B.P. > B.P.'s Quotes

“Not my job to judge, boy." Baba Yaga filled and lit the pipe again. "But I do observe that its difficult to escape familiar patterns. When you live your life with cruel words, you look for people to give them to you. When you escape and evil stepmother, you take an uncaring bride. When your father throws you out, you love someone who won't love you back. And to keep yourself in cruelty, you're willing to risk head and hands on the mayors side board. Keep the pattern going. Hm.”
― Steven Harper, Clockwork Fairy Tales: A Collection of Steampunk Fables

“There's lots of kinds of chains...You can't see most of them, the ones that bind folks together. But people build them, link by link. Sometimes the links are weak...That's another funny thing, now that I think of it. Sometimes when you mend a chain, the place where you fix it is strongest of all.”
― Bruce Coville, Into the Land of the Unicorns

“Family isn't blood," she said bitterly, continuing to back away. "Family is who loves you, who takes care of you.”
― Bruce Coville, Into the Land of the Unicorns

“Sometimes when you mend a chain, the place where you fix it is strongest of all... Never was a chain that couldn't be broken. Sometimes its even a good idea.”
― Bruce Coville, Into the Land of the Unicorns

“Funny thing about chains," he said. "They're everywhere, once you know how to look for them. I like chains.
When Cara laughed at this, he shook his chest, causing the hundreds of golden links that hung there to sparkle in the firelight.
"There's lots of kinds of chains," he continued. "You can't see most of them, the ones that bind folks together. But people build them, link by link, Sometimes the links are weak, snap like this one did. That's another funny thing, now that I think of it. Sometimes when you mend a chain, the place where you fix it is strongest of all."
As he spoke, he held up the chain, which was whole again. Passing the amulet to Cara, he said, "Never was a chain that couldn't be broken. Sometimes it's even a good idea.”
― Bruce Coville, Into the Land of the Unicorns

“Chains," said the Tinker, coming up behind her. "They bind us, whether we want them to or not. But a heart without chains would have nothing to hold it, might simply blow away.”
― Bruce Coville, Into the Land of the Unicorns

“Fate isn’t one straight road…there are forks in it, many different routes to different ends. We have the free will to choose the path.”
― Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas

“You can con God and get away with it, Granny said, if you do so with charm and wit. If you live your life with imagination and verve, God will play along just to see what outrageously entertaining thing you'll do next.”
― Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas

“Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.”
― Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas

“Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way.”
― Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas

“Evil was coming. I wondered whose face it would be wearing.”
― Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas

“You can con God and get away with it, Granny said, if you do so with charm and wit. If you live your life with imagination and verve, God will play along just to see what outrageously entertaining thing you’ll do next. He’ll also cut you some slack if you’re astonishingly stupid in an amusing fashion. Granny claimed that this explains why uncountable millions of breathtakingly stupid people get along just fine in life.”
― Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas

“Across the gently rolling hills,
Beyond high mountain peaks,
Along the shores of distant seas,
There's something my heart seeks.

But there's no peace in wandering,
The road's not made for rest.
And footsore fools will never know
What home might suit them best.

But, oh, the things that I have seen,
The secret paths I've trod,
The hidden corners of the world
Known to none but me and God.

Yes, the world was meant for knowing,
And feet were meant to roam.
But one who's always going
Will never find a home.

Oh, where's the thread that binds me,
The voice that calls me back?
Where's the love that finds me—
And what's the root I lack?”
― Bruce Coville, Song of the Wanderer

“The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“In one moment I was feeling everything and I was feeling nothing.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“What is the opposite of two? A lonely me and a lonely you.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“You're incredibly, absolutely, extremely, supremely, unbelievably different.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“Darkness can't drive out darkness only light can do that, Hate can't drive out hate only love can do that.”
― Kami Garcia Margaret Stohl, Beautiful Creatures

“There was a curse.
There was a girl.
And in the end, there was a grave.
I never even saw it coming.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“Any book is a Good Book, and wherever they keep the Good Book safe is also the House a the Lord. ”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“The thing about fate is, are you the master of your fate, or are the stars?”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“You couldn't take two roads. And once you were on one, there was no going back.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. Just ask Ray Bradbury.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“There were only two kinds of people in our town. ―The stupid and the stuck- ―The ones who are bound to stay or too dumb to go. Everyone else finds a way out.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.”
― Kami Garcia Margaret Stohl, Beautiful Creatures

“Fate decides until challenged by the fated”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“...south of Somewhere and north of Nowhere...”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

“what is JUST in a world
you’ve ripped in two
as if there could be
a half for me
a half for you
what is FAIR when
there is nothing
left to share
what is YOURS when
your pain is mine to bear
this sad math is mine
this mad path is mine
subtract they say
don’t cry
back to the desk
try
forget addition
multiply
and i reply
this is why
remainders
hate
division”
― Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, Sublimes creatures

“Theres something about sitting alone in the dark that reminds you how big the world really is, and how far apart we all are. The stars look like they're close, like you could reach out and touch them. But you cant because sometimes things look alot closer than they seem”
― Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, Sublimes creatures

“Don’t you know the eyes are the windows to the soul?” “Maybe I don’t want anyone to have a window into mine.”
― Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, Beautiful Creatures