43 Quotes by James A. Owen

That's a shame," said Bert, "to run out of crackers before you've run out of emergency.

I think the idea of simply "enduring to the end" is a terrible philosophy and an awful way to live one's life. How you spend your days is how you live your life, and if you're spending them "enduring" anything then you're doing it wrong.

Kind of bloodthirsty, don't you think, Charles?" said John."I'm an editor," said Charles. "I have to make decisions like that all the time.

It's Elvish," Tummeler repeated. "It says, basically, 'Declare allegiance, and be welcomed.""Well, doesn't it perhaps mean that the magic word that opens the door is 'allegiance'?" Said Jack. "In Elvish?""That's a stupid idea," said John. "Then anyone who spoke Elvish could get in.

It is the world, my boy," he said. "All the World, in ink and blood, vellum and parchment, leather and hide. It is the World, and it is yours to save or lose.

If you really want to do something, no one can stop you. But if you really don’t want to do something, no one can help you.

Never, ever, sacrifice what you want the most, for what you want the most at that moment.

Live deliberately. Decide: are you the kind of person things happen to, or the kind of person who makes things happen?

If everything in the past has value, then there’s no reason for regret, ever.