Edgar Velarde > Edgar's Quotes

“Let’s make this a fight worthy of a song.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“Live, Manon. Live.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“To whatever end,” he whispered.
Silver lined her eyes. “To whatever end.”
A reminder—and a vow, more sacred than the wedding oaths they’d sworn on that ship.
To walk this path together, back from the darkness of the iron coffin. To face what waited in Terrasen, ancient promises to the gods be damned.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“I am here, I am with you.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“Aelin looked at Chaol and Dorian and sobbed. Opened her arms to them, and wept as they held each other. “I love you both,” she whispered. “And no matter what may happen, no matter how far we may be, that will never change.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“We are the Thirteen,” she said. “From now until the Darkness claims us.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“And it was not darkness, but light—light, bright and pure as the sun on snow, that erupted from Asterin.
Light, as Asterin made the Yielding.
As the Thirteen, their broken bodies scattered around the tower in a near-circle, made the Yielding as well.
Light. They all burned with it. Radiated it.
Light that flowed from their souls, their fierce hearts as they gave themselves over to that power. Became incandescent with it.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“Death had been her curse and her gift and her friend for these long, long years. She was happy to greet it again under the golden morning sun.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“The Republic rewards people who take, not who deserve.”
― James Islington, The Will of the Many

“A fair system only works if there’s an unbiased means of assessing merit. When there is no pride or selfishness involved.” He gives a soft snort, shaking his head. “Which means that fair systems cannot exist where people are involved.”
― James Islington, The Will of the Many

“Destabilising. The next decade will decide whether the Hierarchy survives, or is broken from within.” Relucia is calm, confident of what she’s saying. “Someone well placed, with enough influence, might be able to ensure the latter.”
― James Islington, The Will of the Many

“I was known as Artemius Sel. I was a traitor to the commandment of isolation. I attempted to gain synchronism and remove the seal to Obiteum during the rebellion of the seventh era after the Rending. I have thus been lawfully condemned to servitude, guiding those who come after.”
― James Islington, The Will of the Many

“They are driven by myopic self-interest and greed just as much as the senators and knights,”
― James Islington, The Will of the Many

“The decision may have been made by the few, Diago, but it’s the Will of the many that killed your family.”
― James Islington, The Will of the Many

“I had a renewed motivation, a hope that I didn’t expect alive in my chest. With every new inch of earth dug I moved closer to the possibility.”
― Emily Varga, For She Is Wrath

“A history of women and girls being wronged by men who never had any consequences. Now I would be the consequences. “I choose vengeance. I choose death. And in the end, that’s what you chose too.”
― Emily Varga, For She Is Wrath

“She understands what it means to never be able to stop moving, lest you find yourself unable to breathe.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

“How delicate those wounds were back then, how little it took to nudge the scabs out of place and start the bleeding anew.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

“sometimes she still feels as if she’s a mistaken jigsaw piece who found her way into the wrong puzzle.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

“But I have grown to enjoy the bucket. With the bucket comes a sensation of total nothingness, which, in most ways, is more pleasant than the everything-ness.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

“The beginning of Mary Ann’s ending, the first sentence of her last chapter. Unable”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

“But you would do well to believe me when I tell you this: the young male who has recently taken over sanitation duties is a direct descendant of the cleaning woman with the injured foot.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

“They say hunger is the greatest seasoning. When you’re starving, your brain rewards you handsomely for finally eating. Good job, it says, we get to not die for a while!”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“Cool thing about pendulums: The time it takes for one to swing forward and backward—the period—won’t change, no matter how wide it swings. If it’s got a lot of energy, it’ll swing farther and faster, but the period will still be”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“the same. This is what mechanical clocks take advantage of to keep time. That period ends up being driven by two things, and two things only: the length of the pendulum and gravity.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“This star I’m looking at…it’s not the sun. I’m in a different solar system.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“Light is a funny thing. Its wavelength defines what it can and can’t interact with. Anything smaller than the wavelength is functionally nonexistent to that photon. That’s why there’s a mesh over the window of a microwave. The holes in the mesh are too small for microwaves to pass through. But visible light, with a much shorter wavelength, can go through freely. So you get to watch your food cook without melting your face off.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“Human beings have a remarkable ability to accept the abnormal and make it normal.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“Oh thank God. I can’t imagine explaining “sleep” to someone who had never heard of it. Hey, I’m going to fall unconscious and hallucinate for a while. By the way, I spend a third of my time doing this. And if I can’t do it for a while, I go insane and eventually die. No need for concern.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“Yes,” he says a little sharply. “Always Earth units. You are bad at math, so always Earth units.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary