“That the battles are usually in her head does not lessen the bravery of it. The hardest ones always are.”
―
William Ritter,
Jackaby
“I have ceased concerning myself with how things look to others, Abigail Rook. I suggest you do the same. In my experience, others are generally wrong.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“This world is full of dragon-slayers. What we need are a few more people who aren't too proud to listen to a few fish.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“So often,” Jackaby said, “people think that when we arrive at a crossroads, we can choose only one path, but—as I have often and articulately postulated—people are stupid. We’re not walking the path. We are the path. We are all of the roads and all of the intersections. Of course you can choose both.” ― William Ritter, Beastly Bones
“Monsters are easy, Miss Rook. They're monsters. But a monster in a suit? That's basically just a wicked man, and a wicked man is a more dangerous thing by far.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“I wondered which was sadder, leaving someone to cry after you were gone, or not having anyone who would miss you in the first place” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“The only paths you can't travel are the ones you block yourself--so don't let the fear of failure stop you from trying in the first place.” ― William Ritter, Beastly Bones
“Happiness is bliss - but ignorance is anesthetic, and in the face of what's to come, that may be all we can hope for our ill-fated acquaintances.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“I excused myself to go see a duck about a dress.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“Failure is not the opposite of success—it’s a part of it. And as failures go,” he added with a lopsided grin, “this one was really spectacular, wasn’t it?” ― William Ritter, Beastly Bones
“Hell of a sight. She let out a scream and just fell to pieces. Can't say I blame her. Like I said, this sort of thing is not for the female temperament." He directed that last sentiment at me, making eye contact for the first time."I dare say you're right, sir," I conceded, meeting his gaze. "Out of curiosity, though, is there someone whose temperament you do find suited to this sort of thing? I think I would be most unnerved to meet a man who found it pleasant.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“The greatest figures in history are never the ones who avoid failure, but those who march chin-up through countless failures, one after the next, until they come upon the occasional victory.” ― William Ritter, Beastly Bones
“DO NOT STARE AT THE FROG.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“Maybe if you would bother reading a book once in a while instead of hurling them about every chance you get, you would have put the pieces together yourself by now” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“I never found a book that did not have at least a little magic in it” ― William Ritter, The Dire King
“Does this smell like paprika or gunpowder to you?” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“It wasn’t that I did not believe in ghosts; it was that I believed in them in the same noncommittal way that I believed in giant squids or lucky coins or Belgium. They were things that probably existed, but I had never given any occasion to really care one way or another.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“illusions, so many masks and facades. All the world’s a stage, as they say, and I seem to have the only seat in the house with a view behind the curtain.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“This world doesn't need showy champions. It needs people who are good, people who do good, even if nobody will ever know.” ― William Ritter, The Dire King
“I have ceased concerning myself with how things look to others, Abigail Rook. I suggest you do the same. In my experience, others are generally wrong.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“This world is full of dragon-slayers. What we need are a few more people who aren't too proud to listen to a few fish.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“So often,” Jackaby said, “people think that when we arrive at a crossroads, we can choose only one path, but—as I have often and articulately postulated—people are stupid. We’re not walking the path. We are the path. We are all of the roads and all of the intersections. Of course you can choose both.” ― William Ritter, Beastly Bones
“Monsters are easy, Miss Rook. They're monsters. But a monster in a suit? That's basically just a wicked man, and a wicked man is a more dangerous thing by far.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“I wondered which was sadder, leaving someone to cry after you were gone, or not having anyone who would miss you in the first place” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“The only paths you can't travel are the ones you block yourself--so don't let the fear of failure stop you from trying in the first place.” ― William Ritter, Beastly Bones
“Happiness is bliss - but ignorance is anesthetic, and in the face of what's to come, that may be all we can hope for our ill-fated acquaintances.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“I excused myself to go see a duck about a dress.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“Failure is not the opposite of success—it’s a part of it. And as failures go,” he added with a lopsided grin, “this one was really spectacular, wasn’t it?” ― William Ritter, Beastly Bones
“Hell of a sight. She let out a scream and just fell to pieces. Can't say I blame her. Like I said, this sort of thing is not for the female temperament." He directed that last sentiment at me, making eye contact for the first time."I dare say you're right, sir," I conceded, meeting his gaze. "Out of curiosity, though, is there someone whose temperament you do find suited to this sort of thing? I think I would be most unnerved to meet a man who found it pleasant.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“The greatest figures in history are never the ones who avoid failure, but those who march chin-up through countless failures, one after the next, until they come upon the occasional victory.” ― William Ritter, Beastly Bones
“DO NOT STARE AT THE FROG.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“Maybe if you would bother reading a book once in a while instead of hurling them about every chance you get, you would have put the pieces together yourself by now” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“I never found a book that did not have at least a little magic in it” ― William Ritter, The Dire King
“Does this smell like paprika or gunpowder to you?” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“It wasn’t that I did not believe in ghosts; it was that I believed in them in the same noncommittal way that I believed in giant squids or lucky coins or Belgium. They were things that probably existed, but I had never given any occasion to really care one way or another.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“illusions, so many masks and facades. All the world’s a stage, as they say, and I seem to have the only seat in the house with a view behind the curtain.” ― William Ritter, Jackaby
“This world doesn't need showy champions. It needs people who are good, people who do good, even if nobody will ever know.” ― William Ritter, The Dire King
