Keion Quotes

#1. In the end, it is all we are, these limpid tide pools of self-consciousness between crashing waves of pain. We are destined and designed to bear our pain with us, hugging it tight to our bellies like the young Spartan thief hiding a wolf cub so it can eat away our insides.

Dan Simmons

#2. It had been fun to ride the fairy tale of Baz Acker actually giving a shit about him, but he knew firsthand fairy tales were a lot more Grimm brothers and much less Walt Disney.

Heidi Cullinan

#3. Carry laughter with you wherever you go.

Hugh Sidey

#4. Men were valued by what they did, women by how they looked and then by what their husbands did, and all of life was arranged (or so we thought) from the outside in.

Gloria Steinem

#5. Why had I ever cared about happy endings? Happy beginnings were so much better.

Kristin Walker

#6. I love making scary faces, that's just how I grew up.

Rick Baker

#7. Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#8. Books are carnival rides for your imagination.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#9. Whenever he thought he knew the truth it merged into another truth.

Louise Erdrich

#10. Pay no attention to toxic words. What people say is often a reflection of themselves, not you.

Christian Baloga

#11. Leo scratched his head. Well, I dunno about enchiladas- "Enceladus" Piper corrected. Whatever. But Old Potty Face mentioned another name. Porpoise Fear, or something?

Rick Riordan

#12. There are few men more superstitious than soldiers. They are, after all, the men who live closest to death.

Mary Stewart

#13. Librarians are not just gatekeepers to knowledge, they are what the American Indians used to call their special sages who preserved the oral legends of a tribe: dream keepers.

James H. Billington

#14. These days will be a shitty reminder of a time when we weren't the best versions of ourselves.

Corrine Jackson