Isaac > Isaac's Quotes

“You can choose what you believe, Shuffler, but you can't change what's true.”
― S.D. Smith, The Green Ember

“What is it, Father?” Picket asked as Mother tenderly took Jacks from him. “It’s only that, when you’re older, you hand out wisdom to your children like you know everything, but it is sometimes hard to follow your own advice.”
― S.D. Smith, The Green Ember

“All of life is a battle against fear. We fight it on one front, and it sneaks around to our flank.” He paused, looked kindly at her. “Yes, Father. I understand.” “I regret many things I’ve done,” he said, “but most of all I regret those moments when I said to Fear, ‘You are my master.”
― S.D. Smith, The Green Ember

“Growing up is terribly wonderful. But often it’s also wonderfully terrible.”
― S.D. Smith, The Green Ember