Hope and Red Quotes

“If you believe you will succeed, there is always a chance you might. But if you believe that you will fail, then you will always fail. Never allow yourself to lose before you begin.”
― Jon Skovron, Hope and Red

“But at a certain point in our lives, we cannot passively allow our upbringing to define us. We must choose it or choose other.”
― Jon Skovron, Hope and Red

“As youth and innocence give way to experience, doubt clouds the mind. Those who find renewed purpose in the complexity will thrive instead of falter. —”
― Jon Skovron, Hope and Red

“Nettles glared at Red. "Why did you let her in?"
"I didn't," he said wearily.
"She has a key?"
"Worse, I taught her how to pick locks."
"Why in the hells did you do that?"
"I don't know. She'd been bugging me nonstop about something."
"I wanted him to show me how to throw a knife properly," said Little Bee.
"There, see?" said Red. "Lock picking doesn't sound so bad as an alternative, does it?”
― Jon Skovron, Hope and Red

“Teacher, not again." Her eyes filled with tears. "Please, don't make me be the one to survive again." He placed his withered hand on her cheek and smiled sadly. "I am sorry, my child. You must endure.”
― Jon Skovron, Hope and Red

“Quienes lo han perdido todo son libres de convertirse en cualquiera. Es un precio elevado, pero así es siempre la grandeza.”
― Jon Skovron, Hope and Red

“Life hands you a lot of disappointments. And sometimes it gives you things, only to snatch them away from you shortly after.”
― Jon Skovron, Hope and Red

“Those who have lost everything are free to become anyone. It is a steep price to pay, but greatness is ever thus.”
― Jon Skovron, Hope and Red (The Empire of Storms)

“Hurlo had always been one to speak from the heart. Many times, he would say things and not know that they were true until he said them.”
― Jon Skovron, Hope and Red (The Empire of Storms)

“Brigga Lin laughed, a rich, throaty sound that brought even more attention from the guards along the wall. "I realize this is scant comfort, but I cannot think of another living soul I'd rather die with than someone named Bleak Hope".”
― Jon Skovron, Hope and Red

“Red poked his head back down into the cabin, grinning. "Cousin of mine, I may not have stolen even a fiveyard from Grandfather, but I took the most valuable thing at Pastinas Manor all the same.”
― Jon Skovron, Hope and Red