Darcy (Daydreamingofbookdragons) > Darcy's Quotes

“This is very similar to the suggestion put forward by the Quirmian philosopher Ventre, who said, "Possibly the gods exist, and possibly they do not. So why not believe in them in any case? If it's all true you'll go to a lovely place when you die, and if it isn't then you've lost nothing, right?" When he died he woke up in a circle of gods holding nasty-looking sticks and one of them said, "We're going to show you what we think of Mr Clever Dick in these parts...”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

“The philosopher Didactylos has summed up an alternative hypothesis as "Things just happen. What the hell".”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

“Captain?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think it was destiny that brought us together?"
He squinted and, after a thoughtful moment, shook his head. "No. I'm pretty sure it was Cinder.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“I salute your spunk, but I question your sanity,” Sam said.”
― Libba Bray, The Diviners

“And then Jack chopped down what was the world's last beanstalk, adding murder and ecological terrorism to the theft, enticement, and trespass charges already mentioned, and all the giant's children didn't have a daddy anymore. But he got away with it and lived happily ever after, without so much as a guilty twinge about what he had done...which proves that you can be excused for just about anything if you are a hero, because no one asks inconvenient questions.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

“Funerals, I had decided, are for the living.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us. I can see it in you, sure as I see it in me. You're a daughter of the words. A girl with a story to tell.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“Real children do not go hoppity skip unless they are on drugs.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

“What a beautiful day to go to hell”
― Ransom Riggs, Library of Souls

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“I was the perfect automaton: blessed with ability but cursed with ignorance.”
― Ransom Riggs, Library of Souls

“Or maybe it was just Winter, who could make a rock fall in love with her if she smiled at it the right way.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“Doubt is the pinprick in the life raft.”
― Ransom Riggs, Library of Souls

“Why should I be scared of an oversized bat who likes to throw temper tantrums?”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“Just a story. It had become one of the defining truths of my life that, no matter how I tried to keep them flattened, two-dimensional, jailed in paper and ink, there would always be stories that refused to stay bound inside books. It was never just a story.”
― Ransom Riggs, Library of Souls

“You're upset, you're cold, and you're wet, wouldn't you rather discuss all this over a pot of hot tea?"
Yes, but I wasn't going to say so.”
― Ransom Riggs, Library of Souls

“Light had a way of keeping the monsters of my imagination at bay.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick, Crescendo

“But strength doesn’t always mean brute force. You don’t have to kick ass to be a fighter. Violence doesn’t equal strength.”
― Becca Fitzpatrick , Finale