Mary > Mary's Quotes

“What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the book.”
― Brent Weeks

“If you can't love or hate your characters then walk away from the keyboard. If they aren't real enough to elicit emotion in you, then they certainly won't elicit emotion in the reader.”
― Julie Harvey Delcourt

“The helpful thought for which you look
Is written somewhere in a book.”
― Edward Gorey

“I live for coincidences. They briefly give to me the illusion or the hope that there's a pattern to my life, and if there's a pattern, then maybe I'm moving toward some kind of destiny where it's all explained.”
― Jonathan Ames, My Less Than Secret Life: A Diary, Fiction, Essays

“I want a brighter word than bright”
― John Keats

“Do you believe in fairies?...If you believe, clap your hands!”
― J.M. Barrie

“The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
― Bertrand Russell "Christian Ethics" from Marriage and Morals 1950 quoted from James A Haught ed 200, Mortals and Others

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“Love yourself enough to have a meaningful life.”
― Millen Livis

“There's a flame of magic inside every stone & every flower, every bird that sings & every frog that croaks. There's magic in the trees & the hills & the river & the rocks, in the sea & the stars & the wind, a deep, wild magic that's as old as the world itself. It's in you too, my darling girl, and in me, and in every living creature, be it ever so small. Even the dirt I'm sweeping up now is stardust. In fact, all of us are made from the stuff of stars.”
― Kate Forsyth, The Puzzle Ring