The Hidden Library Quotes

“Destinies, are like roads.
Relationships are much like destinies. Therefore, relationships are like roads.
Some roads are circular. They start at one spot and end in the same. Some roads fork and force. Their travelers to choose which way to go. Some roads go great distances. And then there are those that
end abruptly.
Who is to say that a short road is less meaningful than a long?”
― Heather Lyons, The Hidden Library

“True love does not have limits or restrictions. True love allows a person to love deeply and unconditionally. True love does not ask you to let go of life. True love encourages you to live.”
― Heather Lyons, The Hidden Library

“Someone should write a book about how Alice Liddell from Wonderland falls in love with Huckleberry Finn. I might rather want to read that book.”
― Heather Lyons, The Hidden Library

“He is good and kind and honorable. He is my north star after being lost for too long.”
― Heather Lyons, The Hidden Library

“The brave come in many shapes and sizes,”
― Heather Lyons, The Forgotten Mountain

“Madness—that old, dear friend of mine—has come home for a visit. And I welcome its return with open arms.”
― Heather Lyons, The Forgotten Mountain

“To follow blindly,” the Caterpillar says languidly, “is to yield possession of your own compass.”
― Heather Lyons, The Forgotten Mountain

“If this isn't a fairy tale, then I don't know what else to call it.”
― Heather Lyons, The Forgotten Mountain

“I swear, somebody needs to write this down. The queen, en route to save her, well, lover, with true love’s kiss, battles a giant. Perhaps we can slip it into a new volume of fairy tales. A feminist one that proves ladies can kick ass and save men just as well as men can save them.”
― Heather Lyons, The Forgotten Mountain

“Words so easily and yet unfortunately uttered by many, be it to express their appreciation of fried bits of potatoes to sports teams on the television. Words offered so frivolously about a variety of subjects and yet can be the most difficult, most painful, most meaningful, most cherished syllables we gift another person.”
― Heather Lyons, The Hidden Library

“The A.D. says, “To quote the Bard, ‘We happy, chosen few are a band of brothers and sisters, and will be kicking arse on St. Whatever-The-Bloody Day it was’.” “It’s St. Crispin’s Day, you heathen.” Mary regards him blandly. “That’s not even close to the original quote. Your Shakespeare is terrible.” He smiles impishly. “Why, thank you.”
― Heather Lyons, The Forgotten Mountain

“Once, just once, I wish one of my assignments took me took me to somewhere like Tahiti or Hawaii.”
― Heather Lyons, The Forgotten Mountain

“True love is exactly what she warned us it would be: strength and fragility all at once. True love can fortify a person or it can shatter them mindlessly. We who experience it, truly feel it in the depths of our bones and the strands of each hair, often allow it to color our field of vision.”
― Heather Lyons, The Forgotten Mountain