Reading > Reading's Quotes

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury

“Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.”
― Tamora Pierce, Lady Knight

“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

“Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.”
― Tamora Pierce, Melting Stones

“Men who fear demons see demons everywhere.”
― Brom, The Child Thief

“If you don't learn to laugh at life it'll surely kill you, that I know.”
― Brom, The Child Thief

“Don't let them win. Don't let them beat you. Don't let them steal your magic.”
― Brom, The Child Thief

“I love humanity but I hate humans. —Albert Einstein”
― S.T. Abby, The Risk

“To defeat a monster, you have to be twice as monstrous. To love a monster, you have to share your soul. —Lana Myers”
― S.T. Abby, Scarlet Angel

“She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that a room full of books smelled like dessert: a sweet snack made of figs, vanilla, glue, and cleverness.”
― Joe Hill, NOS4A2

“Was there any human urge more pitiful-or more intense- than wanting another chance at something?”
― Joe Hill, NOS4A2

“She'd thought love had something to do with happiness, but it turned out they were not even vaguely related. Love was closer to a need, no different from the need to eat, to breathe.”
― Joe Hill, NOS4A2