Iron Hearted Violet Quotes

“There's no such thing as complete when it comes to stories. Stories are infinite. They are as infinite as worlds.”
― Kelly Barnhill, Iron Hearted Violet

“Stories have a tendency to seep across the shining membrane walls separating the universes. They whisper and flutter like the feathers of birds, from island to mainland and back again. They fall into dreams like rain.”
― Kelly Barnhill, Iron Hearted Violet

“Love transforms our fragile, cowardly hearts into hearts of stone, hearts of blade, hearts of hardest iron. Because love makes heroes of us all.”
― Kelly Barnhill, Iron Hearted Violet

“Intelligence does not mean infallibility, nor does it mean immobility. Intelligence means the ability to learn.”
― Kelly Barnhill, Iron Hearted Violet

“There is no hope without risk.”
― Kelly Barnhill, Iron Hearted Violet

“But as she continued and finished her tale, I could tell that her heart was elsewhere, and when she excused herself to go to bed, she left without saying good night. After that, the princesses in her stories were always beautiful. Always.”
― Kelly Barnhill, Iron Hearted Violet

“All stories are lies until someone believes in them.”
― Kelly Barnhill, Iron Hearted Violet

“... focusing all of her attention to her own heart, and her heart's insistence that she not ignore her fear but act because of her fear. That her fear alone was motivation enough.”
― Kelly Barnhill, Iron Hearted Violet

“And no matter what lies the stories tell you, a real princess has nothing to do with opulent garments or a heart-shaped face or teeth like pearls. A real princess engages with the world in a state of grace. It is with grace that she listens and with grace that she speaks. A princess loves her people, no matter what their birth or station.”
― Kelly Barnhill, Iron Hearted Violet

“Dragon: I tried to leave you-truly I did. But love held me back. It is, in the end, another kind of servitude. But I choose it. And that makes all the difference.
Violet looked away. Does love bind us? she wondered. Or does it set us free?”
― Kelly Barnhill, Iron Hearted Violet

“A princess loves her people, no matter what their birth or station. Even ugly jailers.”
― Kelly Barnhill, Iron Hearted Violet

“With an ugly, mocking expression on his uglier face, he sank into an exaggerated bow.”
― Kelly Barnhill, Iron Hearted Violet

“It was one of my favorite places to sit and think, and was for Demetrius as well.”
― Kelly Barnhill, Iron Hearted Violet