Garret Weyr > Quotes

“The girl, as it turned out, was no ordinary girl either, although she would certainly have told you that she was. She believed that mirrors don't lie, and her mirror showed a remarkably unremarkable reflection. The magic that existed in her world sang only in poetry, paintings, colors, or an excellent slice of almond cake.”
― Garret Weyr, The Language of Spells

“Everyone can look at the world....But only those who pause to see what is wrong can change it.”
― Garret Weyr, The Language of Spells

“Magic is like the sun....You don't believe in it. It just is.”
― Garret Weyr, The Language of Spells

“Sometimes life wasn't what you wanted, but it was still life.”
― Garret Weyr, The Language of Spells

“To see a dragon or any magic requires that you think of what might be," Ella said. "Music is all about possibility, while medicine very practically asks you to find what is .”
― Garret Weyr, The Language of Spells

“no such thing as a stupid question, or one too small.”
― Garret Weyr, The Language of Spells

“To make yourself forget something, as he had done about his early time in Vienna, was cowardice, or, if you were feeling kind, a sort of self-protection. But to do it to someone else could only be seen as murder. What we remember makes us who we are.”
― Garret Weyr, The Language of Spells

“As children, all of magic's creatures learned about themselves by being curious about the forest.”
― Garret Weyr, The Language of Spells

“As the world of men built new and extraordinary things, the world of magic began to decline. No creature lives beyond its own world, and a dragon is nothing if not a creature from the world of magic.”
― Garret Weyr, The Language of Spells

“Rude words make everything worse...Try and be kind.”
― Garret Weyr, The Language of Spells

“Magic is funny in that way: It chooses those who might not choose themselves. In fact, one of the many rules governing the world of magic is that if you pay attention, you will understand how magic has chosen you.”
― Garret Weyr, The Language of Spells