Tess > Tess's Quotes

“All that is gold does not glitter; not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither; deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.”
― J R R Tolkein, The Fellowship of The Rings, The Two Towers, The Return of The King, [The Lord of the Rings, in 3 volumes]

“How do you say 'bring me sausage and eggs or I'll slit your throat' in Italian?"

"Look it up in the phrase book.”
― Regina Doman, Black as Night

“But what has it got in its pocketses, eh?”
― j r r tolkein

“I won't get killed,' Rose protested.
Is that a promise?' Fish asked dryly, stirring his tea. 'If you break your word, I'll never believe you again.'
Rose shook her head at him. 'How can you even taste your tea if you put that much sugar in it?'
Don't change the subject. I don't want to be responsible for depriving the world of Rose Brier. Under no circumstances are you allowed to help us do anything more dangerous than...change the oil in my car.”
― Regina Doman

“When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.”
― William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

“Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.”
― G. K. Chesterton

“I'll never tell you to stop loving. You see, I believe in hopeless love. Oh yes. I believe in it with all my heart, though you may discount the heart of an old nanny like me. For real love brings pain. Real love means sacrifices and hurts and all the thousand shocks of life. But it also means beauty, true beauty.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, Moonblood

“I could try to care, but I ain't sure it's worth the bother.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, Veiled Rose

“If a man has to ask for your trust, it's a sure sign that you should not give it. Trust should be earned inherently, without any verbal demands. Trust is knowing a man's character, knowing truth, and relying on that character and truth even when the odds seem against you.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, Heartless

“Have you no honor to stand for your beliefs?” “Standing for my beliefs isn’t always the same as standing for truth.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“But rest assured I'll win. Because I'm going to kill you...
... with kindness.
And it's going to feel really weird for both of us.”
― Nadine Brandes, A Time to Rise

“With his mask and my sword, we could subdue even the shadows.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“God will never instruct me to be afraid, so I might as well get used to reminding myself to fear not.”
― Nadine Brandes, A Time to Rise

“How many of us acted and spoke out and fought for beliefs that we held because our environment told us to? As much as I wanted to blame my England, I knew the blame sat with me. I hadn't trained myself to discern. To examine. To seek the source.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“I invented that little rhyme about 'One Ring to rule them all', I remember, in the bath one day.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

“I wish my horse had the speed of your tongue.”
― William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

“All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.”
― Lemony Snicket

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
― William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

“Understand one another? I fear I am beyond your comprehension.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Piano/Vocal/Chords) [Paperback] [2003] 1 Ed. Howard Shore

“Annabelle was silent for a moment and then sighed, concluding with a shake of her head, 'Jesus wouldn't try to kidnap me.'" p.63”
― Ruth Apollonia, Annabelle of Anchony: Burdens of the Mind

“Every once in a while you just have to decide to do something very crazy and very right--just to dare yourself to live. I don't mean doing something stupid and destructive--just something fun and good and beautiful.”
― Regina Doman, The Shadow of the Bear

“There are billions of men in the world, probably millions near my age. Maybe hundreds who are compatible with me. Maybe at least a dozen who would want to date me. There's got to be at least five on the continent whom I could probably marry. So why am I so hung up on this one guy?”
― Regina Doman, Waking Rose

“There was a silence. Then Paul looked at Alex.
'She knows Chesterton.'
'She lives,' said Alex.”
― Regina Doman, Waking Rose

“The boys at school are so degenerate that it makes one feel pessimistic about the future of the male gender in general.”
― Regina Doman, The Shadow of the Bear

“Bear heard Rose in the background saying, 'Why thank you, Mr. Fish.'
'Good redhead. Helpful redhead,' Fish returned.”
― Regina Doman

“I shall have twenty cats and talk to them all," she said, picking up the volume of poetry. "My cats and I shall have fish every day for dinner." Her imagination taking flight, she finished, dropping the book into the box, "And I shall memorize every line in this book and paint it in calligraphy on my living room walls.”
― Regina Doman, Waking Rose

“Some scars never heal. And he sounds like he has a lot of them.'

'But Christ had scars too, even on His risen Body. Wounds in this life become glory in the next.”
― Regina Doman, Waking Rose

“She couldn’t picture anyone falling madly in love with such a person as Fish. What a name, Fish...Fish: think cold, slippery, detached. Benedict: think dry scholarly monk from the Dark Ages. Denniston: think English preparatory school, stolid country squire. Nothing about his name sounded the least bit romantic.”
― Regina Doman, Waking Rose

“Evil isn't beautiful on its own. You know?'

'Well, good people are sometimes ugly-' Blanche said at last.

'I don't know about that. Not really,' Bear shook his head. 'If the good's there, and you look for it, you'll see it in some way.'

'I think Bear is right,' Rose said decidedly. 'Fairy tales teach you that. No one who's really good ever stays ugly. It's always a disguise.”
― Regina Doman, The Shadow of the Bear