Amy Yorke > Quotes

“Nature can be cruel. Nature is a beautiful and wild thing. It cares not for good or evil, for light or darkness. It just is, and we are at its mercy.”
― Amy Yorke, The Good and the Green

“He thought that true cowardice lived in the people who were too afraid to face their feelings, not in those that let the power of their emotions–even the bad ones–take hold of them, if only for a little while.”
― Amy Yorke, The Good and the Green

“The change from ‘is’ to ‘was,’ from sweet to bittersweet.”
― Amy Yorke, The Good and the Green

“(Had any writer ever actually created any of their fiction, or was it all in some way tied back to a reality that some people were happier to have forgotten?)”
― Amy Yorke, The Ancient and the Amber

“the things we try to ignore often become the things that haunt us the most.”
― Amy Yorke, The Bright and the Blue

“perhaps if you pretend to be someone else for long enough, you can’t help but become someone else in the end.”
― Amy Yorke, The Ancient and the Amber

“If you’re worried about failing to do something, perhaps just do it. If you’re worried about doing something you shouldn’t, perhaps don’t.”
― Amy Yorke, The Silent and the Silver

“If the rules don’t apply to you, they aren’t very fun to break, now are they?”
― Amy Yorke, The Bright and the Blue

“It was amazing how much the simple comforts of a warm blanket and a good cup of tea could improve almost any situation.”
― Amy Yorke, The Ancient and the Amber

“People were good or they were bad. You helped good people if you could. You stayed out of the way of the bad ones.”
― Amy Yorke, The Ancient and the Amber

“It wasn’t just a pattern of movement; it was a ritual. A ceremony in three parts. An offering in prayer at the altar of her body.”
― Amy Yorke, The Bright and the Blue

“That we were all alone, really, each of us living lonely under the infinite sea of stars, rarely even aware of what’s above us.”
― Amy Yorke, The Ancient and the Amber

“she missed him so terribly it felt like the walls were collapsing around her, the roof was gone, and the stars were tumbling down to the earth. Everything was falling and broken with nothing there to hold it up.”
― Amy Yorke, The Good and the Green

“There is no surer path to violence, hatred, and despair than ignorance. And yet, perhaps, there is a beauty in the unknown. There is something to be said for not having all the answers. There is something to be said for the humble acknowledgment that although the pursuit of knowledge is pure and should never be abandoned, some things may simply be beyond our comprehension.”
― Amy Yorke, The Ancient and the Amber

“It wasn’t for you to save him. It wasn’t your fault that he died. Your father was wrong, and Jack’s father was wrong too. You can’t save everyone, Keir. It’s enough that you tried.”
― Amy Yorke, The Good and the Green

“Love is a choice you make. Choose her, each and every day, but don’t forget yourself. Find the balance. Sometimes it will be easy. Sometimes it will be hard.”
― Amy Yorke, The Silent and the Silver