The Queen's Poisoner Quotes

“Never trust another person to do your thinking for you.” That sounded a little strange to Owen, but he accepted it.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“New ideas are delicate. They can be crushed easily. New ideas can be killed by a sneer or a yawn...or even a frown.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“Most people suffer from a lack of imagination. They don't dare enough. But I do.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“When enough people believe something of you, it can distort your view of yourself. We mimic the judgments of others. It would take a very strong person indeed to resist the effects of so much ill will.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“When he read, it was as if he were transported to some dreamland where he could not hear whispers or shouting.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“Never trust another person to do your thinking for you.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“Courage isn’t the absence of fear, Owen. Courage is moving forward even when you’re afraid.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“Too many people are frightened. They want youth to last. They complain bitterly if sickness comes. But the world is always in tumult, and fortunes rise and fall and fail. It is the ambitious who accomplish things. It takes courage to be ambitious, for never was anything great achieved without risk.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“Power. There was power in being able to control how others reacted to you.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“The reason most people don’t arrive at a destination is they never embark. They think of all the reasons why they can’t do it, so they don’t even try.” “I”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed, they are praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“But remember the nature of secrets, Owen. If you share yours, it will stop wriggling inside your chest. And it will start wriggling inside hers. Secrets always want to come out.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“Argentine was a hard king to serve. He had a barbed whip for a tongue and it drew blood whenever he spoke.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“Courage isn’t the absence of fear... courage is moving forward even when you’re afraid.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“Courage isn't the absence of fear. Courage is moving forward even when you're afraid.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“Studying the past sometimes helps us make the future.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“You see, it is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“It’s been my experience, Owen, that when everyone agrees on some point of fact, it tends to be the biggest deception of all.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“It’s been my experience, Owen, that when everyone agrees on some point of fact, it tends to be the biggest deception of all.” She reached out and tousled his hair. “Remember that. Never trust another person to do your thinking for you.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“That is why I refuse to shutter the windows. We need more light. Even a flower withers without sunshine.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“The reason most people don’t arrive at a destination is they never embark.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“When enough people believe something of you, it can distort your view of yourself. We mimic the judgments of others.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“A goal not written down is merely a wish.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“The most important thing you can learn is discernment.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“Courage is moving forward even when you're afraid.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“We should not be encumbered by what we cannot control and change as suits the times. A promise given in the past was a necessity of the past. A broken vow is a necessity of the present. There is no such thing as "honor," or "I give him my word." Words, as you know, are meaningless, and only fools trust in them.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“deconeus.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“discernment.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride,”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner

“The past is pain and best forgotten. Tomorrow is a day that may never see the sun. There is only now.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Queen's Poisoner