favorite quotes!

[Cinnamon]

Is this necro-ing? Oh well, I have a great quote from Brandon that I really want to share somewhere actually I already have but in the wrong thread xP.

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“This is a hill that I will be willing to — maybe not die on — but at least take a few stabs upon”- Brandon Sanderson

I don’t know why this is so funny to me, but it is. (Wow how eloquent)
 

[Cellit he/him]

"He who lives more than one life has to die more than one death"

I don't know if I read the phrase somewhere or I invented it lol.

In Spanish the phrase looks better

[Robin Sedai she/her]

"Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread."

Bilbo, The Lord of the Rings. Even as a small child, for some reason that quote made a big impression on me. I've remembered it ever since.

[echo74 she/her]

i have a lot so just bear with me here:

"Just pretend like you know what you're doing, and maybe you will." - Me

 

"I regret many things I've done, but most of all, I regret those moments I said to fear, 'You are my master.'" - S.D. Smith, The Green Ember

 

"You have to be odd to be number one." - Dr. Seuss

 

"People cry, not because they're weak. It's because they've been strong for too long." - Johnny Depp

 

"Either walk like a king, or walk like you don't care who the king is." -Anonymous

 

"Sometimes you think you want to disappear, but all you really want is to be found." - Anonymous

 

[Wittles he/him]

"All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are not lost. The old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost." -Tolkien

This quote is just great. There are plenty of other amazing Tolkien quotes but this is the first one I could remember.

"I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high functioning sociopath! Do your research." -Sherlock Holmes

Do I need to explain why this quotes is amazing?

[The cheeseman Don't you dare go Hollow!]

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As he did so, a wind rose up around him, around the man who had been called lord, Dragon Reborn, king, killer, lover and friend.

The wind rose high and free, to soar in an open sky with no clouds. It passed over a broken landscape scattered with corpses not yet buried. A landscape covered, at the time, with celebrations. It tickled the branches of trees that had finally begun to put forth buds.

The wind blew southward, through knotted forests, over shimmering plains and towards lands unexplored. This wind, it was not the ending. There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time.

But it was an ending.

 

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And it came to pass in those days, as it had come before and would come again, that the Dark lay heavy on the land and weighed down the hearts of men, and the green things failed, and hope died. And men cried out to the Creator, saying, O Light of the Heavens, Light of the World, let the Promised One be born of the mountain, according to the prophecies, as he was in ages past and will be in ages to come. Let the Prince of the Morning sing to the land that green things will grow and the valleys give forth land. Let the arm of the Lord of the Dawn shelter us from the Dark and the great sword of Justice defend us. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.

(from Charal Driannan te Calamon,
The Cycle of the Dragon.
Author unknown, the Fourth Age)

 

He came like the wind, like the wind touched everything, and like the wind was gone.

(from The Dragon Reborn.
By Loial, son of Arent son of Halan,
the Fourth Age)

 

The End

of the Last Book of

The Wheel of Time

 

 

Easily the best part of the whole series.

Edited March 13, 2023 by phillycheesesteak

[Robin Sedai she/her]

@phillycheesesteak it's a great quote but maybe you should spoiler that.

[Cinnamon]

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Some people just can’t handle your level of awesome. That’s okay. Just keep being you. There are people who can and will.

-Kristen Butler

I can just imagine Lift saying this to Gawx Edgedancer spoilers

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whenever he’s feeling down about being the Prime Aqasix and thinks he’s not good enough to rule or that no one likes him

Speaking of Lift here’s one from her.

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Someone has to care. Too few people care these days.

-Lift (Brandon Sanderson)

[Guest]

True evil is, above all things, seductive- Penny Dreadful

[Cinnamon]

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Yes, yes. Aim for the sun. That way if you miss, at least your arrow will fall far away, and the person it kills will likely be someone you don't know.

-Cephandrius aka Hoid aka Wit aka Brandon Sanderson.

[Edema Rue she/her]

11 hours ago, phillycheesesteak said:

Easily the best part of the whole series.

You just like making me sad, don't you.

[The cheeseman Don't you dare go Hollow!]

25 minutes ago, Aes Sedai said:

You just like making me sad, don't you.

Hey, I didn't know that it would make you sad.

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But then again, maybe I did

 

[Edema Rue she/her]

Uh huh.

Staying on topic...

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"The wheel of time turns and ages come and pass, leaving memories that fade to legend. Legend becomes myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the age that gave it birth comes again. In one age, called the 3rd Age by some, and age yet to come, an age long past, a wind rose...the wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the wheel of time. But it was a beginning."

--The Wheel of Time

 

"So yes, it had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love a thing despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is raw and pure and perfect."

--The Name of the Wind

 

"I must not fear. Fear is the mindkiller. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

--Dune

 

[Wittles he/him]

10 hours ago, Aes Sedai said:

Uh huh.

Staying on topic...

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"The wheel of time turns and ages come and pass, leaving memories that fade to legend. Legend becomes myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the age that gave it birth comes again. In one age, called the 3rd Age by some, and age yet to come, an age long past, a wind rose...the wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the wheel of time. But it was a beginning."

--The Wheel of Time

 

"So yes, it had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love a thing despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is raw and pure and perfect."

--The Name of the Wind

 

"I must not fear. Fear is the mindkiller. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

--Dune

 

I love the "Fear is the mind killer" one. Dune is a masterpiece

[The cheeseman Don't you dare go Hollow!]

Dune is the best sci-fi book I've ever read.

[Edema Rue she/her]

Yeah, Dune is incredible. I love it. 

But the Ender's Game/Shadow series will always have a special place in my heart.

[Robin Sedai she/her]

“Rincewind gave his fingers a long shocked stare, as one might regard a gun that has been hanging on the wall for decades and has suddenly gone off and perforated the cat.”

[Wittles he/him]

"Mountains! More like nothings!"

[Robin Sedai she/her]

"There are some dogs which, when you meet them, remind you that, despite thousands of years of man-made evolution, every dog is still only two meals away from being a wolf. These dogs advance deliberately, purposefully, the wilderness made flesh, their teeth yellow, their breath a-stink, while in the distance their owners witter, "He's an old soppy really, just poke him if he's a nuisance," and in the green of their eyes the red campfires of the Pleistocene gleam and flicker…
           
This dog would make even a dog like that slink nonchalantly behind the sofa and pretend to be extremely preoccupied with its rubber bone."

 

- Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

[S. Stormy she/her]

On 3/18/2023 at 10:33 PM, Robin Sedai said:

“Rincewind gave his fingers a long shocked stare, as one might regard a gun that has been hanging on the wall for decades and has suddenly gone off and perforated the cat.”

I'm equal parts amused and disturbed.

You didn't say what it's from!

[Robin Sedai she/her]

2 hours ago, Shallan Stormblessed said:

You didn't say what it's from!

ohhh yeah! Eric, by Terry Pratchett. Rincewind is a rather incompetent wizard, so when he accidentally does magic it comes as a huge surprise.

[The cheeseman Don't you dare go Hollow!]

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"Here is your flaw, Shai'tan, Lord of the Dark, Lord of Envy, Lord of Nothing, here is why you always fail. It was not about me. It's never been about me."

It was about a woman, torn and beaten down, cast from her throne and made a puppet. A woman who crawled when she had to. That woman still fought.

It was about a man the love repeatedly forsook. A man who found relevance in a world that others would have let pass them by. A man who remembered stories and who took fool boys under his wing when the smarter move would have been to keep on walking. That man still fought.

It was about a woman with a secret, a hope for the future. A woman who had hunted the truth before others could. A woman who had given her life, then had it returned. That woman still fought.

It was about a man whose family was taken from him, but who stood tall in his sorrow and protected those he could.

It was about a woman who refused to believe she could not help, could not heal those who had been harmed.

It was about a hero who insisted with every breath that he was anything but a hero.

It was about a woman who would not bend her back while she was beaten, and who shone with a light for all who watched, including Rand.

It was about them all.

--Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

Spoilered for the WoT stuff.

[The Wandering Wizard he/him]

2 minutes ago, cheeseman said:

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"Here is your flaw, Shai'tan, Lord of the Dark, Lord of Envy, Lord of Nothing, here is why you always fail. It was not about me. It's never been about me."

It was about a woman, torn and beaten down, cast from her throne and made a puppet. A woman who crawled when she had to. That woman still fought.

It was about a man the love repeatedly forsook. A man who found relevance in a world that others would have let pass them by. A man who remembered stories and who took fool boys under his wing when the smarter move would have been to keep on walking. That man still fought.

It was about a woman with a secret, a hope for the future. A woman who had hunted the truth before others could. A woman who had given her life, then had it returned. That woman still fought.

It was about a man whose family was taken from him, but who stood tall in his sorrow and protected those he could.

It was about a woman who refused to believe she could not help, could not heal those who had been harmed.

It was about a hero who insisted with every breath that he was anything but a hero.

It was about a woman who would not bend her back while she was beaten, and who shone with a light for all who watched, including Rand.

It was about them all.

--Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

Spoilered for the WoT stuff.

YES!!! GLORIOUS QUOTE!!!

*Ahem*

My favorite one recently would be

"I am the master of my fate,

the captain of my soul."

- Invictus by William Ernest Henley

Edited March 27, 2023 by The Wandering Wizard

[Robin Sedai she/her]

Personally "My head is bloody, but unbowed" always gives me the shivers.

[Silverblade5 he/him]

Here and today you will die. Alone, unmarked, and unmourned like the creature that you are