Riya > Riya's Quotes

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”
― William Shakespeare, The Tempest

“Asking is for those without other ways of obtaining answers.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game

“Where angels fear to tread, have your fun instead.” Rohan’s voice was almost musical, but there was something dark in his tone. A promise. One that Jameson suspected that men in Rohan’s position had been making for centuries. “But be warned: The house always wins.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne

“Riddles deliberately lead you down paths that take you further and further from the right answer. They lie with the truth and rely on the tendency of the human mind to seek confirmation of that which we already believe”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game

“The trick to being abandoned was to never let yourself long for anyone who left.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Hawthorne Legacy

“Everything's a game. Avery Grambs. The only thing we get to decide in life is if we play to win.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Final Gambit

“Better the devil you do know than the devil you don't”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“why kill two birds with one stone when you can kill twelve”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Sometimes things that appear very different on the surface are actually exactly the same at their core.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Traps upon traps. And riddles upon riddles.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“The world is kinder to winners”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne

“Once you see that web of possibilities laid out in front of you, unencumbered by fear of pain or failure, by thoughts telling you what can and cannot, should and should not be done… What will you do with what you see?”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne

“Everything’s a game, Avery Grambs. The only thing we get to decide in this life is if we play to win.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“The odd thing about ambition is this: You can acquire it like a fever, but it is not so easy to shed.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“It always came down to power and control—who had them, who didn’t, who would lose them first”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne

“The world is the board, Heiress. We just have to keep rolling the dice.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Final Gambit

“For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“When words are real enough, when they’re the exact right words, when what you’re saying matters, when it’s beautiful and perfect and true—it hurts.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne

“Trying to write trick questions backfires if the person taking the test knows how to look for tricks.” - Lyra Kane (The Grandest Game)”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game

“They'll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“If yes is no and once is never, then how many sides does a triangle have?”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games