Reckoners Quotes & Sayings

Who scorns his own life is lord of yours. — Seneca.

In my first publication I might have claimed that I had come to the conclusion, as a result of serious study of the literature and deep thought, that valuable antibacterial substances were made by moulds and that I set out to investigate the problem. That would have been untrue and I preferred to tell the truth that penicillin started as a chance observation. My only merit is that I did not neglect the observation and that I pursued the subject as a bacteriologist. My publication in 1929 was the starting-point of the work of others who developed penicillin especially in the chemical field. — Alexander Fleming

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely

from Steelheart (Reckoners #1)
by Brandon Sanderson — Brandon Sanderson

I read, studied, and learned everything I could find about aviation. It was my greatest desire to become a pilot. I could already picture myself in the cockpit of an airliner or in a military fighter plane. I felt deep in my heart this was my thing! — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

By speaking out of turn you refuse your turn to speak. — Patrick Rothfuss

I doubt hell has this much Kool-Aid — Brandon Sanderson

But let the wise be warned against too great readiness at explanation: it multiplies the sources of mistake, lengthening the sum for reckoners sure to go wrong. — George Eliot

The world we live in is but thickened light. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ridicule was a better defense than truth. — Anne McCaffrey

It hurts," Horatia gasped as the weight of everything descended upon her. Like knife shards embedded in her lungs, each breath she sucked in was ragged and icy.
"That's a good thing, my love. It means your heart is still alive. Just let it all out." Lucien brushed his lips along her tear-stained cheek and absorbed her shaking with his body.

-His Wicked Seduction — Lauren Smith

We're not moments, Megan, you and me. We're events. You say you might not be the same person you were a year ago? Well, who is? I'm sure not. We change, like swirling clouds around a rising sun. — Brandon Sanderson

In the past, it weighed on me because nobody in my family is gay. I had no role models so I had to find my own way. — Mika.

Fall in love
with the energy
of the mornings

trace your fingers
along the lull
of the afternoons

take the spirit
of the evenings
in your arms
kiss it deeply

and then
make love
to the tranquility
of the nights. — Sanober Khan