Nathan A. Thompson > Quotes

“Just because you feel like you need to do something bad, son, doesn't mean you have to do it. And having that voice inside doesn’t automatically make you a bad person. In fact, it can make you the opposite, make you better, if you can train your heart and mind to resist it. Temptation is dangerous, but it's also an opportunity to grow, and change, and rise.”
― Nathan A.Thompson, Brace For the Wolves

“the bad kind of pride was when you had confidence without any self-reflection, and the bad kind of humility was when you had self-reflection without any confidence.”
― Nathan A.Thompson, False Skies

“and suddenly I realized that Dad must have been catching and eating bears with his bare hands his whole life,”
― Nathan A.Thompson, Downfall And Rise

“He did not wish to do the right actions. He wished for his actions to be right, so that he would not have to change.”
― Nathan A.Thompson, Soul Shelter

“I was Wes Malcolm, Challenger and Protector of Earth and Avalon. I was whole despite all my harms. And I raged.”
― Nathan A.Thompson, Downfall And Rise

“Who guards the guardians, when they lay down their shields and sleep?” I asked out loud, repeating the question my mother had given me oh so long ago. “Who heals the healers, when they lie broken and alone? Who protects the protectors, when they are surrounded by foes they cannot overcome alone? Who rescues the heroes, when they have already given everything, and need saving themselves?”
― Nathan A. Thompson, Soul Shelter

“The stone fell silent again. God damnit, I thought, I just made note of the fact that a rock wasn’t talking.”
― Nathan A.Thompson, False Skies

“find him out here,”
― Nathan A.Thompson, Corefire

“That's a good question," Vessa said with a nod. "And one I'm not entirely certain I can answer, because nothing has exited the portals but a few packs of eaterlings—which probably means that the original inhabitants of those places have been driven off. But one of the portals has suddenly flared with energy, meaning something big might come through. That one I want you to try and deactivate”
― Nathan A.Thompson, Anchor Knight

“Can you throw in another one of your spinny death-disks?” Eadric asked. “Friction Slash,” Karim corrected. “It’s from the Ideal of Air.” “That’s nice,” Eadric noted. “So can you throw in one of your spinny death-disks?”
― Nathan A.Thompson, Brace For the Wolves

“a black shirt that said ‘I’m not short, I’m concentrated awesome.”
― Nathan A.Thompson, False Skies

“it is impossible to force every being you call kin to hold to a standard that would let them Rise. But, if you continue to Rise yourself and work whatever justices you can reach, you will accomplish far more than you ever would by raging over a hundred thousand of your family’s flaws.”
― Nathan A.Thompson, Behemoths Beneath

“more”
― Nathan A. Thompson, Woad Children