Ward Quotes

“It's easy enough to keep something moving, but getting it going in the first place is hard. That's the thing about second chances and fresh starts. It's a (re)start. You gotta get things moving all over again, the second time around.”
― Wildbow, Ward

“When do I get to put this behind me? When do I get forgiven or get to forgive myself?

You're asking me? Never
I don't believe in forgive & forget. Not for the things I've done. not for what others have done to people I care about. Not for what's been done to me.
The moment we forget is the moment we allow those wrongs to be done again.
Forgiveness is the easy way out. Less to carry.”
― Wildbow, Ward

“I have people I need to look after, and one of those people is me.”
― Wildbow, Ward

“I’m thankful you trusted me when it counted. That we got here. But last night, the dream, the people I talked to… I owe them. I have people I need to look after, and one of those people is me.”
― Wildbow, Ward

“Her shoulder touched his as she leaned a little closer. She turned to look the other direction, and her hair brushed his ear.

The entirety of his focus, every inch of his being, was consumed in that oval-sized point of contact, where her shoulder shared its warmth with his.”
― Wildbow, Ward

“Do you want a hug?" Lookout asked.
"I want my enemies crushed and gone.”
― Wildbow, Ward

“I'm really bad at this," he said, abrupt, like he was using the fact they'd exchanged a handful of words in this fragment of conversation as a point from which to launch into something else. "I mean ... talking to girls."
"Why does that even matter?" she asked, stung, even more annoyed, and angry for reasons she couldn't articulate. "Why do I have to be a girl? Why can't I just be a person?"
"Do you mean, like, in-between boy and girl or-"
"No," she said, with more intensity than she wanted. "I mean talk to me like I'm a potential friend, not like ... I don't know. Like you want something from me. Why does it have to be a boy-girl thing? Why can't it be a person-person thing?”
― Wildbow, Ward

“Her perspective will skew, because all perspectives warp when there’s nobody around to help keep them straight.”
― Wildbow, Ward