Quotes - Kenneth Geary (KagedBooks) (kagedbooks) (Springfield, VA) Showing 1-30 of 325

#1

“What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the book.”
― Brent Weeks

tags: literature, snobbery

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#2

“We make choices everyday, some of them good, some of them bad. And - if we are strong enough - we live with the consequences.”
― David Gemmell

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#3

“Never violate a woman, nor harm a child. Do not lie, cheat or steal. These things are for lesser men. Protect the weak against the evil strong. And never allow thoughts of gain to lead you into the persuit of evil.”
― David Gemmell, White Wolf

tags: druss-the-legend-s-iron-code

96 likes

#4

“Why did women always believe that talking about a problem would fix it? Some issues were corpses. Hot air made them fester and rot and spread their disease to everything else. Better to bury it and move on.”
― Brent Weeks, Shadow's Edge

tags: talking

96 likes

#5

“It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

1415 likes

#6

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

tags: fantasy

36871 likes

#7

“ Tobias asked.
"Weird? Weird?" Marco crowed. "The talking bird wants to know if getting information on
the location of an alien from a whale, that you've just saved from sharks, by turning into
dolphins . . . You're suggesting that's weird?”
― Katherine Alice Applegate, The Message

38 likes

#8

“You'd be surprised at what you'd do to stay alive.”
― Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows

118 likes

#9

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

tags: mischief

37360 likes

#10

“I swear, my dear. Sometimes our conversations remind me of a broken sword."

She raised an eyebrow.

"Sharp as hell," Lightsong said, "but lacking a point.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker

tags: fantasy, humor

677 likes

#11

“A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

426 likes

#12

“May all your dreams come true, save one.”
― david gemmell

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#13

“Give me liberty or give me death.' A human named Patrick Henry said that. I wonder if the Yeerks knew before they came to conquer Earth that humans said things like that. I wonder if the Yeerks knew what they were getting into." -Aximili Esgarrouth Isthill”
― Katherine Alice Applegate, The Alien

tags: animorphs, war

39 likes

#14

“Your silence will not protect you.”
― Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

tags: protection, silence, speech

2920 likes

#15

“A man’s greatest treasures are his illusions - Durzo Blint”
― Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows

tags: dark-humor, fantasy

128 likes

#16

“The Creator made women to please the eye, and to boggle the mind.”
― Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time: Boxed Set

tags: women

643 likes

#17

“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.”
― Anonymous

732 likes

#18

“Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.”
― Howard Nemerov

tags: humor, knowledge, literature, writing

2254 likes

#19

“Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.”
― Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code

tags: desire, fear, human-nature

2708 likes

#20

“The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.”
― Robert Jordan

tags: fiction

826 likes

#21

“Dovie'andi se tovya sagain!”
― Robert Jordan

tags: fantasy

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#22