Quotes from Yasmine Galenorn

It's funny how, no matter what we have in life, we're never satisfied.

nobody ever said smart people had to be sane, and nobody ever said that intelligence has to be paired with wisdom.

As I took in the scene, I smiled softly. Family and friends—that's what mattered most. Money made a difference, yes, but it couldn't buy back a life.

It was never wise to challenge fate to a Hold my beer contest.

Cycles come and go: everybody has their off times.

They each have their own journeys. It's hard to accept, but people leave us along the way. People don't always stay with us until the end of the story.

The shadows drifted near, then dragged away, as if the entire forest were breathing, as if her feet were its heartbeat, as if she were the only thing alive in the world.

each have their own journeys. It's hard to except, but people leave us along the way. People don't always stay with us until the end of the story...

Get lost in what might be, and you'll lose your will.

A true leader breeds love, as well as respect.

Because change will come as it will, and there's nothing we can do to prevent it. In fact, try to stop it and you trip over the turning wheels.

Soul memory is strong, but you are stronger.

Lady Bast, guide my feet. Guard my path. Know my heart resides with you.

And so we sat, holding hands, under the brilliant stars. Because sometimes we needed to take life one day at a time. Sometimes, we needed to slow down and dance in the meadow and watch for shooting stars with our best friends.

I'd questioned why anybody would want to catch flies unless you were a goblin and used them for croutons.

Don't borrow trouble. You never know what's going to happen. So if you worry too much about what's coming, you're wasting precious time. You could walk out your door and get hit by a bus in five minutes, so take each moment as a blessing and don't waste your life fretting.

The quiver in her voice belied her nervousness.

When dealing with the gods, one deals with danger.

and for the very first time, all of my selves responded as Shade tore me outside of myself, filled me full with sparkling joy, and set me free from any lingering doubts I had about myself as a woman.

I usually won most of the arguments I held with myself in my head—

I wish... but if wishes were raindrops, we'd be in the middle of the fucking ocean.

THE END OF civilization as we knew it arrived not with a whimper, but with a massive storm. When

I called the police, but you know how they are. Until it's dark, they won't even consider looking for him. If he were two years old, they might get their asses in gear, but they think every black kid able to talk is mixed up with a gang.

Nothing like a dose of spirits of the dead to chase away spirits of the vine.