240 Quotes by Rachel Hartman

I barely noticed loneliness anymore; it was my normal condition, by necessity if not by nature.

She still held sorrows, but she was not made of them. Her life was not a tragedy. It was a history, and it was hers.

Art is a conversation we are all invited to and are all worthy to participate in. Yes, great works can be intimidating, but no one else in the world has what you have—your voice, your eyes, your feeling and perspective. Other people have written great books, but no one else will ever write YOUR book. It's worth writing. That is the belief that carries me through.

One thing I've learned about grief: it's like a creditor's bill. You can put off paying, but it eventually falls due, and exacts usurious interest.""Do they send someone to break your fingers?" said Tess, thinking of the Belgiosos.Armando laughed softly. "You find a way to break them yourself." He paused to let her think about what that entailed; she had some idea. "There's a room in my heart full of unpaid bills," he said. "We all have one. It's useful to go in occasionally and open a few.

Did I become court composer through masterful procrastination? Hardly!

It's too great, too terrible, too much. You can shout words into the void forever and never fill it up.

The words bounced off her like a stone skipping over the surface of a lake.A stone may skip a long way, but it always sinks eventually.

Anyway, it wasn't that flavor of love. She could leave and carry it with her. Time would not put a dent in it, nor distance snuff it out.

One foot in front of the other was all she could manage.