Alethea Kontis Quotes & Sayings

If he didn't like the writing, then he didn't like her, and everything she had done in her whole life would be for nothing. — Alethea Kontis

Dream of me, my beloved family, happy in my plundering and adventuring, for when the waves rock me to sleep tonight, I will be dreaming of you. — Alethea Kontis

I have lived a life full of love and pain, of Joy and Sorrow, and I live on still. i have many, many years ahead of me, each day with the potential to be filled to the brim with trials to face and challenges to overcome. — Alethea Kontis

I was a math whiz who stunk at English, so of course I wanted to be a writer more than anything in the world. I performed impromptu plays for my grandmother's sewing circle but forced my little sister to ask for ketchup at McDonald's. — Alethea Kontis

Somethings were meant to be and somethings were just meant to be good stories — Alethea Kontis

Your fey cousin here has the miraculous ability to hold his liquor
and mine, and yours, and the king's, and half the country's, I expect. — Alethea Kontis

He could not change the man he had been, but these hands would make him the man he could be — Alethea Kontis

It can't be 'true' love without the truth — Alethea Kontis

Everything in the world was about creativity: belief and creation. Storytelling was the essence of both. — Alethea Kontis

Mama says I spend too much time in little fantasy worlds and not enough in this one. — Alethea Kontis

Perhaps her giant bright-eyed sister had finally come to put her out of her misery just when things had gotten interesting. — Alethea Kontis

I have always loved really dense, complicated stories with lots of layers, tons of obscure literary references, and a plethora of inside jokes. — Alethea Kontis

Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a question you were too afraid to find the answer to? — Alethea Kontis

There are four things that make a man fight as you just did," the duke explained to Rumbold. "Love, despair, anger, or insanity."
Erik counted them off on his fingers. "Everything to lose, nothing to lose, someone's taken it, or you've lost it. — Alethea Kontis

If you did not indulge in fantasies, how else would you know if you were living an interesting life? — Alethea Kontis

Sharon Shinn's Samaria is a world populated by refugees from a ravaged Earth, also many, many years in the future. — Alethea Kontis

Have you ever had that moment when you looked back on something and said, 'Well, gosh, that seems obvious now ... why didn't I see it then?' I like to call this the Face Palm Epiphany. Oh, hindsight, you magical, humbling thing. — Alethea Kontis

Adventure is the vice of all Woodcutters. — Alethea Kontis

Saturday's goal was swordsmanship decent enough to get her hired on the first caravan out of this magic-drenched insanity. — Alethea Kontis

In music, on stage and on screen, fairy tales have always been guaranteed moneymakers. It's no wonder then, that in these difficult economic times, there are fairy tales everywhere you turn. From 'Once Upon a Time' and 'Grimm,' to 'Mirror, Mirror' and 'Snow White and the Huntsman.' — Alethea Kontis

They know their crime," she said. "They know their shame. — Alethea Kontis

'Enchanted' illustrates how impractical fairy-tale ideals are in the World As We Know It, and yet, Giselle's unabashed optimism always seems to magically find its time and place. — Alethea Kontis

First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius.
"Third time's tradition," finished Erik. — Alethea Kontis

She needed him to keep her sane, to make her laugh, to feel complete — Alethea Kontis

The curse of an interesting life: there are either very good times or very bad times. — Alethea Kontis

We're needed to save an innocent barrel of wine from a lecherous duke's son. — Alethea Kontis

I am a big fan of the web comic 'Strong Female Protagonist,' illustrated by Molly Ostertag. — Alethea Kontis

If the bird was made, it chose to be made. It's here because it chooses to be with you. — Alethea Kontis

Every so often, I am thanked for being 'unapologetically me.' I treasure those moments, those people, and remember them every time I'm feeling timid. — Alethea Kontis

They say that secrets live at the bottom of a wine bottle. Mama had made it there the night before, slow glass by slow glass, but she'd never spoken a word. — Alethea Kontis

Kindred's tale is a romantic, mature, and lyrical collage of heaven, hell, and a magical royal legend. The combination is divinely - and demonically - inspired. — Alethea Kontis

Quit dwelling on other people's stories and make up some of your own. — Alethea Kontis

no one is ever ready for anything — Alethea Kontis

Sharon Shinn is a lover of words and a builder of worlds. She makes science-fiction seem like fantasy. Her characters jump off the page, finding their way under your skin and into your heart. — Alethea Kontis

It took me a long time to learn how to be brave enough to put myself out there and try everything, no matter how strange or silly. If I can impart that same wisdom to other folks - no matter what age - it would be an honor. — Alethea Kontis

While not my personal favorite of the Disney princess films, 'The Little Mermaid' wins hands-down in my book for best Disney adaptation. Little girls waited for more than 150 years for Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid' to have a happy ending. Walt Disney finally gave it to her. — Alethea Kontis

Sometimes 'Hmm' is the wisest thing to say. — Alethea Kontis

Velius
so who is she? no wait, let me guess. skin of the finest porcelain. hair of the softest silk. a voice like birdsong, a smile like sunshine, and a mouth that would sate your brightest and darkest wishes
Rumbold
You've m-met her?
Velius
oh yes, my friend. we all know her. we've all pursued her. some of us have even been lucky enough to have her. we've been drunk on her sin, become fools of her favor. she might have borne a different face each time, but her name was always the same. Trouble — Alethea Kontis

Normal is all relative. — Alethea Kontis

For some heroes, nothing is impossible — Alethea Kontis

Gifts, like words, carried with them a great deal of power. They bestowed good fortune just as powerfully as they could curse; the could bind people together or tear them apart. — Alethea Kontis

If you want anything to work, Sunday, you're going to have to believe it — Alethea Kontis

There are many things wrong with you. A hangover just isn't one of them. — Alethea Kontis

I think I liked you better when you were a raging idiot. — Alethea Kontis

No," Wednesday agreed. "You have tortured with silence. You let her grieve for a soul she did not lose, mourn a heart that should not have broken, and berate herself for betraying the man she loves ... with the man she loves. It can't be 'true' love without the truth, Rumbold. — Alethea Kontis

The charming king of Arilland had fallen in love at first sight. There was no question he would soon take this beautiful stranger as his bride.Fate had brought them together. Destiny. It was intoxicating. — Alethea Kontis

If your reading habits are anything like mine, then you can remember the exact moment that certain books came into your life. You remember where you were standing and whom you were with. You remember the feel of the book in your hands and the cover, that exact cover, even if the art has changed over the years. — Alethea Kontis

May we all be doomed to a happy life. — Alethea Kontis

People were supposed to cry at weddings; they just weren't supposed to cry because they suspected that the bride was going to die. — Alethea Kontis

No one thought that the Disney Superpower had the ability to laugh at itself, but 'Enchanted' proved everyone wrong. — Alethea Kontis

Her heart was an invalid convinced that it would not survive many more sunsets. — Alethea Kontis

Even the harmful and awkward and stupid things?" asked Sunday. "There are reasons for those?"
"Especially those." said Joy. — Alethea Kontis

He was furious with himself for having lived these last days on a wish. On a lie. A kiss does not make the future. Love alone does not make a life. — Alethea Kontis

It was a melancholy day indeed when the sister of solitude was Sunday's silver lining. — Alethea Kontis

Trouble was, they didn't have much faith to begin with. Their dreams had gone from the beaches of Arilland to the palace ballroom and no further. Faith was a thing sewn into the patchwork skirts of a girl on another shore. — Alethea Kontis

Any other brushes with insanity you haven't thought to mention? — Alethea Kontis

Stripped of monarchy and magic spells, he was just a man in a mad world looking for the girl who shared his heart. — Alethea Kontis

We are all fools blessed with the knowledge that certain events will come to pass no matter what path we take to get there. The wise ones follow their angels while they may. — Alethea Kontis

When sad she brings the thunder
And her tears, they bring the rain
When ill she feeds a poison
To us all to fell her pain
Her smiles they bring the sunshine
And the laughter and the wind
And the birds they go on singing
And the world is whole again.
"Smile, sweet Sunday," Wednesday whispered in her ear. "The birds need your love so they can lift their wings. — Alethea Kontis

All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep. — Alethea Kontis