Favorite Quotes!

[Arwenel]

"Wait," J.C. said, sauntering up. "Ivy, you think we're missing something, but you don't know what it is, and have no clue what it might be?"

"Basically," Ivy said.

"Hey, skinny," he said to me, "I'm thinking I'm missing a million dollars, but I don't know why, or have any clue as to how I might have earned it. But I'm really sure that I'm missing it. So if you could do something about that ..."

[Aravanna]

“Such nonsense!" declared Dr Greysteel. "Whoever heard of cats doing anything useful!"
"Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner," said Strange. "That has a sort of moral usefulness, I suppose, in making one feel uncomfortable and encouraging sober reflection upon one's imperfections.”

O glorious hour it comes with speed
When we from sin and darkness freed,
Shall see the GOD who died for man,
And praise Him more than angels can.

[Sheroo of Stormness Head]

The Way of the Righteous In the Muck of Life: Psalm 8 by Dale Ralph Davis
“What is man...or the son of man?’ Why should a mere speck of dust on the light years of God's calendar matter to him? David at least has no doubt that he does matter; he's just baffled to bits over why. When he says, ‘What is man?’, he is not asking a question but making an exclamation---he is really saying, ‘What a God!’ He is not posing a mental teaser; he is engaging in breathless praise."

[Arwenel]

So often we try to make other people feel better by minimizing their pain, by telling them that it will get better (which it will) or that there are worse things in the world (which there are). But that's not what I actually needed. What I actually needed was for someone to tell me it hurt because it mattered.

~attributed to John Green. He did say some things very much like that, and perhaps said or wrote that exact thing at some point ... or maybe someone just took what he said and refined it. Thus far, Google has failed me.

There's no thrill in easy sailing, when the sky is clear and blue.
There's no joy in merely doing things which anyone can do.
But there is some fulfillment that is mighty sweet to take
When you reach a destination you thought you couldn't make.

“Ten orders. We were loved, once. Why have you forsaken us, Almighty! Shard of my soul, where have you gone?”

“A man stood on a cliffside and watched his homeland fall into dust. The waters surged beneath, so far beneath. And he heard a child crying. They were his own tears.”

“They are aflame. They burn. They bring the darkness when they come, and so all you can see is that their skin is aflame. Burn, burn, burn….”

“Three of sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns.”

"He watches! The black piper in the night. He holds us in his palm... playing a tune that no man can hear!"

“I’m standing over the body of a brother. I’m weeping. Is that his blood or mine? What have we done?”

“He must pick it up, the fallen title! The tower, the crown, and the spear!”

“A woman sits and scratches out her own eyes. Daughter of kings and winds, the vandal.”

“The death is my life, the strength becomes my weakness, the journey has ended.”

“They come from the pit, two dead men, a heart in their hands, and I know that I have seen true glory.”

“I see them. They are the rocks. They are the vengeful spirits. Eyes of red.”

“That chanting, that singing, those rasping voices.”

“Above silence, the illuminating storms—dying storms— illuminate the silence above.”

[Lady Haleth]

I can see the Son of Man descending
And the sword he swings is brighter than the dawn
And the gates of H-- will never stand against Him
So in the night my hope lives on

--Andrew Peterson "In the Night (My Hope Lives On)"

If you've got something to say, now is the perfect time to keep it to yourself

Col. Chester Philips Captain America: The First Avenger

I am not dying for six college credits!

Darcy, Thor

[Arwenel]

"Ha! It'll take more than being tied to a lit keg of explosives and tossed into a pit of acid filled with mutant, acid-resistant flying piranhas equipped with flame throwers and battle-axes while mechanical, missile-launching morris dancers armed with liquid nitrogen harpoon guns are overhead, riding giant, rabid killer bees with side mounted death rays to kill Othar Tryggvassen!"

[RubyGamgee]

Lady Haleth, I love Andrew Peterson! And that song is one of my especial favorites.

Here are a couple of my latest favorites.

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
"Pooh?" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you."

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it in tact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully around with hobbies and luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket--safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.

[Lady Haleth]

Until the sea of glass we meet
At last completed and complete
When tide and tear and pain subside
And laughter drinks them dry . . .

Switchfoot "Restless."

We just can't get used to being here
Where the ticking clock is loud and clear
Children of eternity, on the run from entropy . . .

Andrew Peterson, "Day by Day."

I know many people who worry about the parts of the Bible that they don't understand. The parts of the Bible that worry me most are the parts I do understand--Mark Twain

[Fire Fairy]

I'm kind of obsessed with movie quotes, especially Disney. Here are a few of my favorites:

“Oh, that reminds me! Last year at the Salmon Run, my friend Bucky totally dared me, but I’d heard about this other cub who stuck his tongue to an iceberg, and then he started to float away, and so to save him, they had to like rip off his tongue, and so now he hath to tog like thith all a time…”

-Koda, Brother Bear

“You must never give in to despair. Allow yourself to slip down that road, and you surrender to your lowest instincts. In the darkest times, hope is something you give yourself. That is the meaning of inner strength.”

-Uncle Iroh, Avatar: the Last Airbender

“Fly away, Stanley. Be free!”

-Fillmore, Cars

“Ah, how shall I do it? Oh, I know. I’ll turn him into a flea, a harmless, little flea, and then I’ll put that flea in a box, and then I’ll put that box inside of another box, and then I’ll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives…I’ll smash it with a hammer! It’s brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, I tell you! Genius, I say! … Or, to save on postage, I’ll just poison him with this!"

-Yzma, The Emperor's New Groove

“I give up. I see no point in living if I can’t be beautiful.”

-Howl, Howl's Moving Castle

“Trolls exist! They steal your socks, but only the left ones. What’s with that?”

-Gobber, How to Train Your Dragon

“We look like bad guys. Incompetent bad guys!”

-Lucius, The Incredibles

“Why are you initiating physical contact with another woman?”

-Eska, The Legend of Korra

(Yes, this is from Book 2! If you haven't seen it yet, go see it!! )

“He’d make a very handsome throw rug. Just think, whenever he gets dirty you can take him out and beat him.”

-Zazu, The Lion King

Okay, that's probably enough for now... And that's only a small sampling of my collection of movie quotes. I've got tons more.

[Lady Haleth]

Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on

Nick Fury, The Avengers.

Love Yzma's quote, by the way.

[Katana]

But paradise is locked and bolted. We must make a journey around the world to see if a back door has perhaps been left open.~ Heinrich von Kleist

Stupid people are dangerous- Katniss Everdeen

Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high-The Princess Bride

Pay heed to the tales old, It may well be that they alone keep in memory what was once needful for the wise to know -The Lord of the Rings

"the only people with whom you should try to get even are the ones who have helped you"

I finally understand that I do not write, I leak- Tyler Knott Gregson

Would you like an adventure now or shall we have our tea first?-Peter Pan

[IloveFauns]

"Why is it that we’re ranked No. 2 in The Economist magazine’s list of the best places to be born? We’re second only to the Swiss in terms of life expectancy and the capacity to get a job and live a decent life, and yet all I see in the media is people complaining about how bad everything is in Australia." - wil Anderson

[Lady Haleth]

Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.

Elrond The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

. . . I charge thee, fling away ambition!
By that sin fell the angels, how can man
The image of his Maker, hope to profit by it?

Shakespeare, Henry the 8th

The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone.

Peter S. Beagle The Last Unicorn.

Oh, give her the usual. Flowers, chocolates, promises you don't intend to keep . . .

Cogsworth, Beauty and the Beast

If home is where the heart is, than my home is where you are

Relient K "I'm Taking You With Me."

My heart is broken as I cry
Like so many times before
But my eyes, are dry before I leave the floor
Oh Lord I try (Oh Lord I try)
But this time, Jesus, how can I be sure
I will not lose my follow-through
Between the altar and the door?

Casting Crowns "The Altar and the Door."

I wasted time, and now time doth waste me

Shakespeare, Richard the Second.

The shadow of your sorrow hath destroyed / The shadow of your face

Same as above

Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions

G.K. Chesterton.

You have crushed beneath your heel the vile serpent
You have carried to the grave the black stain
You have torn apart the temple's holy curtain
You have beaten Death at Death's own game
Hosanna

Andrew Peterson, "Hosanna."

"Of course it is happening in your head, Harry, but why should that mean it isn't real?"

Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[narnia fan 7]

As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed; but as a symbol... as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting.

Bruce Wayne- Batman Begins

"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth

Lou Gehrig

There's only one God, ma'am, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that

Captain America- The Avengers

Once and for all, I adjure you to set me free. By all fears and all loves, by the bright skies of Overland, by the great Lion, by Aslan himself, I charge you—

Rilian- The Silver Chair

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

Abraham Lincoln

But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us

Gandalf- The Fellowship of the Ring

[Lady Haleth]

Here are a bunch of Marvel movie and TV quotes:

The world is full of evil and lies and pain and death, and you can’t hide from it—you can only face it. The question is, when you do, how do you respond? Who do you become?" -Agent Coulson, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D ep. 12 "Seeds"

You've just destroyed the world's most dangerous sandwich!--Agent Fitz, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D ep. 9 "The Hub"

The world is crazier than I am--Dr. Erik Selvig, Thor: The Dark World.

Ta-da!--Loki, Thor: The Dark World

. . . there is only the next mission. For the first time in my life I know what I have to do. And I know--in my heart--that it's right--Tony Stark, Iron Man

Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to exit the doughnut!-- Nick Fury, Iron Man 2

You can take away my house, all my tricks and toys, but there's one thing you can't take away: I am Iron Man--Tony Stark, Iron Man 3

These people are innocent. Taking their lives will accomplish nothing. So take mine--and end this. Thor, Thor.

A strong man, who has known power all his life, may lose respect for that power. A weak man knows the value of strength--and knows compassion--Dr. Abraham Erskine, Captain America: The First Avenger.

Loki: How desperate must you be, that you call on such lost creatures to defend you?
Nick Fury: You threaten my world with war, you steal a force you can't control, you talk about peace, and you kill 'cause it's fun. You have made me very desperate--and you might not be glad that you did.The Avengers

Fandral: Our dearest friend banished, Loki on the throne, Asgard on the brink of war, and you've managed to consume a side of beef, two roast boar, six pheasants, and two casks of ale! Shame on you, don't you care?
Volstagg: Do not mistake my appetite for apathy!

Thor

I don't want to kill anyone. I don't like bullies. I don't care where they're from.

Steve Rogers, Captain America: The First Avenger.

I don't think we should be focusing on Loki. That guy's brain is a bag full of cats. You can smell crazy on him. Dr. Bruce Banner, The Avengers

These ones are behind spoiler tags because they're from Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and I don't want to spoil it for anyone:

The price of freedom is high, always has been. But its a price I'm willing to pay. And I might be the only one, but I'm willing to bet that I'm not-- Captain America.


Don't look at me. I do what he does, only slower. The Falcon, [/quote]


Alexander Pierce: Are you ready for the world to see you as you really are?
Black Widow: Are you?


The Falcon: How do you tell the good guys from the bad guys?
Captain America: If they're shooting at you, they're bad.


This isn't freedom. This is fear--
Captain America.


Captain America: You're my friend.
The Winter Soldier: You're my mission
Captain America: Then finish it. 'Cause I'm with you to the end of the line.


That's all for now.

[Avra]

"The human race, to which so many of my readers belong..."
G.K. Chesterton, The Napolean of Notting Hill

"Shake it don't break it," resident of mine

"You were not asking very loudly," Beckett, Castle

"What kind of world do you want/think anything...
Don't be shy, the satellites can look the other way"
Five for Fighting, World

"If you're gonna be stupid, you gotta be tough," my dad...this has since become my life motto

"Every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things, but vice versa the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant." Dr Who, Vincent and the Doctor. Best description of depression EVER.