Martha Carr > Quotes

“Always remember there is more to be lost from standing still than there ever was from risking it all.”
― Martha Randolph Carr

“This is life, I suppose. You stick to the moment you’re in whether it’s good or bad. Next”
― Martha Carr, The Leira Chronicles: The Complete Austin Series

“I’m not a character in a fantasy book,” Idina grumbled.”
― Martha Carr, The Warrior Omnibus #1: Books 1-6

“Tell him the truth and keep it short. No one actually cares about all the reasons you did something wrong. It’s a half-assed way of saying you’re sorry, not sorry. Admit what you did and stand in it.”
― Martha Carr, The Leira Chronicles Boxed Set #2: Books 7-12

“was going to say whatever doesn’t kill you only gives you an opportunity to keep living. Another day. Another week. Another month. Another hour… Should you discover the truth, you live with it by living. Because the only other option is to not live, and I’m quite sure that’s not even an option.”
― Martha Carr, Chronicles of Winland Underwood Complete Series Boxed Set

“Luther padded toward the door and his tail wagged slightly before it stilled. “For real. We can smell things before they happen. And if you don’t go after her, I smell failure in your future.”
― Martha Carr, Dwarf It All

“You can tell your body to do whatever you want, Miss Idina,” he’d told her, his eyes closed and his legs crossed beneath him while a young Idina fidgeted in her attempt at the same position. “When you tell your mind to do what you say, and it finally obeys, this is mastery. Over anything and everything you wish.”
― Martha Carr, Chew the Bullet

“Control is a way to get started at something new but eventually it always fails. True success comes where control ends and we step out into thin air. Correk was explaining to you the same thing I am right now. If you don’t gain an understanding of how to trust the source of energy from within you, from within the ground you stand on then you will try to control it, limit it.”
― Martha Carr, The Leira Chronicles Boxed Set #1: Books 1-6

“Can I tell you what I'm doing? I'm in search of a new story for myself. I need something to do that gets me excited in the morning and wears me out by bedtime.”
― Martha Carr, The Leira Chronicles Boxed Set #2: Books 7-12

“Despite everything, this is a very good day. Remember that, both of you. There will be horrors in the world that you won’t be able to solve without some anguish. But it doesn’t mean you can’t find moments of joy.”
― Martha Carr, The Leira Chronicles Boxed Set #2: Books 7-12

“Everything you’ve done here is amazing.” “Thanks. I couldn’t have done it without your support.” “I haven’t been much support lately.” “No, but I knew you’d be back, which was support in itself.”
― Martha Carr, Magic Lost

“When you want something, you make the time. Not excuses.”
― Martha Carr, The Never Ending War Complete Series Boxed Set

“He couldn’t bring himself to think the rest of it, because then he’d spiral into beating himself up all over again. Worse than the cold, the dark, the solitude, and two slightly stale meals a day was his own ability to tear himself apart from the inside out. Hector had always been a convincing wizard, and the things he could convince himself of were no exception.”
― Martha Carr, Chronicles of Winland Underwood Complete Series Boxed Set

“Well, that road ain’t gonna lead you toward the bigger picture. Trust me.”
― Martha Carr, Don't Give a Dwarf

“That’s a loaded question.”
― Martha Carr, Go Dwarf Yourself

“Well, I ain’t sayin’ it only to hear myself talk.”
― Martha Carr, Don't Give a Dwarf

“You never know when family won’t be around anymore, you know?”
― Martha Carr, Dwarf ‘Em All

“in ten years I'll think this age was pretty young and held a lot of potential. What did I do with that opportunity? Can I appreciate who I am right now? Can I at least give myself a break? That's what we're really talking about here. Otherwise, everything at every moment in every year I've been alive is so serious and the path to a good life is narrow and fraught with peril. I'm going with the idea that life is full of really good stuff on a very, very wide road that has a million”
― Martha Carr, Drow Requiem

“People like us… we all have places that don’t heal entirely. We just get used to the occasional stab of pain and keep going.”
― Martha Carr, Kill the Willing / Bury the Past But Shoot It First / Reload Faster / Dead In Plain Sight / Tomb Raiding PhD / Tomb Raider Emeritus

“I mean how many decades do I keep trying to fix something before I realize the trying to fix it may be the problem. It’s one of those things that I wish I had really understood better when I was a lot younger. And if I had it would have turned my outward search for what would make me fit better in the world, to an inward one of asking, what do I want?”
― Martha Carr, The Fairhaven Chronicles Boxed Set: The Complete Series

“Make sure all hands and feet stay inside of the car. We won’t go back for missing parts.”
― Martha Carr, Waking Magic

“Or you can choose grace. To let it all go in one fell swoop. There will be no middle ground here.” He waved his arm and shook his shaggy head, letting out a tired sigh. “But I will offer this. Instead of wondering what was lost, take a moment and wonder what could be gained. What could still be lost if you don’t let go.”
― Martha Carr, The Leira Chronicles Boxed Set #2: Books 7-12

“Good news is at least the climb down will be easier. Thanks, gravity, for not always being a bitch.”
― Martha Carr, Kill the Willing / Bury the Past But Shoot It First / Reload Faster / Dead In Plain Sight / Tomb Raiding PhD / Tomb Raider Emeritus

“You brought us to a pawnshop.” “Somethin’ like that, yeah.” “Ooh, hey. Johnny.” Luther trotted up to his master, his tongue lolling. “I know. You’re gonna sell the shifter dwarf.” “Say what?” Charlie’s eyes widened. “What?” “Now where the hell did you get an idea like that?” “We saw it on some show, Johnny. That’s what pawnshops are for, right?” Rex leaned toward a display of tiny porcelain dogs and dog bones before he pressed his nose against the glass and snorted. “You take in what you don’t want and get money for it.” “No one pawns their cousin.” Johnny clicked his tongue, then smirked. “Although”
― Martha Carr, Dwarf ‘Em All

“The next step after this is applying that state of being—that thin sliver of sliding into place that feels wrong and so right at the same time, that makes you question your sanity—to your green lights. Feel your way through them instead”
― Martha Carr, Chaos and Gunfire

“Three brown horses thundered in circles in a nearby pen, panicked by the flames and running in circles to avoid a danger that wasn't even a minor threat to them. Idiot creatures. Not unlike humans.”
― Martha Carr, The Fairhaven Chronicles Boxed Set: The Complete Series

“the past is done and despite how much human beings like to dig it back up, the past cannot predict the future. It can only make it harder to clearly see the next path.”
― Martha Carr, The Leira Chronicles Boxed Set #1: Books 1-6

“Masters become masters because they practice in the little moments. Every pause, every moment to yourself is an opportunity to try again. Every tiny shift matters, and the more you practice, the better you will become. Besides, if not now, when?”
― Martha Carr, The Fairhaven Chronicles Boxed Set: The Complete Series

“Another day, my friend. We survive by focusing on the next thing in front of us and doing what we can, letting the rest go. Otherwise, you're fucked.”
― Martha Carr, The Leira Chronicles Boxed Set #1: Books 1-6

“We always put our guests’ wishes first in this establishment.”
― Martha Carr, Go Dwarf Yourself