L.P. Cowling > L.P.'s Quotes

“You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm.

It's really funny.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

“Cowards make the best torturers. Cowards understand fear and they can use it.”
― Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“Do not trust their words.
Challenge them to a staring contest, at the sun.
That is the true measure of a man.
The willingness to ruin oneself to prove.”
― L.P. Cowling, Infinite

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“You aren’t pretty enough to be this stupid, girl.” Commanded Moid as he closed in on Elizabeth. “What did you think running from us would accomplish? You’ll find no hope in these caves.”
― L.P. Cowling, Owenoak

“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“friends are so much work,
so much upkeep.
i don’t know how you do it,
or even why.
you charge your phone at night,
but never yourself.
you were not born introverted,
is that your gift?
it’s wednesday,
i’m tired already.
how do you look forward to things?
how is that your release?
authors, a terribly introverted lot.
thank you for profiling,
i’m embarrassed it’s accurate.”
― L.P. Cowling, The Primrose Pages

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“You speak so easily of war, when so many of your brothers and sisters lie dead at the bottom of the ocean, at the hands of the King’s navy. That is war.”

“When the maggot infested, mouldy bread runs out, and you’re so desperate for food that you daydream about finding a rat to cook, and stare contemplative at your fingers. That is war.”

“When you’re conscripted, spend years killing people, for a king, who look just like you, and come home to find your wife in bed with a man who dodged the call of battle. That is war.”

“When your people, your kind and everyone you love are hunted down and butchered like pigs in their sleep whilst they lay abed, just because of their ancestry. That is war.”

“When mothers put their daughters to the sword, rather than letting the victors have them as spoils of war. That is war.”
“When your wife fades away in your arms, simply because you and your kind have been labelled persons of interest for the knife. That is war.”

“When you sacrifice everything so that your daughter might live a better life, away from persecution, prejudice and fear, and then she is taken from you anyway. That is war.”
― L.P. Cowling, Gearpox

“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.”
― Frank Herbert

“Stuck between the most confused, and least ignorant.
You’d think that’d be a contradiction, yet here I am, living this way despite your preconceived notion of that kind of an oxymoron.
I live in defiance of what you think – and it is torture.”
― L.P. Cowling, Faith

“The appearance of the screaming golden skulls that decorate the armor of their various stages – faces of the tormented victims, plaid in gold, those made as offerings to summon the Harbinger itself.”
― L.P. Cowling, Notes From The Monster Cartographer

“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Piss in your hand and clap, ya bloody westerner. Now bugger off!” The voice returned, before the murder hole was shut, replaced by another slab of wood then exact size of the window.”
― L.P. Cowling, Gearpox

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
― Philip Pullman

“Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
― Jack London

“The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

“Hate will keep you alive where love fails”
― Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns

“Is this going to be one of those times when you pretend not to have a plan until the last moment? And then turn out to really not have one?- Sir Makin to King Jorg”
― Mark Lawrence, King of Thorns

“Lucifer spoke thus. Pride took him from heaven, though he sat at God's right hand.' Her voice grew faint, the hint of a whisper. 'In the end pride is the only evil, the root of all sins.'
'Pride is all I have.”
― Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns

“I've always seen 'no' as a challenge rather than an answer.”
― Mark Lawrence, King of Thorns

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

“Ohhhhhhhhhh
The King’s hair is quite fair,
And his smile’s all there.
Yet beside of all this,
The King has no heir!

Foooooooooor
The King is not there, down there.
No the King is not there, down there.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaall
The maids are so pretty,
And some even witty!
But still no heir is there,
And say so my ditty!

The King is not there, down there.
No the King is not there, down there.

Sooooooooooo
Don’t hang your brother,
For the sake of your mother!
Cuz we’ve still no heir to spare,
Unless she whelped another!

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
The king is not there, down there.
No, the King is not there, down there.”
― L.P. Cowling, Gearpox