Young Adult Quotes - Page 12

A conscience can be a dangerous thing

Either you’re with me or you’re against me. I can’t afford to be looking over my shoulder all the time waiting for you to stick a knife in my back.

Sometimes the rules don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy.

In one blow, that dream died as they dragged me - him - away. A tear slid down my cheek. I wasn't the only one mourning the loss of a dream.
"I'm sorry."
'You're not alone, I just wanted you to know that. And someday, when I have my powers back and am free, I'm going to do some serious damage to the people who've hurt you.

A lot of the names in Talon reference other people or events. For example Amelia, the giant Eagle, was a “tip of my hat” to the extraordinary aviator Amelia Earhart. Both love(d) to fly!

Out of misery, comes unexpected joy.

We can't change the world by shouting, but our words can have meaning if we give them enough respect.

it's through the simple things in life, through its games, when our minds mature the most and we grow knowledgeable. It's also when the cloth masks of our outer, false personalities are torn asunder, and we are able to see every last blemish of a man's genuine character that they hide beneath... no matter how dark or obscene it may be.

Let your dissent fuel you, your anger inspire you, your rage convey you, and your fury strike a chilling fear onto the spines of your enemies.

Love is not measured by acts or years, but by truth between two people.

While parchment may burn and gold may be stained or melted down, the things that are truly important to us will never lose their value.

Heralds don't sing about men who lived in orthodoxy or played it safe, they sing about men who lived an uncertain future and took enough risks to make your head spin.

the bleakest situations bring out the hospitality in all of us, but it's during the harshest we find out how strong we really are.

Respect the dead, learn from them, do not follow or avenge them.

We must kill the guard before we can enter the palace.

With the threat of them being potential spies or saboteurs, nobody will argue against our actions, and history itself will vindicate us.

Hate did not give way to heroism.

Animals do not respect their master's brother, but they do respect their brothers as masters.

a true leader must be able to command with an iron fist, not just a humble heart.

Even though we don't admit it, every single one of us aspires to be like somebody, whether they live in the world today, within the bard's lyrics, or on the pages in the Library