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46 quotes
American author (born 1964)
“Love is on every side, and no one's side. Don't ask what Love can do for you.”
"There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it."
on Problem Solving
"Don’t judge someone until you’ve stood at his forge and worked with his hammer, eh?"
on Wisdom
"That's what makes heroes so special. You carry the hopes of humanity into the realm of the eternal."
on Inspirational
"The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice."
"That's the nice thing about being human. We only have one life, but we can choose what kind of story it's going to be."
on Life
"everybody-even monsters-needed a little attention once in a while."
on Compassion
"Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don't know how lucky you are"
on Death
"Your voice is your identity. If you don't use it, your halfway to Asphodel already."
on Identity
"Intelligence won wars, not brute force."
"Strange things conspire when one tries to cheat fate"
on Philosophy
"I have brought you a hero’s fate, and a hero’s fate is never happy. It is never anything but tragic."
"Love was the most savage monster of all."
on Love
"You can't plan for feelings. You have to accept that. Let it scare you. Trust that it'll be okay anyway."
on Fear
"Nothing is unfixable"
on Hope
"If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself."
"But too much love is poison, especially when that love is not returned"
"Sometimes you lie to deceive people. Sometimes you lie because you need the lie to become the truth."
on Truth
"The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed."
"Not all powers are spectacular." Hestia looked at me. "Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding."
on Power
"Looking is the nature of wisdom."
