Ya Fiction Quotes

She ran the harder and zagged more erratically, and in the wreckage left from the hurricane the girl misjudged her path and ran straight into the old well. She didn’t even scream.

You want a sermon? Jesus died and resurrected and then run off to Heaven to leave us sinners here. Amen.

About Anna Faktorovich's "Romances of George Sand": “What a read! Not lacking in action and very imaginative.

They would never forget the war. The world wouldn’t let them, and neither would history.

Identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life.”Patricia Briggs.

It's history as it should have happened. It's history made better.

Septimus grinned. "It's not coins I seek. I seek the power of Hercules.

The great Sugambrian shrugged. "I did. I supposed you've proven your worth. But no man should have to kill his own father. I should know.

But the living must fear death, or they would not struggle to stay alive. from 'The Fallen Kings.

But the living must fear death, or they would not struggle to stay alive.

...it has always been my temperament to prefer a tiny amount of the excellent to a plenitude of the mediocre...

I'd rather make a good run than a bad stand.

I realize that I can laugh, that it is possible to be happy, that laughter and hope can come back to me.

When giving up is not an option, you survive at any cost.

Please do not mistake me for a twopenny villain. I do nothing without a purpose.

He could inspire ballads. He could inspire wars.

They didn’t realize that if you take away the possibility of pain, and suffering, failure…you also take away the possibility of happiness, success, and joy." -The Old Man: DOMINATUS

Positive thoughts (expectations) can change perspective, transform behaviors, and attract good fortune.

Great job, you just executed Ben Franklin! - Otto Ray

I have found that those who try to shield us from the truth, regardless of the reason, end up doing the greatest harm. Truth alone sets you free, not lies and omissions.

happy is the nation without a history

A prince may be seen happy today and ruined tomorrow without having shown any chance in his character. For the prince who relies entirely on fortune is lost when it changes...

Wouldn't you like to be my lord Duke of Exeter? Come on, Dom. Say something.""You have lost your mind.""Say something less insulting.

It’s finding out where we came from that helps guide us to where we are going.

Some of the braver say I am mad.

We may be finished with the past but the past is not finished with us.

How easy it is to do wrong when there is someone else to blame.

Amy wondered if Bonaparte could declare war on Miss Gwen alone without breaking his peace with England

All that I was and the world that was mine are gone forever.

It seemed the heavens themselves conspired to cover up our crime.

Sometimes, the choices we make have devastating consequences

Megan’s deception is another hook on which I can hang my conscience.

They do not call him the terror of husbands and lovers for no reason...

On Christmas morning, Rebecca lost her moral virginity, her sense of humor - and her two best friends. But, other than that, it was a hell of a holiday.

What I was caught up in, I dimly understood, was the embodiment of history

Gentlemen. You are looking at the true Abraham Lincoln of Arabia. And in order to end our internal bickering - our civil war, if you will - I have solicited your aid.

There is a little bit of everybody in everybody.

All that that I learn just teaches me that I know nothing.

Ann Boleyn...a Renaissance Audrey Hepburn in a little black dress.

Cowan son of Branieucc, you're the only one of my people that I know for sure still lives.

I said to my mother, Henry VII is interesting. No he's not, my mother said.

It wasn't my choice to write this story...it was my responsibility.

I am a survivor. But I am not unique of the people that survived the great late war. We all have our stories to tell. But for most of us the hardened corners have soften with the passage of time.

All good things originate with the Creator God, he'd been taught, and the Song of Life was no exception.

If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. But all nature cries aloud that He does exist."(Voltaire)

How many men can say, as I must, 'I am a man whose only friend is the King of England'? I have everything, you would think. And yet take Henry away, and I have nothing.

... every monarch needs a blow on the head, from time to time.

Go back to bed, Cowan. I want no promises from you.

Every time you go to see Hamlet you don't expect it to have a happy ending...you're still enthralled.(Interview BBC Radio 4 Today 17 October 2012.)

Riding a bull must be a bit like flying an ultralight. You get up there and have an exhilarating ride, but then you still have to get down.