I will have to admit, though, that I will never look at an apple in quite the same way.
Boundary wardens, Zedd thought, were tougher than they had a right to be.
The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.
Life for the strongest. There is no sympathy for the slain, only admiration for the winner’s strength.
After that, I came back every year. Everyone said, ‘Well, when you retire you can move there.’ But I said, ‘Why should I live my whole life where I don’t want to be.’
Everyone has an effect on others. Some people inspire others to do great things. Some take people into crime with them. Those with the gift affect those around them even more.
Wrong doing must be punished. If not, it will proliferate until anarchy wears the robes of tolerance and understanding.
I hate telling that story to people who’ve been struggling for years.
There is magic in sincere forgiveness – magic to heal.
When you’re the leader, everything is your fault.
Dancing with death meant being committed to killing, committed with your heart and soul.
Emotions are the end result, the sum, of things learned.
Laugh all you want. I know my own worth and don’t need to prove it to someone who doesn’t know theirs.
The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.
The mice think they are right, but my cat eats them anyways. This is the point, reality is nothing, perception is everything.
Emotions are the sums created by details, whether those details are true or not.
You talk like a drunk man walks: in every direction but where he be headed.
Everyone makes mistakes. How a person deals with their mistakes is a mark of their character.
I had to live this long, have the experiences I’ve had, to create what I do. I knew I wanted to write for years, but I had to be ready so I wouldn’t blow it. The move to Maine was the final step.
Reason and reality are the only means to just laws; mindless wishes, if given sovereignty, become deadly masters.