Deborah Byrne > Deborah's Quotes

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Always ask why. It’s not enough to know the what of something.”
― Brian McClellan, The Autumn Republic

“Take all that hate and anger and ball it up and put it away. Don’t chew on it—that just makes you bitter. Put it aside and use it as a reminder of why you never want to be helpless again. Take your weakness and make it your strength.”
― Brian McClellan, The Autumn Republic

“The one thing I learned from Astrid is that life isn't about finding shelter in a storm. It's about learning to dance in the rain.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Acheron

“Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.”
― Terry Goodkind, The Pillars of Creation

“ I want to hug you. And I want to tear your gods-damned head off. Both at once."

"Ah," said Locke. "Near as I can tell, that’s the definition of 'family' right there.”
― Scott Lynch, Red Seas Under Red Skies

“Sometimes you have to put your foot down… And sometimes you have to put it up their ass."

-Hauk”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Born of Fury

“People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.”
― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule

“What's the deal with the bossman?" Urian asked him.

Alexion shrugged. "I don't know. He came in last night with a book, went to his room to read, I suppose, and then he came out here this morning and has been playing . . . those songs ever since."

Those songs were ballads, which Acheron never played. God-smack, Sex Pistols, TSOL, Judas Priest, but not . . .

"Is that . . ." Urian physically cringed before he spat out the name, "Julio Iglesias?"

"Enrique."

Urian grimaced in horror. "I didn't even know he knew any mellow shit. Dear gods . . .is he ill?"

"I don't know. In nine thousand years, I've never seen him like this before."

Urian shuddered. "I'm beginning to get scared. This has to be a sign of the Apocalypse. If he breaks out into Air Supply, I say we sneak up on him, drag him outside and beat the holy shit out of him.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Acheron

“I wasn’t trying to be a victim until the world taught me how powerful victims are.”
― Andrew Boryga, Victim

“I wondered, not for the first time, why we Greek deities had never created a god of family therapy. We certainly could have used one. Or perhaps we had one before I was born, and she quit.”
― Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze

“You can’t do this,’ I said, though I had nothing whatsoever to back up my statement.
‘Why not? I seem to have an army behind me.’
‘We have a Saint,’ Brasti said, pointing at Kest.
‘Your Saint seems to be unconscious,’ the Duke replied.”
― Sebastien de Castell, Traitor's Blade