Heather Lyons > Quotes

“I run. I kick. I punch. I listen. I write. I give.
I live.
Stars above, I live.”
― Heather Lyons, The Deep End of the Sea

“Love isn't always clean and pretty--sometimes it's messy, cruel, and confusing. And sometimes, it doesn't turn out the way you want it to. But then, the beauty of love is that it's very strong, and when it's real, it's worth it.”
― Heather Lyons, A Matter of Fate

“In paginis mundus invenimus. In verbis vitam inveniimus. In pages, we find words. In words, we find life.”
― Heather Lyons, The Collectors’ Society

“True love does not have limits or restrictions. True love allows a person to love deeply and unconditionally. True love does not ask you to let go of life. True love encourages you to live.”
― Heather Lyons, The Hidden Library

“Knowledge is the sharpest of weapons.”
― Heather Lyons, The Collectors’ Society

“Destinies, are like roads.
Relationships are much like destinies. Therefore, relationships are like roads.
Some roads are circular. They start at one spot and end in the same. Some roads fork and force. Their travelers to choose which way to go. Some roads go great distances. And then there are those that
end abruptly.
Who is to say that a short road is less meaningful than a long?”
― Heather Lyons, The Hidden Library

“There are multiple ways to label people, as you may well know. In the literate world, we can simplify this in that there are readers and non-readers. Within the readers category, we can further label people by how passionate they are with the books they choose. Some people escape into the stories they read. Some read for purpose or information. Some read out of resentment or necessity. But let us, in this moment, focus on those who find books to be an escape or an extension of their imagination. These readers see, within their mind’s eye, the characters and settings in the pages below their fingers. They feel the emotions woven between the words. They live through every heartache, every embrace, every terror. Books, to these people, become tangible, living things. The characters they read become genuine souls.” A half smile curves his lips. “People like this are often accused of living within their fantasies. They’re said to have their noses stuck in books. But the reality is that some of these people actually do escape into books.”
― Heather Lyons, The Collectors’ Society

“Knowledge is always one of the fiercest of advantages a lady can have.”
― Heather Lyons, The Collectors’ Society

“The most truthful answers are found through observation. Words allow lies.”
― Heather Lyons, The Collectors’ Society

“It’s funny how you can miss someone desperately when they’re standing right in front of you.”
― Heather Lyons, A Matter of Forever

“I am a monster. The worst kind of monster. The kind that people have told stories about for thousands of years. The kind that daredevils like poor Walt seek out, even though many believe I’m nothing more than a myth.”
― Heather Lyons, The Deep End of the Sea

“Authors can only allow readers to learn so much about their characters. As much as they try to build someone three dimensionally on a page, words are still limited and subject to imagination and interpretation”
― Heather Lyons, The Collectors’ Society

“He is good and kind and honorable. He is my north star after being lost for too long.”
― Heather Lyons, The Hidden Library

“Someone should write a book about how Alice Liddell from Wonderland falls in love with Huckleberry Finn. I might rather want to read that book.”
― Heather Lyons, The Hidden Library

“May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you have gone too far.”
― Heather Lyons, The Collectors’ Society

“It’s hard to hear others when your own words overwhelm your thoughts.”
― Heather Lyons, The Collectors’ Society

“Sometimes,” he told me, “you can have something, hold it in your hands or feel it in your bones, and still never understand the working mechanisms behind it.”
― Heather Lyons, The Collectors’ Society

“Without risks, we never really know if something’s worth the trouble.”
― Heather Lyons, The Collectors’ Society

“Each of us here has a story, but it’s not necessarily the one people think they know.”
― Heather Lyons, The Collectors’ Society

“He sighs. “If it’s any consolation, I’m not overly thrilled about being away from my wife for so long, either.”
“She a cougar?” Cora asks.
Karl stares at her, mouth open.
“I’m just saying,” she says defensively. “He looks like the sort to snag a cougar.”
She did not just say that. “Cora!”
“My wife is off limits to you.” He shakes a finger at her. And then, after a moment, “She’s not a cougar.”
Cora cackles brightly.”
― Heather Lyons, A Matter of Fate

“The brave come in many shapes and sizes,”
― Heather Lyons, The Forgotten Mountain

“Our faces are so close to one another right now, and all I can do is selfishly think how easy it would be for me to lean forward and kiss him like I’ve dreamed about for the last couple of weeks. One kiss, and then I’d let him go.

One kiss, to replace the one stolen from me.

This would be my first kiss, not what happened with Poseidon. Because a kiss should be born from love, and want, and need. A kiss should be beautiful, something a girl can hold onto for the rest of her life, to pull out in her memory whenever she wants butterflies to come back. A kiss shouldn’t be roughly ripped away from her and turned into a thing of nightmares.”
― Heather Lyons, The Deep End of the Sea

“Madness—that old, dear friend of mine—has come home for a visit. And I welcome its return with open arms.”
― Heather Lyons, The Forgotten Mountain

“people who can’t control their emotions are not valuable allies in battle.”
― Heather Lyons, The Collectors’ Society

“Thus, not only am I a monster, I'm a really lousy one. A lonely, classic Five Stages of Grief following, insecure, shut-in of a pathetic beast who talks to the snakes on her head and the statues on her island.”
― Heather Lyons, The Deep End of the Sea

“Love should be easy, and yet it’s the most complicated emotion of all, isn’t it?”
― Heather Lyons, A Matter of Forever

“Sometimes our pasts are chains we cannot let go of, even if the key is in our hands. They define us in ways we resent, and yet they are somewhat precious, too. Because, logically, we understand that our pasts have made us who we are, even if we want nothing more to close our eyes to them.”
― Heather Lyons, The Collectors’ Society

“I tell myself: This time could be different. I rationalize: It's not like the past can be changed. I fear: I lost everything before. And yet... I hope.”
― Heather Lyons, The Collectors’ Society

“For the first time in two thousand plus years, time stands still. I pray it stays that way, because this moment here?

Divine.”
― Heather Lyons, The Deep End of the Sea

“If this isn't a fairy tale, then I don't know what else to call it.”
― Heather Lyons, The Forgotten Mountain