Mandy Beyers > Mandy's Quotes

“I really should come with a warning label.”
― Tom Upton

“A house without books is like a room without windows.”
― Horace Mann

“We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed only by myth-making, only by becoming 'sub-creator' and inventing stories, can Man aspire to the state of perfection that he knew before the Fall. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him."
"So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.”
― Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess

“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

“I’d never had a kiss like this before. Especially not a first kiss. This felt like greeting each other after a long separation. Like old lovers who’d finally been reunited, pouring all their sorrow and joy they couldn’t say aloud into their kiss.”
― Lark Taylor, Patience

“He was like…a stray cat. You had to feed it treats from a distance for a while before coaxing it forward. Especially…if you were an idiot like me and had thrown multiple stones its way the first few times you’d met.”
― Fae Quin, Cloudy With a Chance of Bad Decisions