Matthew Tysz > Quotes

“Nothing has the power to remind you how alone you are like walking through a conglomeration of empty skyscrapers.”
― Matthew Tysz, The Last City of America

“Irony abounds in the sense of comfort and belonging that an introverted man like I can feel by walking up and down the obnoxious avenues of Manhattan.”
― Matthew Tysz

“If God himself can't save this world without sacrifice... how can we?”
― Matthew Tysz, The Last City of America

“Failing to understand the dogma of our faith had always been my go-to excuse for never trying to. Maybe I wanted too much to reign in the center of my own world, leaving no room at the inn for divine suppositions.”
― Matthew Tysz

“Be virtuous, or be strong; Don't be neither, and definitely don't be both.”
― Matthew Tysz, The Turn

“Stopping isn't an option, even when you reach a dead end.”
― Matthew Tysz, We are Voulhire: The Fires of Virko

“In life, there is no lesson greater than patience; and so, there is no teacher greater than a fool.”
― Matthew Tysz

“The best way to learn how to handle being rich is to grow up poor.”
― Matthew Tysz

“The first thing you want to ask yourself when you enter a completely unfamiliar land is: 'How do its people treat those who are different?”
― Matthew Tysz

“See the good in everything, and the best of it will find you.”
― Matthew Tysz, We Are Voulhire: A New Arrival under Great Skies

“The city would dance until dawn. But the king would have a bath, finish his book, and go to bed.”
― Matthew Tysz, We Are Voulhire: A New Arrival under Great Skies

“I enjoy the thought of not having to rely on hope, but on the inconsistent, sometimes tangential unpredictability of human nature.”
― Matthew Tysz

“Telling a novelist to come up with a new idea is like telling a painter to come up with a new color. There are no new ideas... but there are new combinations of ideas.”
― Matthew Tysz