49 Quotes by Seth King

Remember that in art, the brightest colors always show up next to the darkest lines. Your brightest shades are on the way, sweetie.

If eyes are windows into the soul, books are rabbit holes into the imagination.

On a sunny Tuesday morning towards the end of March, a white-haired man walked into a cold room and told me I might die soon.

Empathy was a sword with two edges. I was blessed with the ability to care deeply for people, and cursed with the knowledge that they would nearly always choose the worst for themselves.

I’m going to see that girl’s face in every crowd I look into. Forever. And maybe a few forevers after that.

Everyone has issues. The key is finding someone whose issues mesh well with your issues.

As he stood there I wondered more and more about him. What did he go home to? Did he love his father? Did his father love him? Who exactly was this alien? And did he know how happy he made me simply by existing?

Love is the most adult action anyone could ever carry out in this emotionally stunted world, and once you love, the rest will fall into place. It has to.

Underneath it all, I was the same as anyone else: I was dreaming for the love of someone who wouldn’t give it to me.