Quotes of: Simon Keyword

A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.

The Thirteenth Tale

Our clients' faces, with the customary outward paleness and inner glow of the book lover.

The Thirteenth Tale

A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.

The Thirteenth Tale

Politeness. Being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else.

The Thirteenth Tale

...but he is a man, hence cannot see how tiresome it is to have explained at length what one has already fully understood.

The Thirteenth Tale

She was a do-gooder, which means that all the ill she did, she did without realizing it.

The Thirteenth Tale

But silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grown pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you.

The Thirteenth Tale

I've nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions.

The Thirteenth Tale

We are all ashamed in one way or another. Who among us is not stained by the past?

Those Who Save Us

Self-doubt is a persuasive mistress; careful not to shag her or you’ll never get your balls back.” - Simon Hunt

Twist

One can give up many things for love, but one should not give up oneself.

Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale

Feeling this way was a particular kind of horror, having the emotions without the memories.

Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy

You have been known to call upon Brother Zachariah for a broken toe. "It was turning green,” said Will

The Whitechapel Fiend

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

Wanda

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

Wanda

To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery.

Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida

...spirituality alone will not take a man far in the Mysteries; he must have intellectual powers as well.

What Is Occultism?

Our fathers were demons,' Catarina said. 'Our mothers were heroes.

What Really Happened in Peru

Magnus was sure that the llama stampede he witnessed was a coincidence. The llamas could not be judging him.

What Really Happened in Peru

There was no point in wallowing. Magnus refused to wallow. Wallowing was for elephants, depressing people, and depressing elephants.

What Really Happened in Peru

Men in our culture have been spoiled, treated with false reverence instead of respect.

A Woman's Worth