Sarah Cradit > Sarah's Quotes

“The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

“Just because something DOES NOT work, that doesn't mean it CANNOT.”
― Sarah M. Cradit

“You're not going to write the greatest novel ever written.

Nor will I.

Nor will anyone.

Why? Because the greatest novel ever written is subjective and means something different to every person.

So don't focus on writing the greatest novel of all time.

Instead, focus on writing the greatest novel you've ever written.”
― Sarah M. Cradit

“The pillow whistled across the room and smacked him in the face. Nicolas smiled, satisfied. If he was going to die, this was the man he wanted to die beside.”
― Sarah M. Cradit, The Storm and the Darkness

“What would she think if I told her we had had this almost exact conversation many times before? As before, I decided not to argue with her. To her, the answer was simple and she wouldn't see it any other way. I truly believed that my father, to the contrary of her suggestion, would not understand and might never.”
― Sarah M. Cradit, St. Charles at Dusk

“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

“But Nicholas had no room for practicality when there was fun to be had. There was no one as capable of taking a seemingly innocuous situation and turning it into a raving adventure.

Jane. What a boring, and obviously fake, name. This oughta be fun.”
― Sarah M. Cradit, Beyond Dusk: Anne

“Sometimes the greatest gift you can give someone is the freedom to pursue their happiness.”
― S.K. Nicholls, Red Clay and Roses

“Jon is my darkness. To accept him is to accept that part of myself, and if I do that, I'll never be rid of it. He would accept the things about me that I desperately want to change. I would slip deeper and deeper into the dark recesses of my own mind, and so would Jon.”
― Sarah M. Cradit, The Storm and the Darkness

“Because you are afraid that only the sight of your daughter's pain can bring you sadness over Janie's death.”
― Sarah M. Cradit, St. Charles at Dusk

“I'm only Oz when I'm with Adrienne.”
― Sarah M. Cradit, St. Charles at Dusk

“At first he chalked it up to his sadness at her leaving, but it started to develop into a feeling that was almost worse: doubt.”
― Sarah M. Cradit, The Storm and the Darkness