Claudia > Claudia's Quotes

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
― Washington Irving

“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper,
That we may record our emptiness.”
― Kahlil Gibran

“The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Broken Wings

“Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“And Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human. So she was turned into a pillar of salt. So it goes.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“I can't accept this, my lord. Its too fine a gift, and I am no queen."

Ballard gently pushed it back to her. "You are, Louvaen. You're simply uncrowned.”
― Grace Draven, Entreat Me

“I'm not laughing, and I'm not running. I wont lie either. You're a chilling sight to behold. I've had nightmares of monsters prettier than you." She stepped closer and raised her other hand to thread her fingers through his hair. This time he didn't flinch away. "But you're still you under all this flux nonsense. Only a fool of a woman would run from such an extraordinary man, and I am no fool, Ballard de Sauveterre.”
― Grace Draven, Entreat Me

“What kind of piss is this?" he said when he caught a breath.

Louvaen frowned. "Probably something he made with the venom and scales of the worlds most evil viper."

"Oh, you have a twin?”
― Grace Draven, Entreat Me

“He pushed back his hood so she might see him as clearly as he saw her. “Wife of my soul,” he said softly. She closed her eyes and sagged in his arms. “Oh gods, Ballard. I don’t want to go.”
― Grace Draven, Entreat Me

“A kiss before I go, dragonslayer.” He leaned in to capture her lips with his.”
― Grace Draven, Entreat Me

“To those who should be sleeping, but find renewal in fictional worlds. Just one more page.”
― Jillian Graves, Titan

“Putting the pillow to his face”
― Izzy Sweet, Keeping Lily

“I was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. I grew up in the projects. I never went anywhere. But I have lived a thousand lives and I’ve loved a thousand loves. I’ve walked on distant worlds and seen the end of time. Because I read.”
― George R.R. Martin

“You like this place?"

"Of course I do. It has books in it.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns

“We are the words; we are the music...”
― Virginia Woolf

“Tristan, Lord Ballentine. Scoundrel, seducer, bane of her youth.”
― Evie Dunmore, A Rogue of One's Own

“I’m not sure I ever stopped being a nakhudha,” I finally replied. “Our hearts may be spoken for by those with sweet eyes, little smiles, and so very many needs, but that does not mean that which makes us us is gone. And I hope . . . part of me hopes anyway that in seeing me do this, Marjana knows more is possible. I would not want her to believe that because she was born a girl, she cannot dream.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“You’re not going to stop living your life because some days are harder than others.”
― Laura Thalassa, Rhapsodic

“Diversity is a flower that blooms with greater beauty and greater strength each time it is cross-pollinated.”
― K. Ancrum, The Weight of the Stars

“There’s no before me and you. There’s only us.”
― Sadie Kincaid, Dante

“I know this shit is fucked up, so don’t bother writing to tell me I’m twisted in the head. ;)      ”
― S.T. Abby, The Risk

“We both know I was never going to make it to thirty, brother. Take care of her.”
― Kate Stewart, Exodus

“Meadows, baby. Our last name is Meadows.” “Yours. Don’t get ahead of yourself. You’ll be expected to beg.” There’s no stopping the savage grin from gracing my lips. “I love to beg.”
― H.D. Carlton, Hunting Adeline

“To the girls who think that the grim reaper will fuck like a god.”
― Avina St. Graves, Death's Obsession

“If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.”
― Mercedes Lackey

“Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic, capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it.”
― J.K ROWLING

“You need to learn to control your woman." Kon smiled. "No, I don't. She's magnificent.”
― Alessa Thorn, Darkest Night