Elizabeth Braughler > Elizabeth's Quotes

“I didn't long to be a man. What I longed for, instead, was the freedom to follow my inclinations.”
― Veronica Roth, Arch-Conspirator

“He never touched me, or my mother, only raised his voice to us a handful of times. But there was always danger in him, boiling just beneath the surface. It made my steps careful and my words guarded...
He didn't have to shout at me or smack me around for me to know what wasn't going to be acceptable to him. His shadow was long, and filled every corner of our house.”
― Veronica Roth, Arch-Conspirator

“Change often starts with the smallest of whispers. Like-minded people building it up to a roar.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“I am but paper. Brittle and thin. I am held up to the sun, and it shines right through me. I get written on, and I can never be used again. These scratches are a history. They’re a story. They tell things for others to read, but they only see the words, and not what the words are written upon. I am but paper, and though there are many like me, none are exactly the same. I am parched parchment. I have lines. I have holes. Get me wet, and I melt. Light me on fire, and I burn. Take me in hardened hands, and I crumple. I tear. I am but paper. Brittle and thin.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“I don't think you realize how strong you are, because sometimes strength isn't swords and steel and fire, as we are so often made to believe. Sometimes it's found in quiet, gentle places.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“I believe there are far more possibilities than happily ever after or tragedy. Every story has the potential for infinite endings.”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“And it struck her how intimate words could be, how they could be spoken only once, for only one person, and they would never be heard again, they would disappear like a moment, gone almost as soon as you realized they were there.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“It occurred to me, bowing there before my executioner, that ever since the beginning, life had not died. There was a spark somewhere a billion or more years ago and the flame of life had risen and raged, waned and sputtered, only to grow once more, spreading across the world. Death had never triumphed over life. I was part of a great conflagration that had kept itself ablaze for ages.”
― Walter Mosley, Touched

“Tell them. Tell them the truth. When your children ask, do not lie- do not hide the risk of magic. Children are strongest when their eyes are clear. Only then can they make their own choices. Only then are they truly free. Tell them. Tell them the truth.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“She danced the way she loved; steadfast, gracious, wildly, and slightly aggressive.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn

“Time is the worst kind of thief, sneaky and effective and gone before you realize what's been taken.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Together We Burn

“She felt less like a mere human being, and more like a human who was merely being.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

“... memories have a way of changing on us. Souring or sweetening over time- like a brew we drink, then recreate later by taste, only getting the ingredients mostly right. You can't taste a memory without tainting it with who you have become.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

“My heart only beats as long as yours does, and when you die, I’ll meet Malek at your side.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame

“I figured if I could kill a dragon, I could kiss a girl.”
― Obert Skye, Pillage

“Fortunately, for everyone everywhere, some promises are made to be broken.”
― Obert Skye, Pillage

“She tried to pull away, but Jacks held tight, knotting her hair in his fist and keeping his forehead pressed to hers. "Please, Little Fox, remember.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness: a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say “no.” But saying “yes” begins things. Saying “yes” is how things grow. —STEPHEN COLBERT”
― Tarah Dewitt, Funny Feelings

“If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think. -Kristen Wiig”
― Tarah Dewitt, Funny Feelings

“If adults were to get more of their advice from kids, I wonder if we'd fuck things up as much as we do. Somehow, I think we'd simplify a lot.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Funny Feelings

“I’m wondering if you still think of her as a monster. I suppose it depends on what you think that word means. Monsters are, what? Ugly? Terrifying? Gorgons are both these things, certainly, although Medusa wasn’t always. Can a monster be beautiful if it is still terrifying? Perhaps it depends on how you experience fear and judge beauty.”
― Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind

“I know when you talk of beauty you mean something different from what I mean.’ ‘I see.’ He took a step towards her, and she forced herself not to take a step back. ‘So what do you mean by beauty, little Gorgon?’ ‘Euryale tends every one of her sheep like it is a child. Sthenno learned to cook so she could feed me when I was little. They care about me and protect me. That is beauty.”
― Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind

“And while I am all in favour of using precision to describe something, might I suggest that you would be better off not doing something so dangerous so often that you need a specific word for it? Perhaps develop your self-control rather than your vocabulary.”
― Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind

“Be wary, Be clever, Be good”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“For anyone who sought a different realm through a wardrobe door, Who wrote a letter and is still waiting for a reply, Or who dreams of stories and bleeds words.”
― Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows

“You betrayed me for a woman?” Dacre said. “You are the greatest fool in my forces, as well as my greatest shame.” The words rolled off Roman. He smiled, feeling like he had swallowed a flame. It was lighting up his marrow. Illuminating his veins. “Oh, I would betray you a hundredfold,” he said, his voice rising. “I would betray you a thousandfold for her.”
― Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows

“As the stars faithfully burned beyond the window, Roman had never been more certain. He could wake in the deepest region of Dacre's realm, as far from the moon and sun as divinity could shackle him. He could wake and not know his name, forgetting every word he had ever written. But he would never forget the scent of Iris's skin, the sound of her voice. The way she looked at him. The confidence of her hands. And he though, There is no magic above or below that will ever steal this from me again.”
― Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows

“You are capable of far more than you know. Why do you think I look at you now and marvel? Why do you think I draw close to your kind? I have sung many of you to eternal rest after death, and I have found that the music of a mortal life burns brighter than any magic my songs could stoke.”
― Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows

“Who would we become, he might ask, if we banished the choosing of one's own devotion? Freedom in thought and devotion had always been our way. And we chose our gods, surely the gods chose us, too.”
― Signe Pike, The Forgotten Kingdom

“It was true. No good ever came from impetuous acts of vengeance or spite. Wise women were patient.”
― Signe Pike, The Forgotten Kingdom