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Maria V. Snyder Quotes | Quotes said by Maria V. Snyder

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #1

    ... I had realized my fears and acknowledged my mistakes.


  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #2

    [Janco] paused. His eyes held a distant gleam as if seeing into his past. 'My first practice was a shock. I was a cocky smart aleck--'
    [Opal] 'Was?'
    [J] 'Be quiet. I'm telling a story here.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #3

    Another relative? Valek asked.
    A broad smile stretched Moon Man's lips. Yes. I am her mother's uncle's wife's
    third cousin.
    --Valek and Moon Man

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #4

    But they fight in the name of the creator.
    I don't care if they fight in the name of broccoli. The goal remains the same.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #5

    But you've slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #6

    Care to explain?” Ari asked.

    “Didn’t you see my signals?”

    “Yeah. But they didn’t make sense. Five into one and it’s an intrusion.”

    “It’s an illusion! Five of them are an illusion.”

    “That’s not the signal for illusion. This is.” Ari demonstrated the proper signal.

    “That’s what I did.”

    “No, you didn’t. You did a weird twisty thing with your pinky.”

    “I had a scimitar at my throat. I’d like to see you try signaling under those conditions.”
    -Janco and Ari bickering

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #7

    Don't judge what you don't know.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #8

    Everyone grieves in different ways. For some, it could take longer or shorter. I do know it never disappears. An ember still smolders inside me. Most days, I don’t notice it, but, out of the blue, it’ll flare to life.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #9

    Fear can be a big motivator.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #10

    Fear causes the dog to bite and Roze was one bitch.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #11

    Flea stared at us, I can't decide what's worse. Losing family members or not having a family member to lose.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #12

    followed a step behind. My thoughts churned as my emotions seesawed

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #13

    Fourteen years without a mother had me believe I could be stoic when I finally met her.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #14

    Good food, fresh water, and an occasional sweet and someone to care for. That's what everyone should have. A simplistic and unrealistic view I knew, but it soothed me.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #15

    Hasn’t stopped us before. And besides, if they wanted to kill us, we’d be dead by now and would be having an entirely different conversation. I wonder if I’d still be mad at you, or if we would talk in words or pictures. Maybe in smells. That would be cool.” -Janco

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #16

    I mulled over the implications and decided not to waste my time worrying about what everyone else thought, or to bother attempting to change their perceptions. My time at the Keep was just a stopover. Let them wonder.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #17

    I peered deeper and found my soul. A little tattered and with some holes, but there all the same. It had always been there, I realized with shock.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #18

    I remembered my little brother, Allyn, had appeared so innocent and angelic when he slept--similar to Kerrick. It must be a survival tactic. If Allyn hadn't looked so sweet, we would have killed him while he slept. He had been pure evil when he was awake--similar to Kerrick.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #19

    I stepped closer to him and lowered my voice. 'If you could change one thing, what would it be?'
    He pulled the sheep pendant from his pocket. A question filled his eyes. I held out my hand. Riley placed it in my palm and I curled my finger around the necklace, pressing the metal into my skin.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #20

    In the war room, love? What if someone comes in?”
    I stood and removed his shirt. “Then they’ll have a good story to tell.”
    “Good?” He adopted the pretense of being offended.
    “Prove me wrong.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #21

    Is there anything else you haven't told me?
    My head spun. So much had happened and we still needed to stop a powerful magician. Death was a real possibility. I needed Valek to know how I felt.
    I love you
    Valek wrapped me in his arms. My love has been yours since the fire festival. If those goons had killed you, I knew then that I would never be the same. I didn't want or expect this. But I couldn't resist you.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #22

    It's a dirty way to fight, but I'm late for lunch.
    - Valek to Yelena

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #23

    Lief. That's not nice, considering all your sister has done for you, admonished Perl.
    Oh right. How could I forget that she made me bait for a snake, left me on house arrest in Ixia, and smuggled me into the Keep in a coffin.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #24

    Nothing like having a warrant for your execution to get a girl motivated.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #25

    Of course, you didn't want our help. Now I have to go beat up some soldier just to keep my ego intact.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #26

    Old soul. I laughed. You're Thirty.

    It's not the years, it's the experience, he paused.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #27

    only one way to find out

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #28

    Only the weak invite their demons to live with them. Isn't that right?

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #29

    Positive thoughts lead to positive results.

  • Maria V. Snyder Quote #30

    Pushing magic toward the candle, I willed it to light. Nothing happened.

    Irys made a strangled sound and the candle burned. “Are you directing your magic to the candle?”

    “Yes. Why?”

    “You just ordered me to light the candle for you,” Irys said in exasperation. “And I did it.

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