Kyra Dune > Kyra's Quotes

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Go then, there are other worlds than these.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

“We all float down here!”
― Stephen King, It

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
― Stephen King, Different Seasons

“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

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

“When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, There's just something about you that pisses me off.”
― Stephen King, Storm of the Century

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”
― Stephen King

“Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.”
― Stephen King

“Change can be a good thing.”
― Kyra Dune, Elfblood

“I like plain old you.”
― Kyra Dune, Elfblood

“I hate secrets.”
― Kyra Dune, Elfblood

“No matter how old you get, no matter how far you’ve strayed, a mother can always see right through you.”
― Kyra Dune, Flight of Dragons

“It dawned on me then that I didn’t understand anything half as well
as I thought I did.”
― Kyra Dune, Flight of Dragons

“It wasn’t bravery that ushered me into that cave, it was a mixture of
stupidity, guilt and the brashness of youth. A deadlier combination there
never was.”
― Kyra Dune, Flight of Dragons

“May your dreams be silent.”
― Kyra Dune, Shadow Born

“Such things are even more important when we’re alone, so that we might remember who we are and who we can no longer be.”
― Kyra Dune, Shadow Born

“In the rational light of day, he could tell himself that it was better this way, for both of them. The past was the past, nothing but memories buried, and the pain of losing something precious was but brief. Most of the time he could make himself believe it, but sometimes in the night, with no company but his own echoing thoughts, the past would sneak up on him.”
― Kyra Dune, Shadow Born

“You aren’t exactly best friends with the truth yourself.”
― Kyra Dune, Shadow of the Dragon

“Everyone has an ulterior motive. Everyone wants something, and everyone is willing to do whatever they have
to in order to get it. Regardless of who winds up hurt in the process.”
― Kyra Dune, Shadow of the Dragon

“Yet beauty is a shallow thing. So fleeting. Strength, intelligence, spirit, these things can be far more appealing than what lies on the surface of a thing. And power, of course. For power, true power, can last forever.”
― Kyra Dune, Shadow of the Dragon

“Everything has a price.”
― Anne Bishop

“A conscience can be a dangerous thing”
― Kyra Dune, The Silver Catacombs

“Either you’re with me or you’re against me. I can’t afford to be looking over my shoulder all the time waiting for you to stick a knife in my back.”
― Kyra Dune, The Silver Catacombs

“I don’t want to kill you, but I must. For the good of the country.”
― Kyra Dune, The Silver Catacombs