Samantha Hehr > Samantha 's Quotes

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

“Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Buried World

“It is not a weakness, child, to be a victim.”
― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule

“have found that people do not often want to believe the truth. It is of little value to them.”
― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule

“And just what kind of wizard are you anyway? You don’t even have a beard.” Zedd came out of his own thoughts and frowned. “What?” “A beard. Where’s your beard? I’ve been wondering about it ever since I found out you were a wizard. Wizards are supposed to have beards, you know.” “Who told you this?” “Well… I don’t know. Everybody knows it. Wizards are supposed to have beards. It’s common knowledge. I’m surprised you don’t know it.” Zedd made a face as if he had just sucked on a lemon. “But I hate beards. They itch.”
― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule

“She became what she needed to be to save herself.”
― Rena Rossner, The Sisters of the Winter Wood

“The circumstances of your birth don’t matter. Kindness and humanity are everything.”
― Erika Johansen, The Fate of the Tearling

“Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. If only because it finally puts an end to fear. Myrddin”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Hollow Crown

“Only by joy and sorrow does a person ever know anything about themselves or their destiny.’ They learn what to do and what to avoid.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Hollow Crown

“What we do tomorrow starts with a thought. Truly the best way to predict your future is to create it.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Forsaken Throne

“The greatest achievement was at first and for a time only a dream.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Wretched of Muirwood

“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Blight of Muirwood

“Who are you to control my destiny in such a way?”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Scourge of Muirwood

“Storms are always temporary and should never distract us from the beautiful days that were before or will come after.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Ciphers of Muirwood

“Our greatest pain in this life often comes from those who should love us the most.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Ciphers of Muirwood

“Is it wicked that I said it, or is it wicked that it’s true?”
― Jeff Wheeler, Storm Glass

“Hares stood out as strange and unpredictable beings, much like the gods themselves; their habit of darting around as ghostly figures of the night – precisely the time when the spirit world would be most feared – merely added to their mystery while their violent “boxing” each spring earned them a special resonance in the warrior culture of Britain.”
― Vanessa Collingridge, Boudica: The Life of Britain's Legendary Warrior Queen

“can’t decide if it’s pretty or creepy, which, come to think of it, is about the same way I feel about you.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Bone Maker

“We mock because we love. You know that.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Bone Maker

“He deserved acne. You want people’s badness to show.”
― Mark Lawrence, One Word Kill

“my view of the future had narrowed to tunnel vision, aimed squarely at the next week, next month . . . would I have a next year? I was carrying not only the burden of my sickness but the pressure of making something worthwhile of each day now that my towering stack of them had fallen into ruin and left me clutching at each hour as it slipped between my fingers.”
― Mark Lawrence, One Word Kill

“there’s a strength in innocence, but there’s also a strength in being devious.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Zig Zag Girl

“For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. —Revelation 16:6”
― James Rollins, Innocent Blood

“You are not made out of needs, you are made out of your dreams and desires.”
― Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

“As the psychologist Carl Jung once said, ‘If our civilization were to perish, it would be due more to stupidity than to evil.”
― Gerald Brittle, The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren

“a writer squeezes characters until you see how they really are as people. That is why Ransom Barton isn’t just a character to me anymore. He’s real.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Lady's Ransom