Kaylin R. Boyd > Quotes

“The only cure for not being able to write is to write.”
― Kaylin R. Boyd

“The only cure for writer's block is writing.”
― Kaylin R. Boyd

“Believe in magic. Believe in fate. Believe in gods and coincidence and strange phenomenon. Believe in yourself. Fools make history.”
― Kaylin R. Boyd

“What does it matter what's real or imagined as long as it makes life worth living?”
― Kaylin R. Boyd

“The sunken gray sky seemed to be closing in on the ground. The edges of the world on which they stood crumbled into the abyss. They could hear it fracture around them like glaciers splintering off into the frigid deep.
"What do you three want?" Eros asked with flippant annoyance.
Loki chimed in, "We don't want any of your Girl Scout Cookies…"
Eros closed his eyes and pressed his lips together.
"-unless you have Samoas,” Loki amended.”
― Kaylin R. Boyd, The Netherworlds: Curse of Fate

“Chaos eventually coagulates into some form of order, which people overwork in their hands like clay until it devolves back into utter unmanageable chaos, and somehow they still think they’ve got it under control.”
― Kaylin R. Boyd, The Netherworlds: Curse of Fate

“Books are portals. Even if the people and events inside are all fictitious, the magic of it all is real.”
― Kaylin R. Boyd, Tell City: A Novel

“Scary stories protect us.

They have since the beginning of story itself. That's what they were made for.
And children, especially, need scary stories. They keep children away dangerous places and dubious people. The old folk stories of nixies kept children away from the edges of dangerous waters. Tales of ghosts to this day keep children away from abandoned, tetanus-filled houses. Stories of the Candy Man keep them from talking to strangers.

If we keep children away from scary stories, we are doing them a disservice. These books warn them against things that busy adults might have failed to mention. Moms and Dads and Schools are often afraid to talk about monsters and boogeymen, because they are afraid of scaring the children. But scary books for don't mind doling out a good scare- that's their job, after all, and they do it better than anyone else.”
― Kaylin R. Boyd

“He headed home through the streets of New Bedlam. It was the cleanest city in the Cosmos on the outside to disguise the flaws just under the surface. Like a corpse at the viewing, all makeup and formaldehyde. Under the streets were veins of sewers, rank with putrid blood and discarded bones from the nightclubs and luxury apartment buildings.
Eros could feel the bloodlust pouring out of every doorway he passed, and he buttoned up his pea coat and quickened his pace. The desiderium of the city both tempted and disgusted him.”
― Kaylin R. Boyd, The Netherworlds: Curse of Fate

“The hardest part about writing, especially writing fiction, is being honest. As writers, it's really easy to use fiction to lie to ourselves. When you do that, the reader will pick up on it and feel it somehow. But when you're honest and you're writing, every word sings.”
― Kaylin R. Boyd

“The places in this book are real places as a reminder that magic can still happen in our world. This is the importance of the contemporary fantasy genre. Mythic tales have always served as the door through which humans and gods interact - safely within a dreamscape.”
― Kaylin R. Boyd, Tell City: A Novel

“Starting a new book is like starting a new adventure, and when starting a new adventure, it would be unwise to think there will not be dragons. We will never know what will be encountered when we set out, but to be brave, we must set out anyway. There will always be dragons, and I wish you luck should they cross your path.”
― Kaylin R. Boyd, Tell City: A Novel