💬 Quotes

"I can see the cold mold of my blood and the shape of my thoughts for the first time."

"Words are no good; words don't ever fit even what they are trying to say at."

"Meet Mrs. Bundren."

"I am becoming someone I don't know, and I am not even sure if I like her."

"It’s so hard to be yourself when you’re not sure who you are in the first place."

"I really felt like a princess, beautiful and glowing, but then the mask slipped and I saw the hollow shell underneath."

"Why is it that the things that make you feel the best are always the things that are the worst for you?"

"I’m tired of running, but I’m even more afraid of stopping and seeing what’s really there."

"If only I could go back to before everything happened, before I was just a number in someone else’s game."

"How can you be sure? Maybe we’re the Martians. Maybe we’re the ones who don’t belong."

"We have too many people on Earth. We have too much technology. We have lost our way, and we are looking for a new start."

"They knew that for all their rockets, for all their power, they were but children playing with fire in a house of straw."

"I’ll tell you what Mars is. Mars is a mirror, not a destination. It shows us exactly what we brought with us."

"The Martians were there—in the canal—reflected in the water. Timothy began to tremble. 'Where are they?' he whispered. 'They are us,' said his father."

"We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things. Maybe we’ll just be a wave of dust that settles over everything and kills it."

"True names are the keys to the soul, and to know a person's true name is to hold their life in your hands."

"I am not a hero. I am merely a rider who has been burdened with a destiny he never asked for."

"To be a leader is to accept that your own desires must always come second to the needs of those you serve."

"Steel is the flesh of battle, but magic is its spirit; both are needed to forge a victory that will last."

"We are but small figures on a vast board, played by forces older and more cunning than we can ever hope to comprehend."