Matt Mikalatos > Quotes

“And just because a talking donkey tells you something doesn’t mean it’s true.”
― Matt Mikalatos, Imaginary Jesus

“When the stars and the moon met, a song began among the moonside Kakri. “Where is the fountain which brought joy to the city, clean and clear at its heart?” There were no instruments, just voices. The starside Kakri answered, also in song, “It has been carried away, the water spilled to the sand, the water given to the sun.” The song, beautiful and strange, reached out to Jason like the tendrils of a plant opening in the morning dew. He felt himself alive, transported, and filled with a deep, melancholy sadness.”
― Matt Mikalatos, The Crescent Stone

“The fact that you love your dad so much is a sure sign of how much he loved you. He’s not here now, but accept the love that comes from the people around you. Let them be his sky lantern back to you. Let them share their love, and let that be a reminder of his. No one will ever love you quite the way your father did, but many people will see in you some of the same qualities and beautiful bits that he did. Love is as strong as death. As inevitable, as powerful, as eternal. It can’t be escaped. It can’t be avoided. It won’t be forgotten. And when death is gone, love will remain.”
― Matt Mikalatos, Sky Lantern: The Story of a Father's Love for His Children and the Healing Power of the Smallest Act of Kindness

“One of the Peasant King’s followers, a knight in his service, said to him, “My lord, where are you going?” The Peasant King replied, “Why, to meet Death. Would you go with me, Sir Knight?” FROM “THE TRIUMPH OF THE PEASANT KING,” A SCIM LEGEND”
― Matt Mikalatos, The Crescent Stone

“That’s the danger of following an imaginary Jesus,” Daisy said. “The more committed you get to him and his plan, the further afield from the real Jesus you get. Your earnest attempts to be committed to your imaginary Jesus actually move you away from Christ.”
― Matt Mikalatos, Imaginary Jesus

“Here’s the thing: if you can’t think of three things to be grateful for, even on a pretty terrible day, something is wrong.”
― Matt Mikalatos, Sky Lantern: The Story of a Father's Love for His Children and the Healing Power of the Smallest Act of Kindness

“During the storm, hope. After the storm, peace. A KAKRI PROVERB”
― Matt Mikalatos, The Crescent Stone

“In the desert there is no room for a lie, Jason. You must walk either with truth or with death.”
― Matt Mikalatos, The Crescent Stone

“The other treasures we have given the knight to steward over the decades are of more value. The Sword of Years, perhaps, or the Ascension Robe. Have you heard those names?” “Never,” Madeline said, sipping her own tea. “The Memory Stone? The Mask of Passing? The Disenthraller?”
― Matt Mikalatos, The Crescent Stone

“American Eagle came over and announced, “You’re going to need stitches. Don’t wash the blood off. The emergency room serves you faster if you’re covered in blood.”
― Matt Mikalatos, Imaginary Jesus

“It is said a crow came to my ancestor and taught her to live in this new land, the desert. Others in the city denied this offer, for it was too much to humble themselves to a bird. They could not learn from such a lowly creature. But my ancestor believed it was no shame to walk with crows. So were born the Kakri, the ones who left the city and embraced the desert as our home.”
― Matt Mikalatos, The Crescent Stone

“zombies . . . they’re like an entire race of people who think they are following Jesus but are actually following a moral system . . . a list of what should and should not be done. And instead of knowing Jesus, instead of introducing people to Jesus, they’re exporting a morality onto people who aren’t able to follow that moral code . . . people who aren’t in relationship with Jesus and don’t have the help of the Holy Spirit.”
― Matt Mikalatos, Night of the Living Dead Christian

“Is that man receiving a blessing or is he bowed in worship? Or could it be that he is being knighted by a king and given a mission?” “All those things,” I said.”
― Matt Mikalatos, My Imaginary Jesus: The Spiritual Adventures of One Man Searching for the Real God

“Jason had never followed a hummingbird into a disgusting sewer before, and so far he did not like it.”
― Matt Mikalatos, The Crescent Stone