S.M. Boyce > Quotes

“Remember that grief is a necessary pain. It’s your only way to heal. To starve it will destroy you.”~The Grimoire”
― S.M. Boyce, Lichgates

“Maybe you’re so good at listening that you have no idea when to speak.” ~Braeden”
― S.M. Boyce, Lichgates

“The time will come when you will doubt everything you stand for, but you must push forward and never stop. Do not let others speak for you, or you will lose your voice forever.” ~The Grimoire”
― S.M. Boyce, Lichgates

“But that’s the trouble with moments—they end." ~Narrator”
― S.M. Boyce, Lichgates

“Sometimes, impossible just means you have to try harder. -Kara”
― S.M. Boyce, Treason

“The world goes on, boy, desptie how desperately we may want it to stop for just a moment so that we can catch our breath.”
― S.M. Boyce

“The Vagabond one told me what that clover symbol means. He said it represents the four primary roads you can take in life: happiness, hatred, success, and failure. They are balanced shoices, always intertwined with each other, and whichever of the four paths you take will lead you down another.”
― S.M. Boyce

“I prefer the term 'resourceful twit.' - Kara”
― S.M. Boyce, Treason

“Frine gestured toward her. 'This new power of yours is dangerous, Kara.'

She shrugged.
'These are dangerous times.”
― S.M. Boyce, Heritage

“The creatures of human myth flourish in Ourea. Trees are this world's skyscrapers. Magic its currency. And while the rest of Earth forgot what it means to dream big, Ourea kept alive its wonder.”
― S.M. Boyce, Treason

“I almost let him die. I did. I’m not proud of that now. It was a mistake. But when all you can think of is revenge, you don’t think straight. I haven’t for a long time. I’ve plotted and manipulated and stolen to get what I want, and it’s cost me everything. When I lost my mother, I lost a bit of myself to the hatred. It clouded my judgment. I couldn’t think straight anymore, and I lost both my father and brother because of it. I lost the love of my life. I lost the respect of my fellow Bloods. I lost control over you. By using deception to get my revenge, I lost everything, Kara. I lost everything that ever used to matter to me. - Blood Gavin”
― S.M. Boyce, Heritage

“We vegabons are a part of this now, and we have a chance to make things better. Maybe we can make the world a little brighter before we die. At least, that’s why I’m here. I’ve always wanted to make people smile. But for the first time in my life, I’m powerful enough to do more. I can help change things. You empowered us, Kara. Don’t give up. The rest of us need you to believe, or we’ll lose faith completely. We may have Grimoires too, but there is only one true Vegabond.”
― S. M. Boyce, Treason

“He pouted—full on pouted. A prince. Pouting. - Kara, re: Braeden”
― S.M. Boyce, Heritage

“Your race doesn’t define you. -Richard”
― S.M. Boyce, Heritage

“He isn’t fighting for you. He’s fighting for Ourea. For yakona. For everything that lives within a lichgate. - Kara”
― S.M. Boyce, Heritage

“Don’t let others speak for you, or you will lose your voice forever.”
― S.M. Boyce, Lichgates

“She grinned and inched closer. He became an blur, but she wanted to savor every bit of him—the oaky musk of his cologne, the sparks his warm touch shot through her.”
― S.M. Boyce, Heritage

“It’s like you said all those months ago—people expect the Vagabond to be a hero. I have to act like one. -Kara”
― S.M. Boyce, Heritage

“More often than you might think, it takes getting to your lowest point before you realize you need to make a change.”
― S.M. Boyce, Treason

“Many of the vagabonds found me. They despise the way the war is being handled. They see the way your agendas inhibit progress but had no way to let their voice be heard. I gave them a way.-Kara”
― S.M. Boyce, Heritage

“Where are we? -Braeden
In the deepest part of your mind, where Carden can never find you. It's the goodness you've developed despite everything, the kindness and love you're capable of even though you were born to kill. Hide here with me, and he'll never find us. -Kara”
― S.M. Boyce, Treason

“What are you?” he [Blood Carden] asked, his red eyes wide.
“Efficient,” Kara answered.”
― S.M. Boyce, Heritage

“This was home. Ourea was home. And as tired as she was of fighting, she would kill to protect that.”
― S.M. Boyce, Heritage

“We’re vagabonds. We value freedom. -Kara”
― S.M. Boyce, Heritage

“He’d never wanted a woman as much as he wanted Kara, and he was prepared to spend forever with her if she wanted that as well. - Braeden”
― S.M. Boyce, Heritage

“Your greatest moment has yet to be written.”
― S.M. Boyce

“Monuments built to honor the dead are nothing but comfort for the living, and no one alive will notice this one is gone.”
― S. M. Boyce, Wraithstorm

“A man is never taller than when he bends to help someone in need.”
― S.M. Boyce, Wraithblade

“But that’s the trouble with moments—they end. ~Narrator”
― S.M. Boyce, Lichgates

“Risks aren’t as scary once we take them, he’d said. And to live a life without a bit of danger, son, to never push your limits or test your boundaries? Well, that isn’t much of a life at all. Live, he’d always said. Live—and be man enough to fail.”
― S. M. Boyce, Wraithstorm