Lucia > Lucia's Quotes

“It's not like there's a law against flying."

"Yes there is. The law of gravity.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

“You cannot thrive under the wrong stars, Kricket… the stars here are in opposition to you… can’t you feel it?… Let us take you home.”
― Amy A. Bartol, Under Different Stars

“How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.

So you must not be frightened if a sadness rises up before you larger than any you have ever seen; if a restiveness, like light and cloudshadows, passes over your hands and over all you do. You must think that something is happening with you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hand; it will not let you fall. Why do you want to shut out of your life any uneasiness, any miseries, or any depressions? For after all, you do not know what work these conditions are doing inside you.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

“If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either”
― James M. Cain

“Wishes are false. Hope is true. Hope makes its own magic.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

“I don't know many rules to live by,' he'd said. 'But here's one. It's simple. Don't put anything unnecessary into yourself. No poisons or chemicals, no fumes or smoke or alcohol, no sharp objects, no inessential needles--drug or tattoo--and...no inessential penises either.'

'Inessential penises?' Karou had repeated, delighted with the phrase in spite of her grief. 'Is there any such thing as an essential one?'

'When an essential one comes along, you'll know,' he'd replied.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

“Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

“Have you ever asked yourself, do monsters make war, or does war make monsters?”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Ma non cambia quello che siamo l’uno per l’altra. È come se alla mia anima fosse sempre mancato un pezzo. Quel pezzo è dentro di te, Clary. Una volta ricordo di averti detto che, Dio o non Dio, noi siamo soli. Ma quando ci sei tu, io non lo sono.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Lost Souls

“I think I’m the most hurt by the fact that I’m not like him. I would’ve chosen him over everything else. The whole world could’ve burned down and I would’ve pulled him from the wreckage of it.”
― Amy A. Bartol, Darken the Stars

“If you aren't on Goodreads, you should be. I've said it before, it's like Facebook for readers on crack.”
― Colleen Hoover

“I’d break every rule for you.”
― Amy A. Bartol, Under Different Stars

“You can’t be serious!” “I’m so serious.” “He’s a psychopath.” “He’s my psychopath.”
― Amy A. Bartol, Darken the Stars

“No one has ever worn my clothes before.” “No one would dare,” I murmur. “You’re a scary beast.” “You dared.” “I did, but I have a problem with authority.” He”
― Amy A. Bartol, Darken the Stars

“I’m not in love with him. I would never call it that. It’s more of a growing fascination with him. He’s unlike anyone I’ve ever known, but he’s maladjusted and broken—unpredictable and frightening.”
― Amy A. Bartol, Darken the Stars

“Then you might have to kill everyone.” “So be it.” “Why are you so crazy?” I ask as I gently rest my forehead against his chest.”
― Amy A. Bartol, Darken the Stars