Elizabeth Isaacs > Quotes

“I've always believed that you must be able to appreciate the things that people can give you, and forgive them for the things they can't.”
― Elizabeth Isaacs

“Appreciate what they can give, forgive them for what they cannot.”
― Elizabeth Isaacs, The Light of Asteria: Kailmeyra's Last Hope

“Survivors learn early on that tears are a luxury for the protected.”
― Elizabeth Isaacs, The Light of Asteria: Kailmeyra's Last Hope

“Nora, I believe life’s like a good book. Time makes up the pages that will be your story. Every time your life changes, you start a new chapter. To me, there’s nothing more depressing than someone getting to the end of their days and realizing they’ve only written one long, boring passage.”
― Elizabeth Isaacs, The Light of Asteria: Kailmeyra's Last Hope

“...no one has ever doubted you would die for those you love ... the question then becomes would you live?”
― Elizabeth Isaacs, The Secret of the Keepers: Kailmeyra's Strength

“You were the light in my dark world that gave me a path different from the one set by my father. I’ll never forget that, and I’ll always love you.”
― Elizabeth Isaacs, The Light of Asteria: Kailmeyra's Last Hope

“The most important factor of art is the love of it; the rest will come. If you enjoy your craft, the end product is always something you treasure.”
― Elizabeth Isaacs, The Light of Asteria: Kailmeyra's Last Hope

“Pity is an emotion that should have never been created. Pity was strong and could break the backs of people fighting for survival and respect. I couldn't stand pity.”
― Elizabeth Isaacs, The Light of Asteria: Kailmeyra's Last Hope

“I now understood darker emotions within themselves are not evil. It is the intent of the person who feels them that determines their fate.
~Nora~ The Light of Asteria”
― Elizabeth Isaacs, The Light of Asteria: Kailmeyra's Last Hope

“We must respect natural energy in a way that not only honors the land, but the kinsmen, and the future as well.”
― Elizabeth Isaacs, The Secret of the Keepers: Kailmeyra's Strength

“Seeing that humans in modern cultures were destroying their environment for the sake of self-indulgence, the Dokkalfar focused their attention on poorer nations, whose terrain still flourished. A century of ethnic cleansing, deforestation, and war assured the land weakened and humans stayed in abject poverty. The result was a perfect contrast. In certain parts of the world, millions of children died of starvation and disease while other countries held excesses and riches never before seen. Earth became a place of greedy extremes. Societies lost the ability to relate to one another, choosing instead to focus on their own. No one noticed the one common theme every culture held.
The world itself was dying.”
― Elizabeth Isaacs, The Heart of the Ancients: Kailmeyra's Redemption

“Artists strive for perfection. But what they often fail to see is that the beauty, the humanity, lies within the flaws.”
― Elizabeth Isaacs

“Be grateful for what he could give you, and forgive him for what he couldn't.”
― Elizabeth Isaacs, The Light of Asteria

“We are born with gifts and talents, which we discover over time through new experiences. Talents invigorate our lives, incite our passions, allowing our authenticity to shine. To me, nothing is more tragic than someone never taking a chance, never stepping out of their box, only to leave this world with a myriad of unwrapped gifts.”
― Elizabeth Isaacs

“You've taught me to search for the meaning beneath words, that music's true beauty is found in its silence, and that often the smallest scars carry the most pain. ~Jax”
― Elizabeth Isaacs