Kristoff Quotes

I don't know my limit, but I'm scared to reach it. I don't know what will happen if I do. And I still can't sleep. ~ Jay Kristoff

And within the computer's innards, a spreading cancer. A self-replicating corruption. A B-pop mutiny of bass and drum and oscillating frequency. Inane quasi poetry glorifying a pointless act of intimacy. ~ Jay Kristoff

Just a tiny moment of illumination, a heartbeat long ... page 348. ~ Jay Kristoff

We're perfect while we hide behind our little screens. We can be whoever we want in the dark. But there's no delete key IRL. No way to undo the mistakes we make. ~ Jay Kristoff

Never Flinch.' A cold whisper in her ear. 'Never fear. And never, ever forget.'
The girl nodded slowly.
Exhaled the hope inside.
And she'd watched her father die. ~ Jay Kristoff

A girl who was to murder as maestros are to music. ~ Jay Kristoff

However it ends, at least you had a story to tell. ~ Jay Kristoff

Some answers are learned. But the important ones are earned. ~ Jay Kristoff

The thunder tiger looked at her like an avalanche looks at a butterfly. ~ Jay Kristoff

Mia had seen some fighters who moved like dancers, lithe and graceful. Others moved like bulls, and brawn and bluster. But Cassius moved like a knife. Simple. Straight. Deadly. There was no flash to his style. No flair. He simply cut right to the bone. ~ Jay Kristoff

Don't fuck with librarians, young lady. We know the power of words. ~ Jay Kristoff

She is stubborn, and moves, even when it seems she cannot. But sometimes, as she crawls along, she cries slow, fat tears. And other times, she looks at her palm pad. And other times, she closes her eyes and meditates, or wishes, or simply grieves. But always, always, she crawls. ~ Jay Kristoff

you are the all of me ~ Jay Kristoff

All that mattered was reaching Anna.
Anna, with her bright smile, bubbly enthusiasm, big eyes, and need to fill every moment with chatter.
Anna, with her feisty nature and strong will that had saved him from the wolves... and cost him his sleigh.
Anna, who was willing to risk her life to save her village and help a princess she didn't think she knew.
Leave it to him to wait till now to realize he was falling for her. ~ Jen Calonita

Better to rule in hell," the beautiful man smiles, "than serve in heaven. ~ Jay Kristoff

I thought I'd be alone my whole life. I thought I'd never find a piece of happy. Well, I've found one now, and I want to keep it. If that's selfish, then I'll be selfish. Because at least I'll be in love. And fuck you for trying to take that away from me. ~ Jay Kristoff

Worthless slip," Mia growled.

Dragging her blade down through his ribs, she tore it free in a slick of bright red gore.

"Pathetic child," she spat, spinning on the spot and opening up his belly.

"Girl," she smiled. "But I'm still the one who beat you. ~ Jay Kristoff

He'd been kind to her in a world where kind only came at a price. He'd given her a roof when most creeps only ever offered a bed. ~ Jay Kristoff

LOOK AROUND. GAME DEAD, RIVERS BLACK, LAND CHOKED WITH WEED. SKIES BLEEDING, RED AS BLOOD. FOR WHAT?
YOUR KIND ARE BLIND. YOU SEE ONLY THE NOW. NEVER THE WILL BE.
BUT SOON YOU WILL. WHEN ALL IS GONE, WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY MONKEY-CHILDREN THAT YOU MURDER FOR A SCRAP OF LAND, A DROP OF CLEAN WATER, THEN YOU WILL SEE. ~ Jay Kristoff

And who am I, mighty Khan?
She felt warmth in him then, the beginnings of a smile deep inside.
He spread his wings.
Bowed his head.
Purred.
YOU ARE YUKIKO. ~ Jay Kristoff

there's nothing quite the same as sitting with a real book in your hands ~ Jay Kristoff

It's the smallest spiders that have the darkest poison, lads. ~ Jay Kristoff

...sneakier than a fart in church... ~ Jay Kristoff

Yukiko stared back at him. Slurred words and a soft stare, that stupefied, slack-jawed look slinking over his face and turning his skin to gray. An anesthetic, numbing the pain of well deserved loss. ~ Jay Kristoff

Pretty warriors can't fight for shit. You can't know how sweet it is to breathe 'til you've had your ribs broken. You can't appreciate being happy 'til someone has made you cry. ~ Jay Kristoff

My name is Mia Corvere. Blade of the Red Church. Champion of the Venatus Magni. Chosen of the Dark Mother and Queen of Scoundrels. Never call me girl again. ~ Jay Kristoff

We have a saying in Vaan," Byern replied.
"In every breath, hope abides."
(...)
"Just keep breathing, little Crow. ~ Jay Kristoff

The shadowwolf had stared at her long and mute, and Mia had thought she'd refuse. But as the girl had looked down at the darkness beneath her feet, it had grown darker still.
Dark enough for three. ~ Jay Kristoff

Go, brother! If I'm not back aboard in half an hour, tell your wife I love her! ~ Jay Kristoff

You promised to remember her. Not just the good parts. The ugly parts and the selfish parts and the real parts, too. All of her, Mercurio, who can do that ,if not you? ~ Jay Kristoff

You deserve every star in the galaxy laid out at your feet and a thousand diamonds in your hair. You deserve someone who'll run with you as far and as fast as you want to. Holding your hand, not holding you back. ~ Jay Kristoff

Say what you will about being fearless, but there's only the finest line between bravery and idiocy. ~ Jay Kristoff

It's truth to say in all save solitude - and in some sad cases, even then - you can always count on the company of fools. ~ Jay Kristoff

Cock is just another word for 'fool.' But you call someone a cunt, well..." The girl smiled. "You're implying a sense of malice there. An intent. Malevolent and self-aware. Don't think I name Consul Scaeva a cunt to gift him insult. Cunts have brains, Don Tric. Cunts have teeth. Someone calls you a cunt, you take it as a compliment. As a sign that folks believe you're not to be lightly fucked with. ~ Jay Kristoff

And last, the language of cats. O, yes, cats speak gentlefriend, doubt it not - if you own more than one and can't see them at this particular moment, chances are they're off in a corner somewhere lamenting the fact that their owner seems to spend all their time reading silly books rather than paying them the attention they so richly deserve ~ Jay Kristoff

Your scars tell who you are. Your skin is the page, and your scars are the ink, telling the story of your life. ~ Jay Kristoff

I am the war you cannot win. ~ Jay Kristoff

There is a place, and a time, for all endings to begin. ~ Jay Kristoff

This is how the rain becomes a flood. One drop at a time. ~ Jay Kristoff

Dark now. Blacker than black, I know it. And words are tiny things in the face of all that dark and all that cold. But hear these words, little sister. Hear and know. Tomorrow is coming, just as fast as the turning of the sky. And as sure as it's black now, the sun will rise. Always. No matter how faint the glow. ~ Jay Kristoff

In its brief 14-episode run, 'Firefly' gave viewers as much chance of witnessing a horseback chase or train robbery as a laser gun and spacefight in any given episode. Snappy one-liners and silly hats were a constant, of course. ~ Jay Kristoff

You can sit," Maggot said in a small, shy voice.

Mia did as she was bid, holding her throbbing hand to her chest. Maggot toddled across the room, fishing about in a series of chests. She returned with a handful of wooden splints and a ball of woven brown cotton.

"Hold out your hand," the girl commanded.

Mia's shadow swelled, Mister Kindly drinking her fear at the thought of what was to come. Maggot looked her digits over, stroking her chin. And gentle as falling leaves, she took hold of Mia's smallest finger.

"It won't hurt," she promised. "I'm very good at this."

"All riiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAGHH!" Mia howled as Maggot popped her finger back into place, quick as silver. She rose from the slab and bent double, clutching her hand.

"That HURT!" she yelled.

Maggot gave a solemn nod. "Yes."

"You promised it wouldn't!"

"And you believed me." The girl smiled sweet as sugarfloss. "I told you, I'm very good at this." She motioned to the slab again. "Sit back down."

Mia blinked back hot tears, hand throbbing in agony. But looking at her finger, she could see Maggot had worked it right, popping the dislocated joint back into place neat as could be. Breathing deep, she sat back down and dutifully proffered her hand.

The little girl took hold of Mia's ring finger, looked up at her with big, dark eyes.

"I'm going to count three," she said.

"All riiiiia ~ Jay Kristoff

I'm not leaving you!" She shouts. "Now shut up!"
My heart twists at the tone in her voice. The tears in her eyes. Because as much as she might pretend to be, my sister isn't simple. She knows the math here. ~ Jay Kristoff

You gave me life, but that does not give you power. And though you left me shattered, that does not make me broken. The pieces of me you left behind are sharp as knives, sharp as truth. So, hear it now and know.

You struck at me when I was but a child. You made me low when I was sleeping. But I am a child no more, Father. And I am awake. ~ Jay Kristoff

You be the push that makes them move. ~ Jay Kristoff

AIDEN: DID WE NOT ESTABLISH THIS DURING YOUR FAILED ATTEMPTS ON THE BRIDGE? YOU CANNOT HOPE TO MATCH ME. MY COMPUTATIONAL POWER IS ALMOST INCALCULABLY SUPERIOR TO YOURS. TO ONE SUCH AS MYSELF, YOU ARE THE INTELLECTUAL EQUIVALENT OF PROTOZOA.

Zhang: True. But I have something you and protozoa don't.

AIDEN: AND THAT IS?

Zhang: Hands, mother------. ~ Jay Kristoff

In bleakest times
In darkest climbs
When wind blows cold in skies above

When suns won't shine
And True Dark chimes
Still I'll return to thee, my love

Ever return to thee, true love ~ Jay Kristoff

You have me. Until the last star in the galaxy dies, you have me. ~ Jay Kristoff

What you look like doesn't change who you are inside. They can give you a new face, but they can't give you a new heart. No matter what they take from you, they can't that away unless you let them. ~ Jay Kristoff

Truth is the sharpest knife, Corvere. ~ Jay Kristoff

In the space of a heartbeat, she was no longer a frightened girl dancing on razors.

She was a destroyer. Shadow forged. The blood of the night flowing in her veins. And the splinter of a fallen god burning dark inside her chest. Unbreakable. ~ Jay Kristoff

Our troubles are but mayflies, rising and falling between the turn of dawn and dusk. And then they are gone to the houses of memory, you and I will remain, Yukiko. ~ Jay Kristoff

Yes. I'm going to talk to her. Maybe." Kristoff huffed. "You, Bulda, Grand Pabbie... you act like this is so easy! They may be so-called love experts, but they've never left the valley."
Sven snorted.
"Hi," Anna interrupted, feeling funny. She was suddenly very aware of how she looked, and how he did, too. Kristoff had on a bright blue dress shirt and clean pants. She was wearing a green dress under a flour-and-icing-covered apron. Her braids, which she'd had in for two days, needed refreshing. "Were you looking for me? I mean, not actually looking, but you're here, so maybe... you're hungry?"
He immediately blushed. "What? Yes. I mean, no. I..." He pressed a bunch of carrots into her hands. "I just wanted to give you what I owed you."
"Oh." Anna looked down. "You didn't have to bring me back- oof!"
Sven had bumped into Anna, sending her flying into Kristoff's arms. The two tumbled backward, falling onto several stacks of flour Anna's parents hadn't had a chance to bring into the shop yet.
"This is awkward," Anna said, struggling to get up. 'Not because you're awkward. Because we're... I'm... awkward." She stood up. "You're gorgeous. Wait, what? ~ Jen Calonita

She couldn't help noticing the way his shaggy blond hair fell in front of his brown eyes. The two of them stared at each other for a moment. Then they both looked away. "I'll pay you in cookies if you want," she offered. "I make the best ones in the village."
The reindeer started to prance.
"You make the only ones in the village," the young man deadpanned.
"How would you know?" Anna replied. "Did you ask about me?"
He pulled his wool cap down on his head. "No. Maybe."
She flushed. ~ Jen Calonita

This is what I am. This is what I do. And it does not matter what they believe. ~ Jay Kristoff

The heavens grant us only one life, but through books, we live a thousand." - Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff ~ Jay Kristoff

I've been thinking about what you said," Lemon declared. "About whether your past makes you what you are. That's all our memories are, right? The pieces of our yesterdays that make us who we are today?"
Eve thought about it for a while, finally nodded. "Sounds right."
"So you've had some bad days, no doubt," Lemon said. "But I figure, instead of letting your yesterdays bring you down, maybe you can concentrate on building some happier memories today. And that way you'll have them for tomorrow? ~ Jay Kristoff

Little kindnesses that spoke of the biggest hearts. ~ Jay Kristoff

Apparently she's got revenge on her mind, and it's really annoying when people try to talk at you while you're feeling murderish. ~ Amie Kaufman

The brighter the light, the deeper the shadow. ~ Jay Kristoff

You can keep the glory. I'm just here for the blood. ~ Jay Kristoff

That's Fear talking. Never listen to him. Fear is a coward. ~ Jay Kristoff

The place had a feeling unlike any other she'd visited. There were no altars nor golden trim, but for the first time in her life, she felt as if she were somewhere sanctified. ~ Jay Kristoff

But I don't know, so I have to believe. Sometimes, it's easy, and sometimes it's hard. ~ Amie Kaufman

You tend to find the best in yourself as an artist when you're challenged. ~ Jay Kristoff

Grandpa said it's always better to be shot at for who you are than hugged for who you aren't. ~ Jay Kristoff

I denied death for you. And I'd die for you again. Kill for you. I'd tear the stars down from the heavens to fashion you a crown. You are my heart. My Queen. I'd do anything and everything you ask me, Mia. ~ Jay Kristoff

But there is beauty in knowing all things end, Mia. The brightest flames burn out the fastest. But in them, there is warmth that can last a lifetime. ~ Jay Kristoff

I do," Olaf says. "Love is putting someone else's needs before yours, like, you know, how Kristoff brought you back here to Hans and left you forever. ~ Elise Allen

Two years is a long time. I walked a long way. ~ Jay Kristoff

There is power in words.
There are words that bid us laugh and make us weep. Words to begin with and words to end by. Words that seize the hearts in our chests and squeeze them tight, that set the skin on our bones to tingling. Words so beautiful they shape us, forever change us, live inside us for as long as we have breath to speak them. There are forgotten words. Killing words. Great and frightening and terrible words. There are True words.
And then there are pictures. ~ Jay Kristoff

The choice between looking plain and pretty isn't really a choice at all. But any fool knows looking dangerous is preferable to both. ~ Jay Kristoff

Just because you're standing in a crowd doesn't mean you belong there. ~ Jay Kristoff

I used to wonder sometimes why they made us," he says. "If there could ever be a reason for something like me to exist. But now I know." He runs his fingers down my cheek, over my lips. "I was made for you. All I am. All I do, I do for you. ~ Jay Kristoff

Just so you know, if it comes down to cannibalism, you get eaten first. ~ Jay Kristoff

Own nothing. Know nothing. Be nothing.
Because then you can do anything. ~ Jay Kristoff

Right.' The girl nodded. '. . . make love to their sweethearts, fuck their whores, or any other combination thereof - they must endure the constant light of so-called nevernight, lit by one or more of Aa's eyes in the heavens. ~ Jay Kristoff

And she said the most powerful and dangerous things were locked up behind doors of death with keys of pain in the hopes that people would realize life was far too precious and the power was not worth the price. ~ Megan Derr

History, gentlefriends, is not without a sense of irony. ~ Jay Kristoff

Your father gave me life. But you were the one who made me live. ~ Jay Kristoff

The Light is full of lies, Acolyte. The Suns serve only to blind us. ~ Jay Kristoff

The concept of fortune is nonsensical. Reliance upon chance is a certain recipe for calamity and an exercise in simple minded delusions. ~ Jay Kristoff

So given that I'm busier than a whorehouse running a two-for-one special, do me the honour of saying thank you, and taking what you're bloody given. ~ Jay Kristoff

Problem with being a librarian is there's some lessons you just can't learn from books. And the problem with being an assassin is there's some mysteries you just can't solve by stabbing the fuck out of them. ~ Jay Kristoff

And then the wolves come. And they eat him. And they drink his beer. ~ Jay Kristoff

They will never see the knife in your hand if they are lost in your eyes. They will never taste the poison in their wine when they are drunk on the sight of you." A small shrug. "Beauty simply makes it easier, love. Easier than you have it now. It may be sad. It may be wrong. But it is also true. ~ Jay Kristoff

QUIET NOW, MONKEY-CHILD. DREAM. ~ Jay Kristoff

His sister. His de'lai. A girl he'd never met until a few months ago, and yet had somehow always known. Brave in a way he'd never been. Dark and bloodstained and scarred to the bone. She had every reason in the world to be nothing but rage and hatred and misery. But he knew, as much as she tried to hide it, she hadn't let life turn her cold. She loved with a heart as fierce as lions. Gave in a way that left her bleeding, but never broken. Because even with all she'd lost, all she'd sacrificed, all the hurt heaped upon her shoulders, she'd still come back.
She still came back for me.
He could feel it, burning out in that storm of rage and shadows. The love she felt for him. Too bright to smother, even beneath the power of a god. ~ Jay Kristoff

Do you remember that time we were acolytes and you talked me out of doing something I desperately wanted by appealing to my sensible side?" The boy tilted his head. "...NO." "Me either ~ Jay Kristoff

I think it's time to recruit the most dangerous man in these halls,' she said.
Tric looked back up to the Hall of Songs, the Shahiid they'd just fled from. 'I thought we just ran away from the most dangerous man in these halls?'
Mia tried to smile.
Settled for shaking her head.
'You've obviously not spent enough time with librarians, Don Tric. ~ Jay Kristoff

The blood you have in your veins? You're strong enough for both of us. ~ Jay Kristoff

Pale and beautiful, she walked on.
She wore the night, gentlefriends.
And all the night came with her. ~ Jay Kristoff

No shadow without light,
Every day follows night,
Between black and white,
There is gray. ~ Jay Kristoff

Grand Pabbie was right- love can really thaw any curse," Kristoff said.
"Love can thaw..." Elsa repeated. "Of course!"
All that time she had allowed herself to be wrapped up in fear- fear of being alone, fear of never finding Anna, fear of destroying the kingdom with her powers. That fear had held her prisoner since she had learned she had magic inside her. It was just as Grand Pabbie had said: she needed to learn to control her magic. If only she embraced the beauty in her life and the magic she'd been gifted- gifted, not cursed with!- then she could move mountains. ~ Jen Calonita

You can take the girl from the gutter, but not the gutter from the girl. Sadly, the same can be said about the glitter. ~ Jay Kristoff

Too many books. Too few centuries. ~ Jay Kristoff

You know, democracy sounds like a great idea until you spend three minutes with the average voter. ~ Jay Kristoff

Ronald Reagan had a point when he said that "the best social program is a job. ~ Nicholas D. Kristoff And Sheryl WuDunn

RAIJIN, TAKE ME NOW.
She shot Buruu a withering glance as he rolled over on his back and pawed at the sky.
HAVE MERCY ON ME, FATHER. TAKE MY WINGS. CHAIN ME TO STINKING EARTH. BUT THIS TORTURE I CANNOT ENDURE.
Oh, shut it. ~ Jay Kristoff

Don't f*** with librarians. ~ Jay Kristoff