Quests for Glory Quotes

“If there's one thing I've learned in my long life, it's that every villain thinks they're the hero of their own story.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“[B]eware trying to bend the Truth to fit your story instead of facing it head-on. That was your father's mistake. And that's how a Snake becomes a Lion and a Lion becomes a Snake. Because the more you bend the Truth to fit a story, the more it turns into Lies without you even realizing it.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“Relationships are about taking off the mask you wear to make someone like you and letting them see the real you. The one you hid all the time. The one you never thought was good enough to find love in the first place.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“To me, a king is a lighthouse. A guide who can cast his glow across his kingdom and bring every last one of us out of the shadows. A beacon who we can look up to when the world seems lost. A bridge who can unite us when our differences seem to stark to reconcile. Tonight, we need a king who is all of those things. A king who can look each of you in the eye and make you feel that you won't just fight for him or his kingdom, but you'll fight for our way of life.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“Is it really a Lie if someone is unwilling to see the Truth?”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“And as a cloud passed over the sun, sending the scene into shadows, the last thing Agatha saw was a new king cast in a golden glow and the old one dragged into the dark by his twisted green chains... The Snake become the Lion and the Lion become the Snake.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“At last, her Weasel had come.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“Someone had to save him from himself.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“This is no longer a tale about whether you will find fame or fortune or your perfect little happy ending. This is a tale about whether you are capable of growing from the snake of your own story into the hero of someone else's.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“Sometimes the last person you should ask for the Truth is the one who knows it.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“You may have been born to do it, but that doesn't mean you'll do it well.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“Sophie blinked at her. “You eavesdropped on everything we were saying?” “Eavesdropped? You were yelling,” said Beatrix, looking up. “About the Lion,” said Anadil. “And the kiss,” said Nicola. “And how you don’t know his name,” said Hort, stonefaced. “Sophie kisses Rafal, Sophie kisses Tedros, now Sophie kisses Lion with No Name,” said Kiko. “My mother said kiss too many boys and you turn into a snail.” “Preach,” said Hester. Sophie”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“Enemies disguise as friends and friends as enemies.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“Slowly Tedros lifted his eyes. That’s when he started to cry.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“The group dismissed the rest of the crowds by shooting sparks into the sky—“THANK YOU!” read Beatrix’s message to the Evers; “GO HOME” read Hester’s to the Nevers—and together, they sealed the gates to Camelot Park and went into Town Hall together to listen to Tedros’ speech.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“So we all paid a price for our mistakes in the end.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“But is it fake if people believe in it? You assume that it is truth that makes a story valuable, because the tales that come from the Storian are true. The Storian writes history. But man is capable of writing stories too and man has no obligation to truth or to history.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“The old man cursed at her and went back inside. Dot smiled. “He’s such a good friend.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“I'm completely happy on my own, unattached and untroubled by the vagaries of love.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“When it comes to women, men can be quite weak.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“That sordid, slippery little Snake looked us in the eyes and dared us to sire a king. And tonight, that king will have his vengeance.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“Dot”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“stand by him in his finest and darkest hours. But instead they were both alone, fending for themselves.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“Agatha,”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“Find out how a boy of our own came to lie on her shores. At the very least, she must help you bury him.” Professor Dovey choked up, her face translucent. “He is worthy of a home in the same grove as King Arthur, for he was a devoted friend to his son. Chaddick was an honorable boy. He didn’t”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“Sophie piddled half of a chicken breast and a bit of cabbage onto her plate. She hesitated, then added a teaspoon of ice cream.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“One day no one will question my place as king— He tripped over a hole in a carpet and toppled through an open door, his crown flying off him, his body splaying onto a wet floor.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“The Snake become the Lion and the Lion become the Snake.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“Nonsense. I’ll do it while we travel. I just need two assistants on board, a fleet of courier crows, and an unlimited budget—”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“Dot didn’t answer. The Sheriff bared his teeth at her. “You ugly, disgusting pig.” He raised his hand to strike her— Hester’s demon slammed into him, bashing the Sheriff in the groin with its horns. Before it could gore him again, a scim ripped through the demon’s claw, pinning the demon to the ceiling. The Sheriff crumpled to the floor, wailing high-pitched noises. Hester gasped, buckling against the wall, as if the wind had been crushed out of her, her skin turning white. Overhead, her red-skinned demon bleated in pain. “H-H-Hester, you okay?” Agatha sputtered. But Hester wasn’t listening, her eyes bloodshot and still fixed on the Sheriff. “Too bad for you, your daughter has friends,” she said. “Lots of friends,” Anadil seethed. “And if you ever touch Dot, you ever speak to her like that again, those friends will tear out your throat,” said Hester. “We will kill her own father to protect her and we won’t feel an ounce of guilt. You don’t know us. You don’t know what we’re capable of.” “And you don’t know the truth about your daughter either,” said Anadil, red glare slashing through the Sheriff. “She isn’t an embarrassment or ugly or any of the other lies you dump on her. She’s a miracle. You know why? Because she came from stock like you and is still the best friend anyone could ask for.” Dot’s face flooded with tears, her whole body quivering. The Sheriff sobbed in pain behind the couch.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory