Daniel Anderson > Daniel's Quotes

“Never had he seen a man who looked so lonely, so far from the run of human life with its fellowship and warmth. To see him here, in this place of fiesta, only underlined the truth of him: he was the last. There was no other.”
― Stephen King, Wolves of the Calla

“Besides, anger can keep you warm at night, and wounded pride can spur a man to wondrous things.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Then she screamed. There were no words in it, nor could there have been. Our greatest moments of triumph are always inarticulate.”
― Stephen King, The Dark Tower

“Do any of us, except in our dreams, truly expect to be reunited with our hearts' deepest loves, even when they leave us only for minutes, and on the most mundane of errands? No, not at all.”
― Stephen King, The Dark Tower

“For over a long period of time there's little in life so disheartening as constant cold - not deep enough to kill, mayhap, but always there, stealing your energy and your will and your body-fat, an ounce at a time.”
― Stephen King, The Dark Tower

“No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“Some moments are beyond imagination.”
― Stephen King, The Dark Tower

“Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.”
― Maya Angelou

“Control the things you can control, maggot. Let everything else take a flying fuck at you and if you must go down, go down with your guns blazing.”
― Stephen King, The Drawing of the Three

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“She didn't know any better. Nobody had ever told her that she couldn't. Because of this, she moved through the city like some faerie creature. She walked roads no one else could see, and it made her music wild and strange and free.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“For all that, she lacked your fire.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“You will not find it in the words of poets or the longing eyes of sailors. If you want to know of love, look to a trouper's hands as he makes his music. A trouper knows.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“He beat you." And as I spoke the words I felt a terrible anger come together inside me. It wasn't hot and furious, as some of my flashes of temper tend to be. This was different, slow and cold.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“My romances were all pleasant and brief. I cannot say why brief, except to state the obvious: that I do not have much in me that might encourage a woman to make a long habit of my company.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
― Ambrose Bierce

“The great poets are full of bullshit. Love has nothing on hatred's capacity to give a man purpose.”
― Luke Scull, Sword of the North

“Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It's like anything else. You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice."

Constructive anger," the demon said, her voice dripping sarcasm.

Also known as passion," I said quietly. "Passion has overthrown tyrants and freed prisoners and slaves. Passion has brought justice where there was savagery. Passion has created freedom where there was nothing but fear. Passion has helped souls rise from the ashes of their horrible lives and build something better, stronger, more beautiful.”
― Jim Butcher, White Night

“The world seemed to go red. He wanted to scream his outrage, to charge at Skarn and tear the murdering bastard's face off with his bare teeth. But he knew that meant certain death. No, he had to be ice. Not fire, but ice.”
― Luke Scull, Sword of the North

“Sometimes a lie builds until the truth does more harm than good”
― Luke Scull, Sword of the North

“I am one of you. You are not alone. You are all beautiful to me.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Second Jungle Book

“The loss of the Artemis had stoked the flames so that now his hatred burned white hot within his chest like a mini-supernova, He wanted to not only eliminate them... he wanted them to suffer for what they'd done.”
― Joshua Dalzelle, Counterstrike