Harker > Harker's Quotes

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Oh, well, thanks an awful lot, Thomas, Myfanwy thought bitterly. It sounds like I'm the Defense Minister of Ghosts and Goblins, but as long as the job is "all fairly self-explanatory," I've no doubt it will be fine. The country might get overrun by brownies and talking trees, but what the hell--there's always Australia!”
― Daniel O'Malley, The Rook

“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
― Alexander Pope

“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson in His Journals

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles W. Eliot

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

“I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.”
― Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

“Yes, Minister, it turns out that there was a mysterious force that caused that plane to crash. We call it gravity.”
― Daniel O'Malley, The Rook

“Kaz leaned back. "What's the easiest way to steal a man's wallet?"
"Knife to the throat?" asked Inej.
"Gun to the back?" said Jesper.
"Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina.
"You're all horrible," said Matthias.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now, that's a question.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

“There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of un-hatched chicks.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

“What do stars do? They shine.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

“I gain my freedom on the day the moon loses her daughter, if that occurs in a week when two Mondays come together. I await it with patience.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

“My name is Celaena Sardothien. But it makes no difference if my name's Celaena or Lillian or Bitch, because I'd still beat you, no matter what you call me.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“Isn’t that what stories do, make real things fake, and fake things real?”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Curse

“For a few moments I want to be 5 years old again. I want someone to plunk me down in front of a Disney movie and ask me if I want apple juice or grape.”
― Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Paper Things

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Because there's no way that anyone would give up on a child in less time than it takes to microwave popcorn.”
― Shaun Hutchinson, The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley

“Hospital walls have no memory. They would crumble under the weight of so much suffering. It's better that they forget.”
― Shaun Hutchinson, The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley

“Crappy mall food cures everything.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Every Last Word

“Everyone’s got something. Some people are just better actors than others.”
― Tamara Ireland Stone, Every Last Word

“They talk about “body language,” as if we all speak it the same. But everyone has their own dialect. For me right now, for example, swiveling my body right away and staring rigidly at the corner means, “I like you.” Because I didn’t run away and shut myself in the bathroom. I just hope he realizes that.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey

“The parents are in charge of all the stuff like technology in the house and time on screens and hours on social media, but then their computer goes wrong and they’re like a baby, going, “What happened to my document?” “I can’t get Facebook.” “How do I load a picture? Double-click what? What does that mean?” And we have to sort it out for them.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey

“We don't have to reveal everything to each other. It's OK to be private. It's OK to say no. It's OK to say, 'I'm not going to share that.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey

“The moment you think you're on top is the moment you've lost your passion.”
― Sona Charaipotra, Tiny Pretty Things

“Being temporary doesn't make something matter any less, because the point isn't for how long, the point is that it happened.”
― Robyn Schneider, Extraordinary Means

“I hope you find someone you can't live without.I really do. And I hope you never have to know what it's like to have to try and live without them.”
― Kiera Cass, The Selection

“No, I’m not choosing him or you. I’m choosing me.”
― Kiera Cass, The Selection

“It's always the fear of looking stupid that stops you from being awesome.”
― Kiera Cass, The Selection