Quotes of: Mortals Keyword

They made a science out of people?" she said. "What a crazy science that must be." --"Mr. Z

While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction

Because sanitation has so many effects across all aspects of development - it affects education, it affects health, it affects maternal mortality and infant mortality, it affects labor - it's all these things, so it becomes a political football. Nobo...

Rose George

A writer's journey may be tough, but never give up and enjoy every moment.

Soul Chaser: In the Mortal and Immortal Souls Series 1

We live vicariously through stories, because our own lives provide so few opportunities for high-stakes adventure and noble sacrifice.

Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader

Art is magic, and art is powerful. Art saves lives- I really believe that. It gives us courage and compassion we might not have on our own.

Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader

There are more hidden spaces in a city, more hidden lives and hidden emptinesses, and more darkened windows where shadow people pass fleetingly in and out of sight.

Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader

I said to him, "State your business, mortal!" There was no need for me to call him "mortal" or to speak like a sixteenth-century knight. It just sounded cool.

Paul Is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion

Yet human intelligence has another force, too: the sense of urgency that gives human smarts their drive. Perhaps our intelligence is not just ended by our mortality; to a great degree, it is our mortality.

Adam Gopnik

It was a part of myself that was my enemy; I still had a childish illusion that the flesh on my own bones was somehow unique and precious to the universe, in some obscure corner of my mind I wanted the others to love me and make exceptions for me sim...

Mortal Leap

It's all very well to tell us to forgive our enemies; our enemies can never hurt us very much. But oh, what about forgiving our friends?

My Mortal Enemy

It's her ability as an artist to see possibility where others see a blank page and, by extension, to see victory where others see certain defeat that truly empowers her...

Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader

But Clary's a hero at heart- and that means she'll find a way to be the hero she needs to be, to look beyond the skills she doesn't have and draw on the skills she does have to ultimately save the day.

Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader

Popularity gives you power only over people who care about being popular. Ostracism gives you power only over those who fear being ostracized.

Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader

As I spoke of another's love and looked into the wide, blue windows of her soul, a rich, insistent yearning flooded my senses. --"Tango

While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction

There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploi...

The Weight of Glory

Wolf Winter,’ she said, her voice small. ‘I wanted to ask about it. You know, what it is.’ He was silent for a long time. ‘It's the kind of winter that will remind us we are mortal,’ he said. ‘Mortal and alone.

Wolf Winter

When your dream dies, create another dream; don’t waste your time to resurrect the dead one! Remember that you are mortal and don’t stuck on one dream! Give other dreams a chance! Be just! Remember, you are mortal and your time is very short!

Mehmet Murat ildan

And I advise ye to think well, he told her It's better to be a stray dog in this world than a man without money. I've tried it both ways, and I know. A poor man stinks, and God hates him.

My Mortal Enemy

Not every girl can be Isabelle Lightwood or Katniss Everdeen. I think the true measure of a hero is what a person does with what they have, how hard they are willing to fight, and how far they are willing to go to set things right.

Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader

It's significantly more satisfying to kick a wall than it is to kick thin air. For the rebellious teen- or the teen who wants to feel like a rebel- a clearly defined law gives you something to define yourself against.

Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader

I felt ashamed." "But of what? Psyche, they hadn't stripped you naked or anything?" "No, no, Maia. Ashamed of looking like a mortal -- of being a mortal." "But how could you help that?" "Don't you think the things people are most ashamed of are thing...

Till We Have Faces