A Shiver of Light Quotes

“What is that old children’s rhyme, ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me’? Anyone who says that doesn’t understand the power of words. They can cut deeper than any knife, hit harder than any fist, touch parts of you that nothing physical will ever reach, and the wounds that some words leave never heal, because each time the word is thrown at you, labeled on you, you bleed afresh from it. It’s more like a whip that cuts every time, until you feel it must flay the very skin from your bones, and yet outwardly there is no wound to show the world, so they think you are not hurt, when inside part of you dies every time.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“No one had said anything, or even lifted an eyebrow at me; sometimes it's just the inside of your own head that is the problem.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“I was learning that happily-ever-after was the beginning of the next chapter, not the end of the story.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“because love can die from being withheld, like a flower that is so beautiful you hide it away from the sun trying to make it last longer; but every flower needs sun, and being in love requires risking yourself. It can require risking everything you are, not just in battle, but emotionally. Sometimes you have to risk it all to gain it all.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“If you are following Deity's plan for you, it isn't always the easy path; sometimes it's the hard one. So why follow? Because to do any less is to betray your own abilities and gifts, and the faith that Deity has in you. Who would do that willingly?”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“There is no loyalty in fear, only resentment,”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“To know that everyone starts on the ground. Trees, flowers, people, even the mighty sidhe must stand upon the dirt in order to move forward.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“It is not where you begin, or what gifts you begin with, but what you do with them that matters in the end.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“Mean is not crazy, it is merely mean.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“Yes, but it is frightening and romantic for the Queen to say, ‘Where is my Darkness, bring me my Darkness,’ and someone would bleed or die at his hand.” “You”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“There is no loyalty in fear, only resentment,” I”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“All six of them sat on either side of the long oval conference table, strung out like strong, handsome beads on the string of my love.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“are always evil, whether it’s the color of your skin they hate, or how many limbs you have, or how fragile you are; it’s all hatred and it’s all just fear. They”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me’? Anyone who says that doesn’t understand the power of words. They can cut deeper than any knife, hit harder than any fist, touch parts of you that nothing physical will ever reach, and the wounds that some words leave never heal, because each time the word is thrown at you, labeled on you, you bleed afresh from it. It’s more like a whip that cuts every time, until you feel it must flay the very skin from your bones, and yet outwardly there is no wound to show the world, so they think you are not hurt, when inside part of you dies every time.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“I was descended from a handful of fertility deities, but I guess I really hadn't understood what that meant. I mean, there was fertile and then there was being able to get pregnant while you were already pregnant.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“love can die from being withheld, like a flower that is so beautiful you hide it away from the sun trying to make it last longer; but every flower needs sun, and being in love requires risking yourself. It can require risking everything you are, not just in battle, but emotionally. Sometimes you have to risk it all to gain it all.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“...nudity meant just without clothes on, neither good nor bad.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“Racists are always evil, whether it's the color of your skin they hate, or how many limbs you have, or how fragile you are; it's all hatred and it's all just fear.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“We were all temporarily able-bodied; at the time I hadn't understood, but I did now. Were we all just temporarily happy? Or were we all just temporarily sad?”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“...his face had always been a mirror for his heart”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“would have been willing.” “I mention it in passing, and you think seriously about it.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“What is that old children’s rhyme, ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me’? Anyone who says that doesn’t understand the power of words. They can cut deeper than any knife, hit harder than any fist, touch parts of you that nothing physical will ever reach, and the wounds that some words leave never heal, because each time the word is thrown at you, labeled on you, you bleed afresh from it. It’s more like a whip that cuts every time, until you feel it must flay the very skin from your bones, and yet outwardly there is no wound to show the world, so they think you are not hurt, when inside part of you dies every time.” I”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“Merry didn't make you a whining bitch, Talan; you were always that.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“And there you go again, that tone in your voice, never a word out of place, but your tone says clearly, 'You are a fucking psycho bitch and I hate you.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“love can die from being withheld, like a flower that is so beautiful you hide it away from the sun trying to make it last longer;”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“You know, most people’s pillow talk isn’t about battle and killing,” I said.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere slumber’s chain has bound me, Sad memory brings the light Of other days around me. —THOMAS MOORE”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“love can die from being withheld, like a flower that is so beautiful you hide it away from the sun trying to make it last longer; but every flower needs sun, and being in love requires risking yourself.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“If you are following Deity’s plan for you, it isn’t always the easy path; sometimes it’s the hard one. So why follow? Because to do any less is to betray your own abilities and gifts, and the faith that Deity has in you. Who would do that willingly?”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light

“Lust magic is the same as date-rape drugs in human court, Uncle Taranis.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Shiver of Light