K.A. > K.A.'s Quotes

“I was in a maze. No matter which way I turned, it was the wrong way.”
― Umberto Eco, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket.
But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“You have witchcraft in your lips, there is more eloquence in a sugar touch of them than in the tongues of the French council; and they should
sooner persuade Harry of England than a general petition of monarchs.”
― William Shakespeare, Henry V

“You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.

I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.

I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

“There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can't hope.

The hopers would feel slighted if they knew.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi, The Essential Rumi

“Travel far enough, you meet yourself.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“What choice did she have? Adults always did what they wanted, despite their children's sensible suggestions.”
― K.A. Reynolds, The Land of Yesterday

“I think everyone might have secret lanterns inside them. Lanterns that, when we're especially sad or scared, might go dark and need help lighting again. Sometimes it's the care of our family and friends that brings back our spark; other times it's the care we give ourselves. Either way, once we're relit, I think we can help reignite someone else. . . . If we work together, I know we can make it.”
― K.A. Reynolds, The Land of Yesterday

“In Cecelia's opinion, people who didn't believe in fantastical things were awfully hard to listen to.”
― K.A. Reynolds, The Land of Yesterday

“Unfortunately, confusing and crazy ordeals are often the only way to get to the bottom of incomprehensible things.”
― K.A. Reynolds, The Land of Yesterday

“Cecelia, do you know why you're so special?" her mother had asked. Cecelia shook her head as her hair dried her tears. "You saw in him what few are able to see in another. You saw yourself within him. Each time you looked into his eyes, you saw your own happiness, love vulnerability, and pain. You're a rare child to be able to see so deeply inside the heart of love.”
― K.A. Reynolds, The Land of Yesterday

“Now the world had narrowed down to this: Tuesday hated Cecelia and Cecelia hated it back.”
― K.A. Reynolds, The Land of Yesterday

“If people knew how to get to Yesterday, they’d leave Today, and the world would be nothing but ghosts.”
― K.A. Reynolds, The Land of Yesterday

“My name is Cecelia Andromeda Dahl, from Hungrig, a girl of eleven, who once resided happily at 2734 Saint-Exupéry Way and now exists in the depths of despair, permanently.”
― K.A. Reynolds, The Land of Yesterday

“Only those who escape Yesterday understand the language of Now.”
― K.A. Reynolds, The Land of Yesterday

“Like all good tragedies, this story begins with love.”
― K.A. Reynolds, The Land of Yesterday

“Cecelia swore she felt her heart shatter, and the wind whisper, “For you, Cecelia Dahl, this day may never end.” And it hadn’t. For Cecelia, Tuesday remained evil, and yesterday hung on like a vulture, refusing to let her go.”
― K.A. Reynolds, The Land of Yesterday

“To all those living, BEWARE. Go no farther. Turn back now. For this is the way of the lost, of death, and wandering ghosts. Leave Yesterday in the past, Traveler, lest ye become a lost thing yourself.”
― K.A. Reynolds, The Land of Yesterday

“To Cecelia, the friend I needed as a child and found as an adult, thank you for finding me at just the right time—on my knees, ready to give up writing forever, and for holding my hand in the dark and showing me the way.”
― K.A. Reynolds, The Land of Yesterday