S. Kaeth > S.'s Quotes

“You are building something that must be greater than the sum of its parts, if it is to last.”
― Bharat Krishnan, Privilege

“There’s no point in holding on to the past, especially not when the future holds such promise.”
― Bharat Krishnan, Privilege

“For that was the meaning of life, wasn’t it? To stare all the bad and all the good of the world right in the eyes and decide to make the bravest judgment possible—to continue moving forward, to decide to fight for one’s happiness.”
― Bharat Krishnan, Privilege

“To be yourself was the bravest thing you could do, and this world didn’t allow for happiness without bravery.”
― Bharat Krishnan, Privilege

“When you get to be my age, you realize that sometimes the world is so terrible that the only way people can admit the truth is through the lens of fantasy.”
― Bharat Krishnan

“Fairy tales depict white knights as saviors, but I know better now. Her brain understood that, but her heart was a different matter.”
― Bharat Krishnan, Privilege

“Maybe that's part of the problem," Rebecca said. How can we fix the law while we bend it to our will?”
― Bharat Krishnan, Privilege

“The world stopped for a moment. Sadiya saw nothing but her true love, complete with all her flaws and imperfections, and recognized the beauty evident within her. She saw what the kinnara had seen when it revealed itself to Maadhini and realized that nothing but happiness awaited them, as long as they could be brave and trust in each other.”
― Bharat Krishnan, Privilege

“We're in this together. Life is a team sport.”
― Bharat Krishnan, Privilege

“We tell people to work hard and never give up, and I carry in me the promise of all Americans that that is not just a line in some tragic comedy. I carry in me the promise that this nation's worst injustices can be righted.”
― Bharat Krishnan, Privilege

“Change is hard, but that just makes it more important than ever to take pleasure in the small things. That’s what I’m trying to do here. … Remember: though we’re all capable of great things, life consists of small things.”
― Bharat Krishnan, Privilege

“We must draw on all our skills to succeed, even those frowned upon.”
― S. Kaeth, Between Starfalls

“There had to be brightness here somewhere. She’d make some if she had to.”
― S. Kaeth, Between Starfalls

“Well, if he was going to fail at something, he might as well do it with style.”
― S. Kaeth, Between Starfalls

“The songs and stories are not meant to change the outer world. They’re meant to change you, the inner world.”
― S. Kaeth, Between Starfalls

“We tell the stories because they’re part of us. Our stories are entwined in the greater stories of our people, our songs in their songs.”
― S. Kaeth, Between Starfalls

“You see beauty where others see only filth. Your strength is shared with those you love. Your heart gets you in trouble, but I hope it always stays so big.”
― S. Kaeth, Between Starfalls

“Life is full of hard choices. The living is in making them to the best of our ability. Sometimes we choose right, sometimes we choose wrong. We make the best choices we can at any point in time.”
― S. Kaeth, Between Starfalls

“This was a cycle, and the thing about cycles was that one part ended so another could begin.”
― S. Kaeth, Let Loose the Fallen

“May as well be angry with spirits and shout at the wind.”
― S. Kaeth, Let Loose the Fallen

“You have to dance to your own music. You cannot follow along in another's story.”
― S. Kaeth, Let Loose the Fallen

“A story can have worth without being literally true. It can still be a guide for teaching, still have deeper truths.”
― S. Kaeth, Let Loose the Fallen

“The peace of ignoring suffering and shattered dreams is a precarious peace indeed.”
― S. Kaeth, Let Loose the Fallen

“When a tree tries to be a rock, it ends up doing a terrible job at being either.”
― S. Kaeth, Let Loose the Fallen

“You see much and know little.”
― S. Kaeth, Let Loose the Fallen

“He knew in the depths of his spirit that she came when he called her, through fire and pain and fear and death. If that wasn’t a mother, he didn’t know what was.”
― S. Kaeth, Let Loose the Fallen

“Perhaps people, once broken, could still be mended, after all.”
― S. Kaeth, Let Loose the Fallen

“She couldn’t control when her story would end, but she could control her song. That was always under her control and always had been, even when she’d neglected it. It didn’t matter if she couldn’t hear the song of the spirits. She could still sing, even if the darkness ate the tune.”
― S. Kaeth, Let Loose the Fallen

“We stopped looking for what was good and right and true and started looking only for what was comfortable and safe.”
― S. Kaeth, Let Loose the Fallen