Amy > Amy's Quotes

“Finally, she mused that human existence is as brief as the life of autumn grass, so what was there to fear from taking chances with your life?”
― Mo Yan, Red Sorghum

“Why can’t my life be more like a porno than a horror movie,” I muttered as I walked.”
― Annie Bellet, Murder of Crows

“A master is merely someone who started doing something before you,’ Hoptoad said.”
― Paul Mannering, Engines of Empathy

“There are some works so luminous...so powerful that they give us strength, and force us to new undertakings. A book can play this role.”
― Hervé Le Tellier

“Power in Balance. Balance in Power.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“I have never understood potatoes,” Sissix said. “The whole point of a potato is to cover it with salt so you don’t notice how bland it is. Why not just get a salt lick and skip the potato?” “Don’t”
― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

“Well, when the Enquirer becomes your standard for living, you’re in a lot of trouble! When”
― Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking

“instant gratification takes too long.” Anyway,”
― Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking

“Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
― Ian Douglas, Center of Gravity

“I’m going to destroy the goddamn universe with my irrational joy and I will spew forth pictures of clumsy kittens and baby puppies adopted by raccoons and MOTHERFUCKING NEWBORN LLAMAS DIPPED IN GLITTER AND THE BLOOD OF SEXY VAMPIRES AND IT’S GOING TO BE AWESOME.”
― Jenny Lawson, Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

“I will never be as brave as him—I’m not by nature a particularly courageous person—but he showed me that I could try. And that trying might turn out to be the most important part of courage.”
― Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

“Cancer really was the devil's handshake.”
― Ann Patchett, Commonwealth