DB (DB's Guide to the Galaxy) > DB's Quotes

“Shadows are made up of darkness. They feed off of sadness and despair. They manifest what you’re most scared of and use it as a weapon to feed off your fear.”
― Aiden Thomas, Lost in the Never Woods

“Make yourself a myth and live within it, so that you belong to no one but yourself.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Gilded Wolves

“History is a myth shaped by the tongues of conquerors.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Gilded Wolves

“Wolves were everywhere. In politics, on thrones, in beds. They cut their teeth on history and grew fat on war.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Gilded Wolves

“But that’s what happens when you grow up—you forget about the magic you’ve seen.”
― Aiden Thomas, Lost in the Never Woods

“Shadows are made up of all the dark and bad parts of yourself. They feed off of bad thoughts—fear, worry, sadness, and guilt.”
― Aiden Thomas, Lost in the Never Woods

“The mind is a complicated thing," Mrs. Darling said, considering her words as she spoke. "Sometimes it acts on its own, and quite often it controls us against our will. And I think, sometimes... It takes us away, maybe not when we want it, but when we need it.”
― Aiden Thomas, Lost in the Never Woods

“I hoped the kingdom of the wicked was ready for a vengeful queen.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Wicked

“In the end, the monster we feared didn’t come from Hell. He came from privilege.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Wicked

“Emilia Maria di Carlo didn't do danger. My sister was the adventurous one - I was satisfied with safe, clean fun. Give me a steamy romance novel with forbidden love and impossible odds.

THAT was the kind of adventure I could get behind.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Wicked

“Mosscap considered. “Because I know that no matter what, I’m wonderful,” it said.”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

“You’re an animal, Sibling Dex. You are not separate or other. You’re an animal. And animals have no purpose. Nothing has a purpose. The world simply is. If you want to do things that are meaningful to others, fine! Good! So do I! But if I wanted to crawl into a cave and watch stalagmites with Frostfrog for the remainder of my days, that would also be both fine and good. You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live. That is all most animals do.”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

“Mosscap considered. “Because I know that no matter what, I’m wonderful,” it said. There was nothing arrogant about the statement, nothing flippant or brash. It was merely an acknowledgment, a simple truth shared.”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

“tapped its chest; the sound echoed lightly. “What’s the purpose of me?” “You’re here to learn about people.” “That’s something I’m doing. That’s not my reason for being. When I am done with this, I will do other things. I do not”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

“The robot cocked its rectangular head at Dex. “How do you know when you’re satisfied?”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

“Then how,” Dex said, “how does the idea of maybe being meaningless sit well with you?” Mosscap considered. “Because I know that no matter what, I’m wonderful,”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

“i stopped wondering when the next chapter would finally begin,  & i started writing it instead.  —how i got out of my own way.  ”
― Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers

“know this:
nobody can ever own your magic.
it is yours & yours alone.”
― Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers

“at first, self-love can feel like you’re trying to catch lightning in a bottle—next to impossible. i didn’t believe i could ever hold that much power in my hands, until the day i did. ever since, i’ve become a terrifying storm of a girl who will never settle for anything less than what she deserves.”
― Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers

“You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live.”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

“The first time you share tea, you are a stranger. The second time you share tea, you are an honored guest. The third time you share tea, you become family.”
― T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door

“It’s never enough, is it? Time. We always think we have so much of it, but when it really counts, we don’t have enough at all.”
― T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door

“I've read fairy tales, of course, and listened to plaintive love songs, but I never understood why anyone would wake up after a hundred years and marry the prince who broke into their bedroom for a kiss. Or dance with a stranger once and decide to spend the rest of their lives together. I always felt a baffled kind of melancholy when others raptured over love at first sight, like maybe something was wrong with me, maybe I didn't know how to love someone at all.
I didn't know it wasn't just me.”
― Margaret Owen, Little Thieves

“To the gremlin girls,
I would like to tell you something inspiring,
but the truth is,
when life closes a door for us,
it doesn’t always open a window.
The good news is:
That’s what bricks are for.”
― Margaret Owen, Little Thieves

“Death isn’t a final ending, Wallace. It is an ending, sure, but only to prepare you for a new beginning.”
― T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door

“Never forget where you come from, but don’t allow it to define you.”
― T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door

“FINALLY!" Julian burst out, annoyed but smiling as he leaped to his feet. "I've been--dude, stop screaming--I've been waiting for FOREVER!”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“It's a doggy-dog world out there," Julian sighed.

The corner of Yadriel's mouth twitched. "Dog-eat-dog."

"Whatever.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“We are all stardust and stories.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“Strange, isn’t it? To love a book. When the words on the pages become so precious that they feel like part of your own history because they are. It’s nice to finally have someone read stories I know so intimately.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea