Crown of wishes Quotes

“And perhaps that in itself was the great secret---not just for legacy, but also for life. You could carry a story inside you and hold it up to the light when you needed it the most. You could peer through it, like a frame, and see how it changed your view when you looked out onto the world.”

“The problem with guilt was not how it attacks the present, but how it stained the past. Hindsight was a blemish on memory.”

“A story. This was the key to immortality. The things that made kings quiver and deities distrustful: Nothing but a tale.”

“Ah, desire. Such a poisonous thing.”

“Existence is the gift. Life is a choice.”

“Beauty, coveted though it was, could not outlive you. Only actions would.”

“All war is philosophical. That's why we call it war. Strip it of its paint and it's nothing more than murder.”

“Fear was a reminder that even the insubstantial could kill. But insubstantial meant it had no shape. It couldn't be conquered or tamed or avoided. Only moved through, with force and will.”

“I used to think fear either numbed or nudged. Now I knew fear did neither. Fear was a key that fit every person's hollow spaces---those things that kept us cold at night and that place where we retreated when no one was looking---and all it could do was unlock what was already there.”