LIFEL1K3 Quotes

“It's simple to love someone on the days that are easy. But you find out what your love is made of on the days that are hard.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“Breathing in the ink and feeling all those wonderful lives beneath you fingertips. In between the pages, I'm an emperor. An adventurer. A warrior and a wanderer. In between pages I'm not myself-and more myself than in any other place on earth.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“Your past doesn't make calls on your future. It doesn't matter who you were. Only who you are.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“In between the pages, I'm an emperor. An adventurer. A warrior and a wanderer. In between the pages I'm not myself-and more myself than in any other place on earth.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“This is not the end of me.
This is just one more enemy.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“Your scars tell who you are. Your skin is the page, and your scars are the ink, telling the story of your life.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“She doesn’t want our help, Dimples.”
“We can’t just leave her in there alone, Freckles. You know that.”
“We lied to her. She hates us now.”
“It’s simple to love someone on the days that are easy. But you find out what your love is made of on the days that are hard.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“there's nothing quite the same as sitting with a real book in your hands”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“Better to rule in hell,” the beautiful man smiles, “than serve in heaven.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“You know, democracy sounds like a great idea until you spend three minutes with the average voter.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“Deviation' or whatever you want to call it? That's just another expression of it. You call it freakish. I call it incredible.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“Grandpa said it’s always better to be shot at for who you are than hugged for who you aren’t.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“Two years I searched for you,” he said. “Two years of empty wastes and endless roads. Of not knowing if I’d ever see you again. By when the ash rose up to choke me, it was thoughts of you that helped me breathe. When the night seemed never-ending, it was dreams of you that helped me sleep. You. And only you.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“Your father gave me life. But you were the one who made me live.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“Even in our darkest moments, we have a choice, sweet Ana.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“My mother teases my father, saying he can only create people, while authors can create entire worlds.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“I used to wonder sometimes why they made us,” he says. “If there could ever be a reason for something like me to exist. But now I know.” He runs his fingers down my cheek, over my lips. “I was made for you. All I am. All I do, I do for you.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“I’ve been thinking about what you said,” Lemon declared. “About whether your past makes you what you are. That’s all our memories are, right? The pieces of our yesterdays that make us who we are today?”
Eve thought about it for a while, finally nodded. “Sounds right.”
“So you’ve had some bad days, no doubt,” Lemon said. “But I figure, instead of letting your yesterdays bring you down, maybe you can concentrate on building some happier memories today. And that way you’ll have them for tomorrow?”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“He'd been kind to her in a world where kind only came at a price. He'd given her a roof when most creeps only ever offered a bed.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“Your past doesn’t make calls on your future. It doesn’t matter who you were. Only who you are.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“... but there's nothing quite the same as sitting with a real book in your hands. Breathing in the ink and feeling all those wonderful lives beneath your fingertips. In between the pages, I'm an emperor. An adventurer. A warrior and a wanderer. In between the pages I'm not myself-and more myself than in any other place on earth.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“There’s enough thermex inside Kaiser to level a house. So unless you’d like your nice, glowy walls decorated in a lovely new color called blood and brains, I suggest you let me up. Now.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“I’ve been thinking about what you said,” Lemon declared. “About whether your past makes you what you are. That’s all our memories are, right? The pieces of our yesterdays that make us who we are today?” Eve thought about it for a while, finally nodded. “Sounds right.” “So you’ve had some bad days, no doubt,” Lemon said. “But I figure, instead of letting your yesterdays bring you down, maybe you can concentrate on building some happier memories today. And that way you’ll have them for tomorrow?” Eve chewed on that for a spell. Wondering if she was missing something. Maybe it was true what Lemon was saying. Her memories told her story, but only she could decide who she was going to be because of them. Did all the hurt and shadow in her past really matter? Or could she decide to not let it define her? She didn’t have to deny it. Maybe she just had to accept it. Maybe it was time to acknowledge who she’d been yesterday, and decide who she wanted to be tomorrow.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“My mother teases my father, saying he can only create people, while authors can create entire worlds. Father always smiles and replies, “Give me time, love.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“The little logika growled and shook his head. “You know, democracy sounds like a great idea until you spend three minutes with the average voter.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“It was a Tarantula—a squat, eight-legged killing machine as big as a bus,”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“It was okay to be afraid. You just couldn't let that fear stop you.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“It's your flaws that make you beautiful, Ana. It's the imperfections that make you perfect.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“Most of them exist in our computer archives, but there's nothing quite the same as sitting with a real book in your hands. Breathing in the ink and feeling all those wonderful lives beneath fingertips. In between the pages, I'm an emperor. An adventurer. A warrior and a wanderer. In between pages I'm not myself - and more myself than in any other place on earth.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3

“I sit opposite and look at the pile of books in front of him. Babel is one of the only places in the world that has real books anymore. My mother sends teams across the Glass, bringing back all they can find in the old world’s ruins and collecting them in Babel’s great library. Most of them already exist in our computer archives, but there’s nothing quite the same as sitting with a real book in your hands. Breathing in the ink and feeling all those wonderful lives beneath your fingertips. In between the pages, I’m an emperor. An adventurer. A warrior and a wanderer. In between the pages I’m not myself—and more myself than in any other place on earth.”
― Jay Kristoff, LIFEL1K3