Nat > Nat's Quotes

“I'd rather be cynical than believe everything anyone ever tells me. There's nothing clever about being gullible just to be nice.”
― Marie Phillips, Gods Behaving Badly

“Drunk and smart--twice blessed.”
― Mark Perakh, Man in a Wire Cage

“If I ever got around to loving anyone else, I thought suddenly, it would have to be someone who would neither muffle my thunder nor steal it.”
― Emma Donoghue, Hood

“If you can't make a smart play, you make a bat-shit crazy one.”
― Drew Hayes, Super Powereds: Year 2

“Do you know any princes who are looking for a tart to marry?”
― Robert Rankin, The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse

“A few minutes of brilliance could make a lot of difference when used strategically.”
― Drew Hayes, The Case of the Damaged Detective

“I am certain your lies are delightfully received by others: perhaps save them for that appreciative audience.”
― Drew Hayes, The Case of the Damaged Detective

“You should lower that simpering mouth of yours onto my glorious organ, so that I might spit an ounce of intelligence into your body.”
― Drew Hayes, The Case of the Damaged Detective

“Even children know trust is meant to go in both directions.”
― Drew Hayes

“You're being treated the way your behavior has determined you should be. Want different treatment? Try different behavior.”
― Drew Hayes, The Case of the Damaged Detective

“Have some damn faith in me.”
― Drew Hayes, The Case of the Damaged Detective

“Better to die the man he wanted to be than to survive as someone he couldn't respect.”
― Drew Hayes, The Case of the Damaged Detective

“Reality had a habit of pulling coincidences no one would accept in fiction”
― Drew Hayes, The Case of the Damaged Detective

“I have learned to be a woman of faith and courage. I remember you once told me that holding on to our faith until the end is what matters, even if we fail to realise our miracle.”
― Odafe Atogun, Taduno's Song

“He knew it was the song of a man broken and rejected by a society very dear to his heart, an adagio of pain, played so beautifully even time became still.”
― Odafe Atogun, Taduno's Song

“And they did not know that the reason why they did not hear him sing was because he was afraid to hear the sound of his own voice.”
― Odafe Atogun, Taduno's Song

“We want to live our lives in peace, not pieces.”
― Odafe Atogun, Taduno's Song

“...you can never appeal to the conscience of a greedy man, and you can never pay him enough.”
― Odafe Atogun, Taduno's Song

“He taught them the quality of life you live is not necessarily measured by the amount of comfort you enjoy. He taught them that a life lived with honour and courage in a dungeon is more fruitful than one lived in denial in an ivory tower.”
― Odafe Atogun, Taduno's Song

“Love is a crime when you love one person at the expense of the whole world.”
― Odafe Atogun, Taduno's Song

“Inner fire might make you scary but inner cold made you dangerous.”
― Drew Hayes, Super Powereds: Year 3

“At the end of their lives, I don't imagine many people lay in their deathbeds and say "Damn. I wish I had gone for less things I genuinely wanted".”
― Drew Hayes, Super Powereds: Year 3

“Never let the uncertainties about your life overshadow the things you do truly know.”
― Drew Hayes, Super Powereds: Year 3

“First rule for any warrior is to know thy self. What makes you strong, what makes you weak. What parts of you are fortified, and which pieces are broken beyond repair. When you know everything, no one cane use your own flaws against you, at least not easily.”
― Drew Hayes, Super Powereds: Year 3

“Because they can't fly, they want to tear off our wings out of spite.”
― Drew Hayes, Super Powereds: Year 3

“I'm not some prize to be dressed up and paraded around. A bird in a cage for everyone to gawk at.”
― Alexandra Overy, These Feathered Flames

“I'm the Firebird, not another jewel for your crown.”
― Alexandra Overy, These Feathered Flames

“Trust was no longer something she gave away, no matter what her heart said.”
― Alexandra Overy, These Feathered Flames

“I have managed to fuck shit up in shockingly, impressive ways and still be considered a fairly acceptable person.”
― Jenny Lawson, Broken

“Fuck the people who make you feel bad for glorifying the odd behavior and questionable decisions that make you who you are.”
― Jenny Lawson, Broken