💬 Quotes

"Women ought to be free—as free as we are,' he declared, making a party platform of his impulse; but as he spoke he knew that if he had had his way, she would have been chained to his hearth-stone forever."

"Ah, my dear, to have a great fortune is not enough in New York: one must know how to use it."

"My aim is to entertain a large class of readers, who would gladly take acquaintance with the graceful fictions of antiquity, but have not time, or inclination, to deal with the original sources."

"Prometheus, the friend of man, filled a hollow reed with the fire he had stolen from the chariot of the sun, and brought it down to earth, thus imparting to mankind the knowledge of the arts and the means of improvement."

"The gods of mythology were beings of superior power, yet possessed of human passions and frailties, serving as mirrors for the hopes, fears, and ideals of the ancient world."

"Orpheus moved his lute with such tender melody that the very trees bent to listen, the wild beasts grew tame, and even the stern rulers of the underworld were melted to tears."

"Men change their mansions, but they cannot change their gods."

"Are you going to ignore me for the rest of your life, or are you going to talk to me?"

"I think I’m going to have to make a rule that I can’t hang out with Nick Nelson any more."

"You can’t just go around kissing people, Nick. Not if you’re straight."

"Is it weird? That I like you?"

"We are all pawns in the games of the Fae, Meghan. Some just learn the rules faster than others."

"Don't look back, princess. Whatever you do, don't look back."

"I was never meant to be a hero. I was meant to be ordinary."

"The Iron Realm does not care for oaths or ancient laws. It only cares for power, steel, and the crushing of anything that stands in its way."

"You are more than the blood that runs through your veins. You are more than the court you were born into."

"In the land of Faery, there is no such thing as a coincidence. Only traps disguised as opportunities."

"There are people who make the world seem brighter, and people who make it seem darker. I chose to be the light."

"I’m not a person who does 'spontaneous.' I’m a person who does 'organized,' 'prepared,' and 'everything according to schedule.'"

"Magic is just science we don’t understand yet, and science is just magic that we’ve figured out how to replicate."