Quotes by Jennifer Megan Varnadore

In life there are good and bad situations. But when you are down in the valley looking up at the mountain, sometimes you realize that you can see the stars a little clearer. You realize whats truly important and you know exactly what must be done to keep it just like it is.

I love when people quote me. It makes me feel that my words have meaning. People give words power. When they speak out for things they feel, we all become alive.

Its sad when you realize that people youve loved (whether friends, family, or loved ones) are going down paths you know you cant take. Its especially sad when you realize that its because you dont want to take it, because you two are too different. Its sad when people who used to energize you with their presence, now only drain you with their mere words.

You should find what sets you on fire, what you are passionate about, and then you should do that. No matter the risk.

Be strong. It is our adversity that leads us to our character.

Cheer up, love. Have faith it will get better, and if it don’t, well darlin’ that is what your knees are for. Pray pray pray.

If the thought of leaving a relationship makes you want to hang your head in shame, why ever would you want to walk out the door? You are obviously missing something.

If youre an artist, always keep at it, there will be someone out there who sees the universe and soul in what youve created. Maybe they cant afford it, but it calls them like the siren in a sea, and theyve saved for months and scraped, thinking all the time about how one piece you made has moved them. You can change a persons moment with your work, dont forget that.If youre an author, someone out there has read your work. Theyve laughed with your characters. Theyve cried with them. Theyve escaped into your fantasy or memories, and theyve been changed by you. Nothing they do afterward will be the same. You will forever make them different and who they will become. Please dont forget that.If youre a singer or musician, you inspire others. People sing when they feel great emotion. If youre one of those who bursts into song at a moments notice, imagine what that can do to brighten someone elses day. People are listening. They see you, who you really are. They are feeling the magic of those moments with you. You never know whos life you can change. You never know who is listening. Never forget that.It doesnt matter what kind of magic you create, dont ever stop. There is beauty, pain, and so many other things that depend on you to continue. Never stop. Let the world see your magic. Perform your craft with all of the fibers of your being. Shine with your light. Edge with your darkness. Do what you must, but never stop. Your creations are a gift to the world, so give with all your might.You never know who might need it.

Youre not going to be immediately good at anything you do. You wouldnt quit on the first day of your new job, so why quit on the first try at doing something else?

Those who gain Greatness, often hit many obstacles. To succeed, persist, even when others tell you you will fail.

Love is seeing someone for who they are, and for all the things that they dont know they can be. Sometimes its neither seeing things as good or bad, but seeing them as aspects that create the being. If you cannot love someone for all of the things that create their personality, then youll find it hard to love them at all. I can be everything or nothing, but I cannot love without you.

I have seen conversations that I had three years ago, when I was young, in love, and naive. Ive grown a lot since those days. I now know that love isnt just that abstract feeling, because there are so many other sides to it. Sometimes you learn that to truly love someone you have to just support them as a person, and step out of their view finder. Be their friend and nothing else. Sometimes you learn to walk away and find what you need. You learn you knew nothing and thats when you grow up and change your ways. There may be no fairy take endings, but that is okay, because love is much more real than that. So much less superficial.

Opportunity comes to those who are willing to take it.

No one is perfect. Sometimes, it is the imperfections that make us more alive than those around us. It’s the happiness of truly breathing and living in freedom of ourselves. Even though we may look broken to the world, there is always someone who sees us as we truly are, and helps us to create our whole being.

To become the love of a poet is to become both a muse and an immortal all at the same time.

The fighting was horrendous. Bloodshed and death lie everywhere around us. It was not exciting, Vindhya. It is fearsome, and we were all scared out of our wits. There is no honour in battle but to protect you, my love. We have won the gates of Grilsom and lost the fortress of Loare...but we’ve gained allies from the Knights of Scrivehrim, and enemies of the dark elves of Scryire. There is no winning in War, my sweet...only loss. People die onevery side. How can any battle be won with such consequence and loss? I do not understand war. It’s so unfair, so...unjustified.We take innocent lives, yet we gain medals of highest honour and divine, sacred blessings. What is the sense of it? And even much less do I understand Andsar’s concept of celibacy in soldiers, and that they choose to stay alone their entire lives. I might understand, were the reasoning that we would leave no one behind to suffer...but there is no reason for it. They tell us we are wrong to love one another, and so they justify our love by sending me to my assured death. If anyone were to find out about us, we’d both surely be killed. Love like this, though…I believe it is worth the cost of my life, if I could only be with you one moment.

Just know the night won’t last forever, and the daybreak is just around the corner. The rain only lasts so long, until it has to stop again. There won’t always be sorrow. Tomorrow is another day for daylight.

Im nothing but my ambition to become more than the marionette others created me to be.

A war without a strategy cannot be won. Then it is merely a battle where more lives are lost than necessary.

Why were we born different? Why do we see the world how it actually is? Because we were meant to change the world, but not live in it.