E.M. Markoff > E.M.'s Quotes

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
― Oscar Wilde

“After that, the Heartbreaker Prince began to have an easier time earning smiles from her. If she did well, he would squeeze her hand. When her eyes finally lifted away from her haphazard movements, she was rewarded with a wink. Slowly, under the prince’s hand and earnest encouragement, Vhalla began to enjoy herself.”
― Elise Kova, Air Awakens

“You wanted to wear the second amplifier. You have it. You want to go to Os Alta? Fine, we'll go. You say you need the firebird. I'll find a way to get it for you. But when all this is over, Alina, I wonder if you'll still want me.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Again, the Darkling shook his head. “You two make it so easy. I prick him, you bleed.”
“And you can’t begin to understand that, can you?”
He reached out and tapped Morozova’s collar, letting his fingers graze the skin of my throat. Even that faint touch opened the connection between us, and a rush of power vibrated through me like a bell being struck.
“I understand enough,” he said softly.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“If you ever get tired of skin and bones," she called to Mal, "I've got something to tempt you." I stiffened. Mal glanced over his shoulder. Slowly, he looked her up and down. "No," he said flatly. "You don't.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“My life would be allegiance instead of love, fealty instead of friendship. I would weigh each decision, consider every action, trust no one. It would be life observed from a distance.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Have you even held a command?” Nikolai asked. I’d once led a seminar of junior mapmakers, but I didn’t think that was what he meant.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Gossip is the swiftest bird alive," Amonos said darkly.
"Yes," said E'sinea, turning to view his surroundings. "I should like one day to catch Gossip and wring its neck.”
― E.M. Markoff, The Deadbringer

“Be what you yearn to be, and stop living for false ideals.”
― E.M. Markoff, The Deadbringer

“You can only hide the sun for so long.”
― E.M. Markoff, The Deadbringer

“We are the spirits of pandemonium, thrust into this world by the actions of one man. Before this journey ends, we will claw out our eyes and wander crazed, in pursuit of an illusion, so the Land may have its false, fragile peace of mind returned.”
― E.M. Markoff, The Deadbringer