“There is truth in stories,” said Arthur. “There is truth in one of your paintings, boy or in a sunset or a couplet from Homer. Fiction is truth, even if it is not a fact. If you believe only in facts and forget stories, your brain will live, but your heart will die.”
― Lord of Shadows
― Lord of Shadows
“We are all gone in the blink of an eye, and there is nothing to do but live while you’re waiting.”
― The Man Who Died Twice
― The Man Who Died Twice
“It’s the people, in the end, isn’t it?” says Viktor. “It’s always the people. You can move halfway around the world to find your perfect life, move to Australia if you like, but it always comes down to the people you meet.”
― The Bullet That Missed
― The Bullet That Missed
“A romance is a belief in the impossible: that anything ends happily.”
― A Study in Drowning
― A Study in Drowning
“But I realize that people are just people, and they carry their own set of fears, dreams, desires, pains, and mistakes. I can’t expect someone else to make me feel complete; I must find it on my own. And I think I was always writing for myself, to sort through my loss and worry and tangled ambitions. Even now, I think about how effortless it is to lose oneself in words, and yet also find who you are.”
― Divine Rivals
― Divine Rivals
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