Erica Lindquist > Quotes

“Life is only as precious as what we will die for.”
― Erica Lindquist, Hammer of Time

“Death is just your body running out of ammunition. Slam in a fresh battery and keep fighting!”
― Erica Lindquist, Hammer of Time

“There has to be beauty left in the world, Julia," said Kiyu. "Otherwise we have nothing.”
― Erica Lindquist, Whisperworld

“Love is like nothing else. Without water, it will not wilt. Without food, it will not die. It will languor alone within, awaiting its chance to bloom. Sounds like a virus to me.”
― Erica Lindquist, Sword of Dreams

“Love is reason to live. Lust is reason to kill.”
― Erica Lindquist, Sword of Dreams

“Needing advice doesn't make you a fool, but ignoring that advice does.”
― Erica Lindquist, Hammer of Time

“Love is the strangest alchemy. Even the most leaden heart it can make light as air.”
― Erica Lindquist, Crucible of Stars

“Not many people bothered to look for beauty beyond the greenhouses. They went about life with their heads down, just praying to get through the day, to feed themselves and their family. No one ever did anything to make it better.”
― Erica Lindquist, Whisperworld

“We shout not to change someone else's mind, but to change our own.”
― Erica Lindquist, Hammer of Time

“Evil perseveres not at the hands of bad men, but at the inaction of good men.”
― Erica Lindquist, Sword of Dreams

“Nice work," I commented drily. "How old was that littlest one? Five? Did she put up a terrible fight?"
"I feared for my life," Zach said with a perfectly straight face. "You must be bored, Julia. You usually have a sharper sense of humor than that."
"Eat thorns."
"Well, it is about lunch time. Let's go grab a bite.”
― Erica Lindquist, Whisperworld

“What's the difference between an evil thought and an evil deed? We all have evil thoughts, but it takes a broken heart to act on them.”
― Erica Lindquist, Sword of Dreams

“Life is one journey in which we hope never to reach the inevitable destination.”
― Erica Lindquist, Crucible of Stars

“Horrible mistakes are just life lessons that really wanted to get your attention.”
― Erica Lindquist, Hammer of Time

“One of these days, I would doubt the Gardeners a little too much and Zach was going to play handball with my head.”
― Erica Lindquist, Whisperworld

“Thorn grunted and the metal control fell from his spasming fingers. It bounced across the dusty concrete and I stomped down as hard as I could. I felt more than heard the metallic crunch under my boot. Another irreplaceable artifact ruined, courtesy of Julia Reed.”
― Erica Lindquist, Whisperworld

“Any man who can torture another is himself tortured.”
― Erica Lindquist, Sword of Dreams

“There's no time like the present," he agreed, grinning like a madman. "Yes, there is!" Gripper said. His voice cracked with stark terror. "There's later! It's just like the present only… you know, later!”
― Erica Lindquist, Hammer of Time

“Retreat isn't the same thing as running away. They're spelled completely differently.”
― Erica Lindquist, Hammer of Time

“Thorn, Gardener, get it? More skeptical people tended to believe that the Thorn family simply named itself after their high position in the Gardeners. I had my own theory. I thought his name was Thorn because he's a giant prick.”
― Erica Lindquist, Whisperworld

“It's easy to speak well of war when you're not choked by the blood and tears.”
― Erica Lindquist, Crucible of Stars

“These raids didn't usually end in violence, but people got emotional, and emotional people did stupid things.”
― Erica Lindquist, Whisperworld