Vanessa Kang > Vanessa's Quotes

“Yes, we both like speaking in riddles. It's some sort of telepathic link that allowed us to connect from the first time we ever saw each other.”
― Vanessa Winter, The Golden Heart

“If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.”
― Terry Goodkind

“People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.”
― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule

“I often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that what they’re really doing is reading to find reason for hope, to find strength. While a bad book leaves readers with a sense of hopelessness and despair, a good novel, through stories of values realized, of wrongs righted, can bring to readers a connection to the wonder of life. A good novel shows how life can and ought to be lived. It not only entertains but energizes and uplifts readers.”
― Terry Goodkind

“Roses …the perfect examples of nature, that even the most beautiful things in life were able to inflict pain.”
― Vanessa Winter, The Golden Heart

“If you could fly, the world was yours. So why did Jae-Hwa who had the ability to fly, worry about nothing but his obligations?”
― Vanessa Winter, The Golden Heart

“The only heart you can truly trust is
your own.”
― Vanessa Winter, The Golden Heart

“Having someone by your side who means something to you is a blessing and
a curse at the same time.”
― Vanessa Winter, The Golden Heart

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

“I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough..”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
"After all this time?"
"Always," said Snape.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song

“Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“You are, and always have been, my dream.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“You say I'm a dreamer, but I'm simply a believer in a world where anything is possible.”
― Solomon Woytowich

“We come into this world priceless, with no value befitting our precious tiny frame. As we grow older we begin to assign value to ourselves. And eventually we reach a point where we can place a monetary value on our existence. It is in this moment where we stop believing we are priceless that we start believing we are worthless.”
― Solomon Woytowich

“The best fantasy writer are the ones that stopped fighting with their inner demons, and started writing about them.”
― Solomon Woytowich

“There's no point having wishes if you don't at least try to do them”
― Sally Nicholls, Ways to Live Forever

“You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don't take.”
― Wayne Gretzky