Trinity Vinton > Quotes

“But someone has opened the door to a dark room within me, and the light has been lit within, like a beacon shining in the dark. And all is clear, and yet, still hidden in shadow, and I finally understand some of what you tell me, because someone else understands. Life is an adventure, even unto death, which is only yet another. The road is worth traveling well.”
― Trinity Vinton, The Rise of Ethrundson: Quest of a Thousand Questions

“Few from your world believe,' Killian replied. 'And of those that do, fewer yet understand.”
― Trinity Vinton, The Rise of Ethrundson: Quest of a Thousand Questions

“There is the fear of despair, of giving into things because you see no other way and you do not want for harm to befall you if you protest. . .Besides this fear, there is the fear of defiance, of fearing something because you can't help fearing it because you're a man, but holding out anyways, even if it seems there is no way out, and seeking to stamp it out because you know it's wrong and you won't go down without a fight to preserve what you believe in.”
― Trinity Vinton, The Rise of Ethrundson: Quest of a Thousand Questions

“hm," Ivor mused. "Some hash ought to fix that; hash fixes everything --helped me when I had the sniffles last year's winter.”
― Trinity Vinton, The Rise of Ethrundson: Quest of a Thousand Questions

“The Light is goodness, this much I know. It is chivalry and nobility, it is honor, peace, health, love, and brotherhood; it is like a flowery meadow, a clear brook, or a flowing river--all that is beautiful and goodly. It is found in good deeds done duly well, in the simple plea of an innocent child, in the undying hope of the young, and the honest yearnings of the old.”
― Trinity Vinton, The Rise of Ethrundson: Quest of a Thousand Questions

“I often think that perhaps it is a pleasant thing for the unwitting to reside in the knowledge of the unknown, for I feel folks there mustn't worry much, but for many, the notion of not knowing is exceedingly frightening in itself.”
― Trinity Vinton

“We're wanderers in a foreign land, looking, but never truly seeing; exploring, but never finding what we seek for; striving for our very lives, but never truly living. That is, until we truly find ourselves.”
― Trinity Vinton, The Rise of Ethrundson: Quest of a Thousand Questions

“Imagine the little faith we place in humanity is the very curse that is dragging it down. A man will achieve what he will, depending heavily on how much faith he and the rest of the world can muster for his sake. What if it is because we are fallen, and believe of ourselves nothing more, that we remain fallen?”
― Trinity Vinton, Waylighter

“The world has long since stopped listening to the observations of wisdom. Everything has become cast in a garish hue by the novelty of sameness—to belong is to be the same. And so, everyone thinks the same, acts the same, believes the same things. Tradition is seen as a forgotten tragedy. Still, the old are harbingers of old ways, and they will not be changed. And youth is stubborn, stuck in the ways they are beckoned towards.”
― Trinity Vinton, Waylighter

“Lately, you have seen just how much of the world in a small part is not to be trusted, but you cannot let it stop you from believing that there is good to be discovered out there.”
― Trinity Vinton, Waylighter

“Mindful of truth or not, at some point in his life, every man chooses for himself what his path will be. And, in so choosing, he drinks his own poison or the remedy for his soul.”
― Trinity Vinton, Waylighter

“Imagination without a measure of wisdom to guide it is a cruel taskmaster.”
― Trinity Vinton, Waylighter