I don't think you can promise me that."She squeezed his bruised fingers. "But it makes things a bit more equal, to know that I can hurt you, too."His gaze fell to her lips. He said simply, without any trace of irony, "You are killing me."

"Open your wings, fly toward the sky To live in your dream, even if it is high"

"Ah, my daughter,ʺ he said. ʺEighteen, and already youʹve been accused of murder, aided felons, and acquired a death count higher than most guardians will ever see.ʺ He paused. ʺI couldnʹt be prouder."

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

"Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That's the part of the risk. I don't want to be scared anymore."

"Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company"

"I like pink."Lucius sniffed. "It's just red's sorry, weak cousin."