Jason Ellis > Quotes

“Books are a staircase to unknown worlds.”
― Jason Ellis

“Do not pick up the pen unless you understand how heavy it is, and how long you may carry it for.”
― Jason Ellis

“Fantasy stories will always be popular, as there are always readers who are willing to escape, freely, to the worlds that the authors create, and spend time with the characters we give life to.”
― Jason Ellis

“A book can open the mind, free the heart, and speak to the soul.”
― Jason Ellis

“Never let your light go out.”
― Jason Ellis

“Books are just words, yet arranged by the author so that they speak to your very soul.”
― Jason Ellis

“Books contain a special magic. Letters and words - side by side - able to speak and sing to us.
This allows the reader to enter the story.”
― Jason Ellis

“How can you take such a risk? This could mean anything! It could mean nothing at all! Haven’t you heard of fiction? This might be just from the imagination of a poet!”
― Jason Ellis, The 12th Year Awakening

“The world offers you millions of things to get into, and if you're not falling passionately and maniacally in love with at least one of them, then to me, you're wasting your life.”
― Jason Ellis, The Awesome Guide to Life: Get Fit, Get Laid, Get Your Sh*t Together – Funny, No-Holds-Barred Advice for Confidence and Success

“This is not my bedroom!”
― Jason Ellis, The 12th Year Awakening

“I will find my way back to you … I will find my way back … I promise … ~ Elana Mayne.”
― Jason Ellis, The Long Journey to Sincerity

“I suggest going to the gym, facing another man, and then punching each other in the face.”
― Jason Ellis, The Awesome Guide to Life: Get Fit, Get Laid, Get Your Sh*t Together

“They party all night Friday night, straight through Saturday and Saturday night, and then they sleep enough on Sunday to go to work on Monday. That's what people do when they don't have a direction or passion in their life. And then sooner or later they fuck up, get a chick pregnant, and then they try to grow up and deal with that. That's what the forgotten children of the world do. Your average suburbanite who isn't born rich or supersmart [sic]. A guy who will maybe learn a trade, but he won't like his job. He'll be angry about it. He'll get wasted to block it out, make bad decisions. And with a little bad luck, maybe even go to jail. Or you've been doing OxyContins every weekend, and so someone gives you some heroin, and at that moment it doesn't seem like that bad of an idea, so you stick a needle in your arm. One thing leads to another, and you die. It's that easy.”
― Jason Ellis/ Mike Tully