Quotes on Writing

To Fall in Love with Writing All Over Again

"But there is a better way. You show her she is beautiful. You make mirrors of your eyes, prayers of your hands against her body. It is hard, very hard, but when she truly believes you..." Base gestured excitedly. "Suddenly the story she tells herself in her own head changes. She transforms. She isn't seen as beautiful. She is beautiful, seen."

-Patrick Rothfuss, Name of the Wind

"Music is a proud, tempermental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer."

-Patrick Rothfuss, Name of the Wind

"Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts."

-Patrick Rothfuss, Name of the Wind

"Librarians are hideous creatures of unimaginable power. And even if you could imagine their power, it would be illegal. It is absolutely illegal to even try to picture what such a being would look like."

-Joseph Fink, Welcome to Nightvale

The World of Tarantellia

"Magic was singing in me, through me; I felt the murmur of his power singing back that same song."

- Naomi Novik, Uprooted

Can I Keep Going?

"Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything is possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time."

-Marie Lu, Legend

"If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives."

-Lemony Snicket, The Ersatz Elevator

"If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf."

-Lemony Snicket, Horseradish

"what use am I to anyone like this?" "Use is a poor word, a small word. You are of great worth to many just as you are."

-Jonathan Renshaw, Dawn of Wonder