Charlie N. Holmberg > Quotes

“Faith is a very personal thing, really. Just because you don’t meet with a group of people once a week who believe everything exactly the way you do doesn’t mean you don’t believe in something.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

“Everyone has a dark side! But it’s their choice whether or not they cultivate it.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

“But she still had time. Surely she still had time. Stories like this one weren’t meant to end badly.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

“You’re a candle that won’t be snuffed, and now the darkest parts of this world can see you. And they don’t tolerate the light.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Glass Magician

“I don’t know how many women can claim to have walked a man’s heart, but I’ve walked yours,”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

“If you’re going to get yourself killed, you could at least kiss me first!”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Glass Magician

“Perhaps the man wasn’t so mad after all. Or maybe it’s a madness that I can learn to appreciate.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

“Beauty is just like a book. Some will not bother to look beyond the cover; others will find the entire tome utterly captivating.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, Keeper of Enchanted Rooms

“When one believes in oneself, even the extraordinary is possible.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Master Magician

“Perhaps in a heart, knowledge was more stable than memory or thought.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

“One can never be too irrational.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Glass Magician

“When I think about it . . . I guess I’ve just taken what bits and pieces I felt were right for me and made my own faith with them. Faith is a very personal thing, really. Just because you don’t meet with a group of people once a week who believe everything exactly the way you do doesn’t mean you don’t believe in something.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

“Decide where you want your life to go before you set it rolling.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Master Magician

“I think life would be much . . . simpler . . . if a man could believe in one solid thing,” he answered, still not looking at her. “Bits and pieces here and there do no good for a man’s soul. Thinking all of it is right or all of it is wrong does no good, either. Just as a magician cannot work all materials. He must choose one. But how does he know? How do these people believe in this faith, but not the others? Yet they are happy.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

“Monsters are only ever fascinating from afar.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Will and the Wilds

“Never dismiss the value of entertainment, Ceony. Good-quality entertainment is never free, and it’s something everyone wants.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

“The ghostly images lasted only a moment longer before fading away, as all unread stories were wont to do.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

“nothing like jam and cold bread to make a man appreciate a woman.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Master Magician

“I don’t know how many women can claim to have walked a man’s heart, but I’ve walked yours, Emery Thane. And I like the dog.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

“A double-edged sword was more useful than no weapon at all.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Master Magician

“You are the kind of woman who makes me believe in God, Ceony,” he murmured. “I don’t know how else it could be possible to find you. For heaven’s sake, you even delivered yourself to my front door.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Master Magician

“What is a soul if not an extension of the heart?”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Will and the Wilds

“Alfred snorted. “Paperwork. A Folder of all people, complaining about paperwork.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Master Magician

“Sometimes I wonder if it’s better to be informed or ignorant. Or, rather, informed and depressed, or ignorant and happy.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, Spellbreaker

“You cut your hair!” she exclaimed. He paused, eyebrows skewed. “And . . . your hand is on fire.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Master Magician

“Curse Emery Thane for being such a difficult man to rescue!”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

“What about my mistakes? I think about them, too, but where would I be if I thought of nothing else? What sort of person would I be if I drowned in them?”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

“Or maybe it’s a madness that I can learn to appreciate.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

“ma always said the word damn came from beavers who gave up on their houses one stick short.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician

“I’ve been shot to hell, haven’t I?” “Language, love.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Master Magician