Sofia > Sofia's Quotes

“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

“My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you...”
― Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“One must be a great man indeed to be able to hold out even against common sense."
"Or else a fool.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Demons

“Hey," said Shadow. "Huginn or Muninn, or whoever you are."
The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes.
"Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow.
"Fuck you," said the raven.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“All your questions can be answered, if that is what you want. But once you learn your answers, you can never unlearn them.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“Every hour wounds. The last one kills.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“There's none so blind as those who will not listen.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“Kids were better at almost dying, and they were also better at incorporating the inexplicable into their lives. They believed implicitly in the invisible world. Miracles both bright and dark were to be taken into consideration, oh yes, most certainly, but they by no means stopped the world”
― Stephen King, It

“Coming back to where you grew up is like doing some crazy yoga trick, putting your feet in your own mouth and somehow swallowing yourself so there’s nothing left; it can’t be done, and any sane person ought to be fucking glad it can’t . . .”
― Stephen King, It

“So, having found a lady, could you not have come to her aid, or left her alone? Why drag her into your foolishness?'

'Love,' he explained.

She looked at him with eyes the blue of the sky. 'I hope you choke on it,' she said, flatly.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

“Primus is certainly learning caution," said Secundus to his four other dead brothers.

"Well, you know what they say," whispered Quintus, in the wistful tones of the dead, which sounded, on that day, like the lapping of distant waves upon the shingle, "a man who is tired of looking over his shoulder for Septimus is tired of life.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

“I don't need this," said Richard to no one it particular, "I really don't need this.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“What a refreshing mind you have, young man. There really is nothing quite like total ignorance, is there?”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“He had already prepared himself for martyrdom, and the last thing he desired was to be offered an alternative”
― Anne Cuneo, Tregian's Ground: The Life and Sometimes Secret Adventures of Francis Tregian, Gentleman and Musician

“What you ask is madness. But I adore a mad escapade”
― Anne Cuneo, Tregian's Ground: The Life and Sometimes Secret Adventures of Francis Tregian, Gentleman and Musician

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

“Optimism is the surest sign of a fool”
― Alexandra Rowland, A Conspiracy of Truths

“It was a very hard thing to do, but not doing it would've been worse”
― Kate Milford, The Boneshaker