Goblin Reaper > Goblin's Quotes

“The most painful state of being is remembering the future... particularly the one you'll never have.”
― Violet Lumani, Foretold

“There is meaning in absence just as there is meaning in presence. In fact, there may be more meaning in absence. The only difference is that you have to figure out what it is.”
― David Ebenbach, How to Mars

“The universe wasn’t ideal, but it was hardly a prison. After all, you had to exist somewhere; it might as well be here.”
― Christopher Paolini, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

“Do moons choose the planets they orbit? Do planets choose their stars? Who am I to deny gravity, Aurora? When you shine brighter than an constellation in the sky?”
― Amie Kaufman, Aurora Rising

“Be a good companion to yourself and you will never be lonely.”
― Sophie Cousens, This Time Next Year

“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“If you hurt me, I wouldn't cry. I would hurt you back.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“There’s always something left to lose.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Sometimes there are things we don’t know, and sometimes there are things that we don’t know that we do know, or that we know but we don’t know that you want to know them.”
― David Ebenbach

“You could think about something without doing something.”
― David Ebenbach

“We have been told that this is what it means to be alive.”
― David Ebenbach, How to Mars

“Fake it until you make it.”
― Violet Lumani, Foretold

“If you must think of something, think about the absence of everything.”
― Violet Lumani, Foretold

“The logistics are a nightmare.”
― Violet Lumani, Foretold

“It's a siren's call, making you want to chase it when it retreats. Making you want to do or say anything to bring it back out to play.”
― Violet Lumani, Foretold

“Scrying is akin to muscle, albeit one made of mystical energy instead of tissue and powered by the arcane than biochemicals. Abilities must be rigorously exercised.”
― Violet Lumani, Foretold

“Why hide behind walls when you can control what's being built beyond them?”
― Violet Lumani, Foretold

“Your life is a collection of moments. Some happy, some sad, some mundane, some exciting. History is also a collection of moments. And so is the future.”
― Violet Lumani, Foretold

“Once you've mastered your thoughts, your dreams will find someone else to use as a messenger.”
― Violet Lumani, Foretold

“There's no way to let someone know the whole you anyway. There's always a piece of yourself that you hide away so you don't bring others down. The only ones who understand are those who've experienced it.”
― Violet Lumani, Foretold

“But the world is strange and endings are not truly endings no matter how the stars might wish it so.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“Once, very long ago, Time fell in love with Fate. This, as you might imagine, proved problematic. Their romance disrupted the flow of time. It tangled the strings of fortune into knots.  The stars watched from the heavens nervously, worrying what might occur. What might happen to the days and nights were time to suffer a broken heart? What catastrophes might result if the same fate awaited Fate itself? The stars conspired and separated the two. For a while they breathed easier in the heavens. Time continued to flow as it always had, or perhaps imperceptibly slower. Fate weaved together the paths that were meant to intertwine, though perhaps a string was missed here and there. But eventually, Fate and Time found each other again.  In the heavens, the stars sighed, twinkling and fretting. They asked the Moon her advice. The Moon in turn called upon the parliament of owls to decide how best to proceed. The parliament of owls convened to discuss the matter amongst themselves night after night. They argued and debated while the world slept around them, and the world continued to turn, unaware that such important matters were under discussion while it slumbered.  The parliament of owls came to the logical conclusion that if the problem was in the combination, one of the elements should be removed. They chose to keep the one they felt more important. The parliament of owls told their decision to the stars and the stars agreed. The Moon did not, but on this night she was dark and could not offer her opinion.  So it was decided, and Fate was pulled apart. Ripped into pieces by beaks and claws. Fate’s screams echoed through the deepest corners and the highest heavens but no one dared to intervene save for a small brave mouse who snuck into the fray, creeping unnoticed through the blood and bone and feathers, and took Fate’s heart and kept it safe. When the furor died down there was nothing else left of Fate.  The owl who consumed Fate’s eyes gained great site, greater site then any that had been granted to a mortal creature before. The Parliament crowned him the Owl King. In the heavens the stars sparkled with relief but the moon was full of sorrow. And so time goes as it should and events that were once fated to happen are left instead to chance, and Chance never falls in love with anything for long. But the world is strange and endings are not truly endings no matter how the stars might wish it so.  Occasionally Fate can pull itself together again.  And Time is always waiting.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“A girl Lost in the woods is a different sort of creature than a girl who walks purposefully through the trees even though she does not know her way. This girl in the woods is not lost. She is exploring.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“A book is made of paper but a story is a tree.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“There are so many pieces to a person. So many small stories and so few opportunities to read them. 'I would like to look at you' seems like such an awkward request.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“Spiritual but not religious,” Zachary clarifies. He doesn’t say what he is thinking, which is that his church is held-breath story listening and late-night-concert ear-ringing rapture and perfect-boss fight-button pressing. That his religion is buried in the silence of freshly fallen snow, in a carefully crafted cocktail, in between the pages of a book somewhere after the beginning but before the ending.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“It's natural to be scared. There's no shame in that.”
― Stephen Aryan, The Coward

“Being a hero is all about overcoming fear.”
― Stephen Aryan, The Coward

“Being a hero means rising up, not tearing other people down.”
― Stephen Aryan, The Coward

“See, the poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of?? Losing weight and looking like the poor.”
― Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger