Colfer Land Quotes & Sayings

The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time. — Nathalie Sarraute

What's the bee in your bonnet? Seems to be some kind of idealism. — Robert Musil

Conner raised an eyebrow. 'Who told you that?'
'Well,' she said, not knowing how to describe what she experienced. 'Um ... a moth did.'
Conner squinted at her and his mouth fell open. He was expecting a much better answer than that. 'A moth told you?'
'Yes
but it wasn't a regular moth, it was more like an angel.'
'An angel moth?'
'Well, it came from somewhere in the stars. I think Grandma sent it.'
'Grandma sent you an angel moth from outer space?'
'Kind of! Anyway, the moth took me to a forest and then turned into a bunch of orbs that re-created a memory
stop looking at me like that, Conner! — Chris Colfer

Our fathers were demons,' Catarina said. 'Our mothers were heroes. — Cassandra Clare

Intelligence is not a competition," she said. "There is plenty to go around, and there are many ways it can be demonstrated. — Chris Colfer

There is only one party in the United States: the Property party ... and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. — Gore Vidal

Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye. — Samuel Johnson

Health insurance needs to be affordable and available for everyone, not just the wealthy. I will always fight to improve the access, level of care, and affordability of health care. — Alma Adams

My most educated analysis, with all means of science and technology in mind, is that it's magic," Alex said. "There's no other possible explanation!" -Alex Bailey, The Land of Stories; The Wishing Spell — Chris Colfer The Land Of Stories

Over the long run, many of Perry's stances boil down to following the money. — Gail Collins

Should we call her?Maybe we should give her a RING to see where she is? Get it? Get it?
-Conner Bailey — Chris Colfer

There are always a few bored audience members at an opera, especially by the time act four comes along. Those particular eyes would be wandering around the hall, searching for something, anything, interesting to watch. Those eyes would land on the little demon downstage right, unless they were distracted.
Right on cue, a large stage lamp broke free of its clamp in the rigging and swung on its cable into the back canvas. [ ... ]
On his way though the lobby minutes later, Artemis was highly amuse to overhear several audience members gushing over the unorthodox direction of the opera's final scene. The exploding lamp, muse one buff, was doubtless a metaphor for Norma's own falling star. But no, argued a second. The lamp was obviously a modernistic interpretation of the burning stake that Norma was about to face.
Or perhaps, thought Artemis as he pushed through the crowd to find a light Sicilian mist falling on his forehead, the exploding lamp was simply an exploding lamp. — Eoin Colfer

You need to grow from your mistakes, not let your mistakes grow. — Chris Colfer The Land Of Stories

It made me wonder how many times we forgive just because we don't want to lose someone, even if they don't deserve our forgiveness. — Deb Caletti

Hans?" the Fairy Godmother said. "Can you remember what made you happy when you were a young boy?" It didn't take him long to remember. "Places like this promenade," he said. "Why?" she asked. "It's a place of unlimited possibility," he said. "At any moment, anyone or anything could appear. A parade could march through the field, a flock of birds from a tropical land could fly across the skies, or a king from a distant country could sail through the waters on a massive ship. I suppose any child is happiest wherever his imagination is stimulated." "Interesting," she said. — Chris Colfer

Anyone can have a once-upon-a-time or a happily-ever-after, but it's the journey between that makes the story worth telling. — Chris Colfer

I feel some kind of duty to be really, really honest as a writer. The same is true of my songwriting. — Juliana Hatfield

But anyone can write, right?'" Conner asked. "I mean, that's why authors get judged so harshly, isn't it? Because technically everyone could do it if they wanted to."
"Just because anyone can do something doesn't mean everyone should," Mrs. Peters said. "Besides, anyone with an Internet connection feels they have the credentials to critique or belittle anything these days. — Chris Colfer

The love of talk distracts all the powers of our soul from God, and fills them with earthly objects and impressions, like a vessel of water that cannot be settled while you are continualy stirring the earthly particles from the bottom. — Elizabeth Ann Seton

You could place one product in a first-run telecast, a second product what that program is rerun, and a third product when the show goes into syndication, and another product when it goes on cable. — David Brenner

Success can be attained in any branch of labor. There's always room at the top in every pursuit. — Andrew Carnegie