Jamie > Jamie's Quotes

“The less people think of you, the more they will reveal to you or in your presence.”
― Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor

“Memories, as my father once said, are porcupines. To hell with them! Stay away from them! They make you unhappy. They ruin your work. They make you cry”
― Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

“To be asleep is to be dead. It is like death. So we dance, we dance so as not to be dead. We do not want that.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

“Too much of anything isn't good for anyone.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

“I shall remain on Mars and read a book.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

“Love will fly if held too lightly, love will die if held too tightly.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

“There are no ghosts, but up here”—she gestured toward her head—“it’s a haunted house.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“There's no game without the NPCs. There's just some bullshit hero, wandering around with no one to talk to and nothing to do.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“You try again. You fail better.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“There is no purity to bearing pain alone.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“It’s tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. It’s the possibility of infinite rebirth, infinite redemption.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“She had once read in a book about consciousness that over the years, the human brain makes an AI version of your loved ones. The brain collects data, and within your brain, you host a virtual version of that person. Upon the person's death, your brain still believes the virtual person exists, because, in a sense, the person still does. After a while, though, the memory fades, and each year, you are left with an increasingly diminished version of the AI you had made when the person was alive.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“It’s a common mistake to assume that someone is weak because they are accommodating. If you think this, you might be the type who has no idea how much effort—how much strength—it takes to put up with your nonsense.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“Trauma doesn’t decrease with company, but it does grow easier to work through when you know someone else understands.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“Never let something trivial, like a sense of humor, get in the way of a good joke.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“Art - and all stories are art, even the ones about real people - is about what it does to you.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“Art is about feelings and emotion. It's about letting them escape, so they can be shared. It's about capturing a truth about yourself. Like you're ripping a hole in your chest and exposing your soul.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“I only stare," he said. "when I see something too beautiful for my eyes to take in at once.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“Don’t assume fragility where you should see patience.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“She seemed sorry in the same way a tank commander might be apologetic after destroying your house. He might be in the wrong. But he was still in a tank.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“Smiles, like radiation, are made more potent by proximity.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

“But…I always felt like I was standing on the other side of a large glass window. I could see the world passing beyond it, could even pretend I was part of it. But that barrier was still there. Separating me from everyone else.” He looked away. “That sounds stupid, doesn’t it?”
― Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter