Neal Simmons > Neal's Quotes

“Sometimes, it is necessary to step beyond what you have known and to reach for something more.”
― Terry Goodkind

“It struck Magda as ironic that those who professed to want peace the most were quickest to use bloodshed to try to get their way.”
― Terry Goodkind

“But in the end, we can’t live our lives by ‘what if’ and ‘if only.’ We can only do the best we can to the best of our ability based on what we know. That’s why the truth is so important.”
― Terry Goodkind, The First Confessor

“Human beings are naturally flawed when it comes to time and memory. The past is forgotten, or it is believed bad things will not recur, and people become bound in their current problems. That which afflicted the grandfathers of their grandfathers is a distant, dim thing, and not as important as present concerns, no matter how trivial.”
― Kristen Britain

“Every moment of life mattered. Even the perfect snowflake that alighted on his palm and melted in seconds.”
― Kristen Britain, The High King's Tomb

“Rain spat at him, and he looked up, thinking that alone was the way to be, because alone meant you were in charge of what could get to you and what you could keep out.”
― Charlie Fletcher

“My mind is evidently so constituted that I am subconsciously forced into the path of duty without recourse to tiresome mental processes.”
― Edgar Rice Burroughs

“That's right, there's free beer in Irish paradise. Everyone's jealous.”
― Kevin Hearne, Hammered

“What I'd truly been avoiding was love, the strongest binding there is, and the pain that scrapes at your insides when the bond is forcefully broken.”
― Kevin Hearne, Hammered