Amulet Quotes

“Nothing good ever comes of love. What comes of love is always something better”
― Roberto Bolaño, Amulet

“It has returned to us. Then the end has begun…”
― Cade Mengler, The Companions

“At this point, it’s as though a demon is haunting me. It’s as though every time I find myself in a difficult situation; it compels me to take the coward’s way out. And I’m fully aware it’s the coward’s way out, yet I cannot help myself”
― Cade Mengler, The Companions

“Vigo: Please make yourselves at home. Some tea?
Coglsey: We don't have time for this!
Vigo: There is always time for tea.
Miskit: You don't understand. We're on an important mission, and our friends need help!
Vigo: If your mission is so important, you should sit down and reflect about what to do. - The Last Council”
― Kazu Kibuishi

“You're the wildcard Mac. I've thought that since the beginning. This thing thinks you're epic. So do I. -Barrons”
― Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever

“I used that black magical elixir as amulet against all bad things and thoughts for that day. On the other hand, it was a liquid talisman for everybody else, to save them from being strangled by me.”
― Mladen Đorđević, Svetioničar - Vesnici oluje

“The shortcomings of my generation do not have to extend on to yours.”
― Kazu Kibuishi, Prince of the Elves

“To have a story of a Talismanist is to have a story of living talismanic concepts.”
― Talismanist Giebra, Talismanist: Fragments of the Ancient Fire. Philosophy of Fragmentism Series.

“I asked him what the amulet meant to him, what its meaning was. At first, I thought he wasn't going to answer. But then, in a haunting voice, he said that it represented the dance with death. I was horrified by that. He said the dance with death was the way of the War Wizard.”
― Terry Goodkind, The First Confessor

“She looked down at the amulet that hung around her neck. She seldom took it off, but she unclasped it now and studied the face of the moon etched in the metal. Sparkling in the sunlight, it wasn't pure silver but reflected pinks and blues and greens. Maybe who she was had something to do with this moon charm that was given to her at birth.”
― Lynne Ewing, Goddess of the Night

“My name is Miskit."- miskit, amulet”
― Kazu Kibuishi

“She chucked something onto the bed. A little gold amulet of pearl and cloudy blue stone. 'This got me out of the Prison. Wear it in, and they can never keep you.'

I didn't touch the amulet.

'Allow me to make one thing clear,' Amren said, bracing both hands on the carved wooden footboard. 'I do not give that amulet lightly. But you may borrow it, while you do what needs to be done, and return it to me when you are finished. If you keep it, I will find you, and the results won't be pretty. But it is yours to use in the Prison.'

By the time my fingers brushed the cool metal and stone, she'd walked out the door.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“I don't want to be the Starwife!" Ysabelle protested. "It isn't fair!"
Her mother wavered; even now, it was not too late.
"You must fulfill your destiny," she said at last. "The Starwifeship is already yours. All that remains is for you to bring the amulet and the Starglass together. Once that is done, the power of the heavens will be yours to command. Use it wisely, for the forces locked within the Silver Acorn may be used for good or ill. On your journey, never be parted from it; always wear it about your neck.”
― Robin Jarvis, The Oaken Throne

“My name is miskett."- Miskett, Amulet”
― Kaz Kibushi

“The architect thinks of his client and builds a house like a machine, in order to be absolutely modern and retain only the most topical (and forward-looking) elements of the modern; the writer thinks of himself and writes a story as one way of understanding the modern tumult and all that preceded it. Together, they stamp the two sides of a single coin, an amulet for us to wear as we confront the future.”
― Christoph Grafe, OASE 70: Architecture and Literature

“Y lo que los poetas jóvenes o la nueva generación pretendía era mover el piso y llegado el momento destruir esas estatuas, salvo la de Pacheco, el único que parecía escribir de verdad, el único que no parecía un funcionario.”
― Roberto Bolaño, Amulet