172 Quotes by Jo Walton

There will always be some who see excellence and envy it instead of striving to emulate it.

What I mean is, when I look at other people, other girls in school, and see what they like and what they’re happy with and what they want, I don’t feel as if I’m a part of their species. And sometimes – sometimes I don’t care.

What you can’t pay back you pay forward.

She wasn’t famous then,” Pat said. “Nobody is. You never know until too late. They’re just people like everyone else. Anyone you know might become famous. Or not. You don’t know which ones will make a difference or if any of them will. You might become famous yourself. You might change the world.

I also pursue excellence, and Father told me that it can only ever be pursued, never caught – though.

We had already agreed that, Father,” Penn said. “And of course they will likewise take the greater shares when we eat you. Berend and I are established, while our brother and sisters are still in need.

Certainty closes many doors,” he replied. “It leads to dogmatism. Souls accept what they know and stop striving upwards.

I knew what death meant now. It was conversations cut off.

There’s a way that money is freedom, but it isn’t money, it’s that money stands for having a choice.