💬 Quotes

"The truth isn't always the same thing as the facts."

"Being a suspect is a full-time job."

"Food is a powerful tool. It can nourish or it can kill."

"I would rather die with my soul intact than live as a slave to someone else's whims."

"Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision."

"Magic is not a gift; it is a burden that demands a price."

"You can't change the past, but you can certainly decide how it affects your future."

"Trust is a luxury I cannot afford, but it is the only thing that makes life worth living."

"I write these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted."

"The hero is not the one who wins; the hero is the one who survives—or, perhaps, the one who does what is necessary."

"Power is not a tool of righteousness; it is a tool of consequence. It does not care who holds it, only how it is used."

"Belief is not a matter of what you hope to be true, but a matter of what you are willing to act upon."

"We are all broken, Elend. It is how we reach out to each other that makes us whole."

"There is always another secret."

"It’s funny the way different people know different parts of you. I’m not the same person to Mom as I am to Leah as I am to Abby as I am to Blue."

"I want to know who you are. I want to know everything about you. I want to know your favorite color and your favorite song and your favorite movie."

"It’s a weird thing,, being gay. Like, it’s a huge part of who I am, but it shouldn’t be the only thing people see when they look at me."

"Why is straight the default? Everyone just assumes you’re straight until you tell them otherwise."

"People really are like houses with vast rooms and tiny windows. And maybe it’s a good thing, the way we never truly know each other."

"I’m tired of living in the middle. I want to be able to breathe. I want to be able to just be me."