Iris Voogt > Iris's Quotes

“They run only where there are lights. They don’t say anything but are both thinking the same thing: guys never think about light, it just isn’t a problem in their lives. When guys are scared of the dark, they’re scared of ghosts and monsters, but when girls are scared of the dark, they’re scared of guys.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You

“I don't need you to be mad that it happened. I need you to be mad that it just like... happens.”
― Kiley Reid, Such a Fun Age

“Forgetting is essential to learning, just as exhaling is essential to breathing. Breathe out, then in. Find the self, then lose it once again. Thus, the path goes ever onward.”
― Pierce Brown, Light Bringer

“Een vlam kun je uitblazen, maar een stem dooft nooit. De echo van de zachtste stem klinkt langer dan het zwaarste onweer.
Een echo wordt wel zachter, maar er is nooit een laatste.”
― Bené Alfonso, Medicijnmeester

“Periods of trauma are traded for periods of peace. The greater the trauma, the longer the peace.”
― Pierce Brown, Light Bringer

“We achieve perfection first by acknowledging our failures. We increase understanding first by recognizing our ignorance.”
― Pierce Brown, Light Bringer

“I will have you without armor, Kaz Brekker. Or I will not have you at all.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Kaz leaned back. "What's the easiest way to steal a man's wallet?"
"Knife to the throat?" asked Inej.
"Gun to the back?" said Jesper.
"Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina.
"You're all horrible," said Matthias.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Crows remember human faces. They remember the people who feed them, who are kind to them. And the people who wrong them too. They don’t forget. They tell each other who to look after and who to watch out for.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“What are we if not what the light says we are?”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“We meet fear. We greet the unexpected visitor and listen to what he has to tell us. When fear arrives, something is about to happen.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Has anyone noticed this whole city is looking for us, mad at us, or wants to kill us?"
"So?" said Kaz.
"Well, usually it's just half the city.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“I like to say, “Experience is what you got when you didn’t get what you wanted.”
― Howard Marks, The Most Important Thing Illuminated: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor

“This action will have no echo.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom