Michael > Michael's Quotes

“Love will make you weak and indecisive, remember?" she murmured.
What a fool he had been. For a journey like theirs, love was the only thing that would make him strong enough.
"Don't ever listen to an idiot like me," he answered.”
― Sherry Thomas, The Burning Sky

“You overestimate the courage of those in power. They are often more interested in holding on to that power than in doing anything worthwhile with it.”
― Sherry Thomas, The Burning Sky

“We will never accomplish anything worthwhile in life if we require the guarantee of success at the onset.”
― Sherry Thomas, The Burning Sky

“But here's some advice, boy. Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.”
― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

“Ninety percent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact.”
― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

“And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn't that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people.
As soon as you saw people as things to be measured, they didn't measure up.”
― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

“The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment

“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book.”
― Terry Pratchett, Soul Music