Cameron Hayden > Cameron's Quotes

“The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.”
― Voltaire

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

“There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.”
― Guy Gavriel Kay, Tigana

“You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm.

It's really funny.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

“It’s amazing what desperation can do to a person. It can seep into the heart. Turn us into the very monsters we fight." -Vexis”
― C.M. Hayden, The Reach Between Worlds

“Instead of heading for a big mental breakdown, I decided to have a small breakdown every Tuesday evening.”
― Graham Parke, No Hope for Gomez!

“Julesa: "Are you a fool? Father will have you hung if he realises you've escaped."
Never: "Everyone dies from something.”
― Ashley Capes, Never

“Julesa: "Are you a fool? Father will have you hung if he realises you've escaped."
Never: "Everyone dies from something.”
― Ashley Capes, Never

“Don't plan to lose anything.”
― Ashley Capes, The Amber Isle

“She belongs with me, not to me.”
― Madeline Ashby, vN

“Charlotte leveled him with a glare the likes of which he had never seen in synthetic women. It seemed to penetrate his every cell, as though she were watching him decay one picosecond at a time”
― Madeline Ashby, vN

“It always takes Ignacio a minute to put his sexy together.”
― Madeline Ashby, vN

“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“When no one understands, that's usually a good sign that you're wrong.”
― Victoria Schwab, Vicious

“My name is Celaena Sardothien," she whispered, "and I will not be afraid.”
― Sarah J. Maas, The Assassin's Blade

“Neal didn't take Georgie's breath away. Maybe the opposite. But that was okay--that was really good, actually, to be near someone who filled your lungs with air.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Landline

“I want to believe that there's more. That we could be more. Hell, we could be heroes.”
― Victoria Schwab, Vicious

“Who cares about elves? If they spent more time being men, instead of acting like fairies dancin' an' prancin' in the woods, they might know how to protect themselves!”
― Tiger Hebert, Dragon's Fire

“What would you have us do, king? Would you have us lay down our weapons and open our gates to the coming darkness and all the hell that comes with it? Or would you strike a bargain with him. Perhaps you already have? But I will not. I will stand and fight, and I will beat back the darkness, even if it takes my life”
― Tiger Hebert, Dragon's Fire

“I have a handful of prayers that I pray all the time... One is that God will put my books into the right hands at the right times. I've prayed this prayer thousands of times, and God has answered it in dramatic fashion countless times. The right book in the right hands at the right time can save a marriage, avert a mistake, demand a decision, plant a seed, conceive a dream, solve a problem, and prompt a prayer. That is why I write. And that's why, for me, a book sold is not a book sold; a book sold is a prayer answered. I don't know the name and situation of every reader, but God does, and that's all that matters.”
― Mark Batterson, Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge

“My life has a superb cast, but I cannot figure out the plot.”
― Ashleigh Brilliant

“Life before Death.
Strength before Weakness.
Journey before Destination.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me.”
― Elif Shafak

“It’s an often repeated lie that familial bonds are the strongest. Some swear by them. Some claim an other-worldly connection with their siblings or nonsense of that order. These can be dismissed as flights of fancy. Artifices of civilization.

In the wild, animals often exhibit what we would perceive as familial love. Some wild cats will grow up nurtured by their mothers, surrounded by their siblings, but should one stray from the pack for too long and attempt to rejoin, it will be summarily eaten or maimed by its ‘family.’ It’s no longer a part of them. The blood connection is irrelevant, what matters is the perception of the group.

Conversely, there have been recorded instances of unfaithful wives giving birth to children from a man other than her husband. The father, oblivious to the indiscretion, loves the child as if it were his own. Would that love fade if he found out the truth?

Who do you love more, your brother or your best friend? What if your brother tried to kill you, who then? Here, then, is my twentieth truth: “Do not trust in blood, trust only in yourself." In the end, that is all you have.”
― C.M. Hayden, The Stars That Form Us

“Vexis stopped crying. She now looked more annoyed than anything. She feigned like she was trying to remember something. “So, eh, was he the fat one or the crippled one? Or the fat, crippled one? Y’know, it was just so much fun watching them hobble towards their body parts, I didn’t think to ask for names.”
― C.M. Hayden, The Reach Between Worlds

“I could stand in the middle of Front Street shrieking like a banshee and nobody would notice me. You don't need magic to be invisible in a town like this. Being poor works just the same. So stand behind me and think quiet thoughts.”
― C.M. Hayden, The Reach Between Worlds

“Bad men with smiles are the most dangerous kind.”
― C.M. Hayden, The Reach Between Worlds

“Don’t sweat it, getting shot out of the sky is the thing least likely to kill you today.”
― C.M. Hayden, The Reach Between Worlds