Megan O'Russell > Quotes

“... don't you ever be sorry for seeing things in this world for what they really are. Some folks will hate you for it, but the truth that lies underneath always comes out in the end.”
― Megan O'Russell, How I Magically Messed Up My Life in Four Freakin' Days

“DEFCON five”
― Megan O'Russell, The Geek's Guide to Wizarding Mastery in One Epic Tome: The Complete Tale of Bryant Adams

“The strings of fate will draw the things you need close to you at the right moment and pull safety from you just when you think it is near. It's that way in all the world, but the strings are wound tighter when you walk in the world of magic.”
― Megan O'Russell, How I Magically Messed Up My Life in Four Freakin' Days

“Hs”
― Megan O'Russell, Night of Never

“In times as uncertain as these, we must find joy and freedom whenever we can.”
― Megan O'Russell, The Tethering

“home always moved when it was a person and not a place.”
― Megan O'Russell, Inker and Crown

“The blood washed away, the wounds healed, but hope and freedom―they carried me into the darkness that lay ahead.”
― Megan O'Russell, When Worlds Begin: A Collection of Four Fantasy Novels

“It was easy to forget the world was ending when you lived in the safety of the domes.”
― Megan O'Russell, Girl of Glass

“It is so easy to forget that while some are born to great destinies and high positions, they are still only human, and a little human kindness can be needed to see them through the darkness.”
― Megan O'Russell, Inker and Crown

“Wouldn't it be better for you to, I don't know, warn people they have magic superpowers before it turns their lives into flaming death holes?" Devon asked.
"Not at all," Eric said. "At least not for those of us who already live in the mystery that is magic. No one has time to hunt down everyone who might one day produce a spell or two, and the overcrowding would be terrible."
"So burning your way into magic it is," Devon said.
Eric pursed his lips. "I prefer the term trial by fire.”
― Megan O'Russell, How I Magically Messed Up My Life in Four Freakin' Days

“For the ones who have survived the flames. You are strong enough to topple kingdoms.”
― Megan O'Russell, Inker and Crown

“They would be burned last, their sacrifice in protecting the domes given the highest point of honor. Twenty-seven guards had been lost.”
― Megan O'Russell, When Worlds Begin: A Collection of Four Fantasy Novels

“I looked up at the sky. Somewhere high above the skyscraper lights were stars. Hidden by the ambient light, but always there. And the way out of this mess was like the stars. There and possible to reach, if you could only see beyond the immediate. Good God, one moment in the park, and my brain had turned into romantic mush.”
― Megan O'Russell, How I Magically Messed Up My Life in Four Freakin' Days

“Bertrand Wayland, what the hell are you doing?”
― Megan O'Russell, The Girl Without Magic