Sherrilyn Kenyon Quotes - Page 2

• All of us have darkness inside us, and at times it possesses and seduces us in ways we never thought possible.

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  Darkness, Way, Seducing

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2012). “Infamous: Chronicles of Nick”, p.97, Macmillan

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• You're so afraid of being hurt that you attack first. Only those who really care about you will weather the assault of your verbal attacks and stay. The rest will fall away.

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  Hurt, Fall, Weather

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2016). “The League: Nemesis Rising, Books 1-3: Born of Night, Born of Fire, Born of Ice”, p.214, Macmillan

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• Life's not easy for anyone. Everyone has scars they're afraid to show and we all get slammed headfirst into a proverbial locker from time to time by someone bigger and badder.

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  Lockers, Scar, Easy

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2016). “Chronicles of Nick”, p.143, St. Martin's Griffin

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• The whole point of life is learning to live with the consequences of the bad decision we've made.

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  Decision, Life Is, Made

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2016). “Chronicles of Nick”, p.705, St. Martin's Griffin

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• It can be stolen, but never bought. It can be given, but never taken. It can be stepped on, but cannot walk . It can fly, but has no wings. It can sing, but has no voice. It can be broken, but still it work s. It can be left, even while it follows. And though it’s easily commanded, it can never, ever be demanded.

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  Taken, Wings, Voice

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• Words are easy to say, but emotions betray the best intentions.

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  Emotion, Easy, Intention

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2013). “Styxx”, p.645, Macmillan

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• Life isn't a puzzle to be solved. It's an adventure to be savored.

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  Adventure, Puzzles

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2012). “Infamous: Chronicles of Nick”, p.136, Macmillan

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• Be kind to dragons, for thou art crunchy when toasted and taste good with ketchup. (Sebastian)

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  Art, Dragons, Be Kind

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• What hostile parasite is tunneling through her sphincter? (Zarina)

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  Parasites, Hostile

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2016). “The League: Nemesis Rising, Books 1-3: Born of Night, Born of Fire, Born of Ice”, p.1278, Macmillan

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• If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it was, and always will be yours. If it never returns, it was never yours to begin with.

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  Return, Ifs

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2005). “Unleash the Night”, p.118, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

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• When someone is drowning and you try to save them, they're more likely to drown you before you pull them out.

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  Trying, Drowning

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2013). “Styxx”, p.206, Macmillan

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• You know, it’s amazing to me the wounds we carry for eternity. But what has fascinated me most these last few years is how the right person can heal them. I remember a wise man once said to me that everyone deserves to be loved. Even you. (Zarek)

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  Wise, Men, Years

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.757, St. Martin's Press

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• We don't have a choice in how or when our bad days will blindside us. But what we do choose is how we allow them to leave us once they're gone. You can use those moments as a catalyst to spur you on to greater things or you can let it be the event that breaks you and leaves you shattered and forever lost in darkness.

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  Bad Day, Choices, Forever

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• A flower can't grow without rain. (Alexion) Too much rain and it drowns. (Danger) And yet the most beautiful of the lotus flowers are the ones that grow in the deepest mud. (Alexion)

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  Beautiful, Rain, Flower

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• Kicking a police car? Really?' Caleb shrugged. 'Car offended me. It was sitting right where I wanted to stand. What would you do?

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  Car, Police, Kicking

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2012). “Infamous: Chronicles of Nick”, p.231, Macmillan

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• It’s not manly to hurt others or belittle them. Respect and kindness require more courage because people take advantage of those.

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  Hurt, Kindness, People

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2013). “Styxx”, p.258, Macmillan

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• We all have demons inside us, Nick. The Tsalagi have an old saying—every heart holds two wolves. One is the white wolf, who is made up of love, kindness, respect, decency, compassion, and all the things that are good in life. The black wolf is born of jealousy, hatred, pettiness, prejudice, vindictiveness, and all the poisons of the human personality. The two constantly war with each other for dominance. And one day, one wolf will overtake and devour the other.” - Acheron

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  Kindness, War, Heart

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2013). “Inferno: Chronicles of Nick”, p.71, Macmillan

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• Where I am always thou art. Thy image lives within my heart.

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  Art, Heart, My Heart

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Bad Moon Rising: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.154, Macmillan

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• I'm beginning to think the only choice anyone has in life is between either a bad choice or a worse one.

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  Thinking, Choices, Life Is

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2012). “Infamous: Chronicles of Nick”, p.246, Macmillan

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• Why does the Destroyer hate Artemis? (Cassandra) Love. Why else? Love, hatred, and revenge are the most powerful emotions on earth. Apollymi wants revenge on Artemis for killing the one thing she loved most in the universe. (Katra) And that is? (Cassandra) I would never betray either one by saying it. (Katra) Would you write it down?...Oh, yeah, like the two of you weren’t thinking the same thing. (Chris)

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  Powerful, Revenge, Hate

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• No power from above can make one human love another. Love comes from within the heart. (Julian)

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  Heart, Humans, Human Love

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2002). “Fantasy Lover”, p.100, Macmillan

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• The strongest steel is forged by the fires of hell. It is pounded and struck repeatedly before it's plunged back into the molten fire. The fire gives it power and flexibility, and the blows give it STRENGTH. Those two thing make the metal pliable and able to withstand every battle it's called upon to fight.

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  Fighting, Blow, Fire

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2007). “Devil May Cry: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.87, Macmillan

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• I think it's important for people to know that bad things do happen to good people and that life can throw a serious curveball at even the most cautious and "prepared" people out there.

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  Thinking, People, Important

  "Author Spotlight: Kevin J. Anderson & Sherrilyn Kenyon". Interview with Liz Argall, www.lightspeedmagazine.com. August 2016.

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• We’re always alone. You can be in a crowded room and still feel the bite of loneliness. Personally, I find that it bites deepest whenever others are around.

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  Loneliness, Rooms, Always Alone

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011). “The Guardian”, p.14, Macmillan

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• The one thing I try to do with everything I write is open people's eyes to those they normally ignore or dismiss. To make people aware of the "other" side of things. That someone's circumstances may not be what you think they are or what they show to the world.

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  Writing, Eye, Thinking

  "Author Spotlight: Kevin J. Anderson & Sherrilyn Kenyon". Interview with Liz Argall, www.lightspeedmagazine.com. August 2016.

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