Cecilia Dart-Thornton quotes

“The measure of happiness is merely the difference between expectations and outcomes. It is not concerned with what one possesses – it is concerned with how content one is with what one possesses.”
-- Cecilia Dart-Thornton

Source : Cecilia Dart-Thornton (2011). “The Lady of the Sorrows”, p.13, Pan Macmillan

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“We love, while knowing that someday our love might be lost forever. We laugh as we stride along, even while recognising that doom lies at the end of the road. We give, while comprehending that in the end 'twill all be taken away. we are nothing less then heroes.”
-- Cecilia Dart-Thornton

Source : Cecilia Dart-Thornton (2011). “The Well of Tears”, p.346, Pan Macmillan

#Lying Quotes #Taken Quotes #Hero Quotes

“I want you and it will be so, While I have life.”
-- Cecilia Dart-Thornton

Source : Cecilia Dart-Thornton (2011). “The Battle of Evernight”, p.621, Pan Macmillan

#Want Quotes #I Want You Quotes

“she was aware of his love - how could she not? She perceived it every time he looked at her. He was not demonstrative, but his ardour was all the more evident for the reins with which he restrained it, the mask of steel behind which he imprisoned it, his detached demeanour and deliberate gestures that, far from parading a lack of interest, displayed the strength of his self-discipline, that he could so tightly curb the intensity of his passion.”
-- Cecilia Dart-Thornton

Source : Cecilia Dart-Thornton (2007). “The Well of Tears: Book Two of The Crowthistle Chronicles”, p.521, Tor Books

#Passion Quotes #Self Quotes #Discipline Quotes

“True friendship is worth more than can be measured, a quality forever to be treasured. True friends will staunchly stand beside each other, as loyally brother shieldeth brother, remaining firm in spite of war and strife, in poverty or sickness, throughout life. True friendship doth endure while comrades age from boy to youth, from warrior to sage.”
-- Cecilia Dart-Thornton

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“If you are the lantern, I am the flame; If you are the lake, then I am the rain; If you are the desert, I am the sea; If you are the blossom, I am the bee; If you are the fruit, then I am the core; If you are the rock, then I am the ore; If you are the ballad, I am the word; If you are the sheath, then I am the sword.”
-- Cecilia Dart-Thornton

Source : Cecilia Dart-Thornton (2011). “The Lady of the Sorrows”, p.285, Pan Macmillan

#Rain Quotes #Lakes Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“Riding upon the back of a waterhorse - what mortal had ever stayed in such a seat for so long? On a horse made of cold currents and liquid convergences, jests and trickery - pressed against a hide like the burnished sea of midnight, thing look different to the rider.”
-- Cecilia Dart-Thornton

#Horse Quotes #Sea Quotes #Long Quotes

“Speechless, castaway, and wry, a spellbound oddity am I. My feet are planted in the clay, my gaze is locked upon the sky.”
-- Cecilia Dart-Thornton

Source : Cecilia Dart-Thornton (2011). “Ill-Made Mute”, p.1, Pan Macmillan

#Oddities Quotes #Sky Quotes #Feet Quotes

“The raven spread out its glossy wings and departed like hope.”
-- Cecilia Dart-Thornton

Source : Cecilia Dart-Thornton (2007). “The Battle of Evernight: Bitterbynde 3”, p.363, Tor Australia

#Wings Quotes #Ravens Quotes #Departed Quotes

“If there had been no troublemakers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.”

“The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll step on the cat.”

“If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.”

“Other people are not here to fulfill our needs or meet our expectations, nor will they always treat us well. Failure to accept this will generate feelings of anger and resentment. Peace of mind comes with taking people as they are and emphasizing the positive.”

Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.17, Penguin

“Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible.”

“Regulators have not been able to achieve the level of future clarity required to act pre-emptively. The problem is not lack of regulation but unrealistic expectations. What we confront in reality is uncertainty, some of it frighteningly so ...”

“Uh... what can I say? Made money. Given a launch pad for a working life. Set a precedent I had no interest in following. Created expectations that I was not cut-out to match. Disappointed virtually all of my readers subsequently. But I like what I've done, and I stand by it all.”

“I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.”

“If you do the same thing over and over again you cannot ever expect a different outcome.”

“It's a lot about the individual and it's really up to you, how much you dedicate to the fight and how hard you are working and that's where the outcome will come.”