Top 280 Chris Colfer Quotes (2025 Update)
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201. “Whether I’m in front of the camera, behind the camera, at my computer writing a novel or a screenplay, as long as I get to entertain someone out there, I’m happy.”

— Chris Colfer

202. “Whenever Conner asked them for something he acted like a hyper Chihuahua.”

— Chris Colfer

203. “At what grade do we stop believing in ourselves? At what grade do we stop believing period? I mean, someone has to be a Noble Peace Prize winner, someone has to be a ballerina. Why not us? I can’t be the only one who gets that.”

— Chris Colfer

204. “I really think, without trying to give us credit that we don’t deserve, I really feel like Kurt and Blaine are a modern version of Lucy and Ricky. Oh, I’m Lucy for sure.”

— Chris Colfer

205. “It’s such a shame,” Red said, shaking her head as she searched the ground. “The people you depend on and trust always disappoint you the most.”

— Chris Colfer

206. “Only idiots listen with their eyes. If people don’t hear your words, then shout them. If people silence you, then write your message with fire.”

— Chris Colfer

207. “I’m pretty sure I’m going to fall in my GaGa shoes one night on tour and I’m hoping it becomes a Youtube sensation.”

— Chris Colfer

208. “When you do the right thing, it won’t change how you look, but it will change how you look at yourself.”

— Chris Colfer

209. “The cruelest thing you can do to someone is force them to hurt alone.”

— Chris Colfer

210. “Even if we end up as just friends, I can’t imagine anything worse than not having you in my life. So, I’ll always be here for you, for whatever you need, whenever you need it. It’s as simple as that.”

— Chris Colfer

211. “Jesus,” Cash said. “There isn’t a Taylor Swift song to get you through that one.”

— Chris Colfer

212. “There’s no place like home,” Dorothy.”

— Chris Colfer

213. “Happily ever after isn’t a solution to life’s problems or a guarantee that life will be easy; it’s a promise we make ourselves to always live our best lives, despite whatever circumstance comes our way. When we focus on joy in times of heartbreak, when we choose to laugh on the days it’s hard to smile, and when we count our blessings over our losses – that’s what a true happily ever after is all about.”

— Chris Colfer

214. “Most skeletons in the closet don’t have wings. – Conner Bailey, to Alex Bailey.”

— Chris Colfer

215. “I can’t imagine a greater compliment for an author than making the banned book section.”

— Chris Colfer

216. “Everyone comes out in their own time,” Xanthous said. “We’ve just got to stay patient and positive, and keep letting them know we’ll be here when they’re ready.”

— Chris Colfer

217. “And how characters face the challenges at hand is what makes them heroes.”

— Chris Colfer

218. “There will always be people who are smarter and better writers than you – but what if your story is better than theirs? While experience and education help you become a better storyteller, it doesn’t always help with creativity. Sometimes being a good writer has nothing to do with style or skill, but depends solely on your imagination. Remember, if you have a story in your heart, then you have the right to write it.”

— Chris Colfer

219. “I feel like little bits of my soul are being shipped domestically.”

— Chris Colfer

220. “This world is full of magic if you choose to see it, but it’s a choice I can’t make for you.”

— Chris Colfer

221. “And you don’t have to anymore – none of us do! Stop carrying all that shame around! Stop wanting to change yourself! Stop worrying no one will love the real you! None of us have anything to be ashamed of! None of us have to change anything! And we’ll always love and accept each other! So let go of the hate and fear that other people have instilled in you! Let it go so you never have to feel it again!”

— Chris Colfer

222. “Why do I always get detention for sleeping when it’s ancient Mesopotamia that should be punished for being so boring?”

— Chris Colfer

223. “It takes courage to face a giant, but it takes a true hero to stand up to the world. I guess I wanted to celebrate that by putting it into my own story.”

— Chris Colfer

224. “To know someone’s deepest desires is to risk knowing them more than they want to be known.”

— Chris Colfer

225. “Leave?” their grandmother said, and she made a funny face at them. “Who said anything about leaving?” “Aren’t you dying?” Conner asked her softly. “Isn’t that why you wouldn’t get out of bed?” The Fairy Godmother put her hands on her grandchildren’s faces. “Yes, children, I am dying,” she said. “But what the other fairies didn’t explain is that a fairy never really dies. When a fairy’s time is up, his or her soul simply returns to magic.”

— Chris Colfer

226. “Because I would rather have nothing and a big heart than everything and no heart at all.”

— Chris Colfer

227. “Misery fills the emptiness that hope leaves behind when the world disappoints you.”

— Chris Colfer

228. “Books in your bedroom are like mice in the garden – there’s never just one.”

— Chris Colfer

229. “Sometimes in life you’ve got to make a stand, not for your survival, but for your soul. And sometimes we have to stay and fight, not because we think we’ll win, but because it’s what’s right.”

— Chris Colfer

230. “Mother Goose chuckled to herself. “Jack is nimble, Jack is quick – but Jack can be such a – ” She stopped herself from finishing the thought, perhaps remembering she was talking to thirteen-year-olds. “I think I’ve had enough bubbly for one night. It’s time for bed anyway.”

— Chris Colfer

231. “To fight for love and acceptance is to know love and acceptance. And anyone who actively tries to steal these qualities from others is admitting they’ve never known love at all. The people who want to hate and hurt us are so deprived of compassion they believe the only way to fill the voids in their hearts is to create voids in the hearts of others. So I render them powerless by refusing to accept their voids.”

— Chris Colfer

232. “The students followed Madame Weatherberry down the corridor, but Brystal stayed in her room for a few moments before joining them. Of all the astonishing things she had seen today, nothing was more beautiful than the sight of her very own library.”

— Chris Colfer

233. “A memory is nice for people with good memories, but amnesia can be quite comforting to others.”

— Chris Colfer

234. “As teachers we must not guide our students to be the people we wish them to be but elevate them to become the people they were meant to be. Remember the encouragement we give our students may be the only encouragement they ever receive so don’t use it sparingly.”

— Chris Colfer

235. “What did you learn?!”

— Chris Colfer

236. “Even if you don’t believe it at first, always remember that sometimes the universe has bigger plans for us than we have for ourselves.”

— Chris Colfer

237. “Jack and Jill went up that hill, for a supposed pail of water,” Mother Goose said. “Jack fell down, broke his crown, ’cause Jill pushed him-but no one caught her.”

— Chris Colfer

238. “Promise me you won’t waste the rest of your lives pleasing other people, because if you do, you’ll wake up one day and realize you’ve never really lived. Trust me, you don’t want to learn that lesson the way I did.”

— Chris Colfer

239. “If only fairy tales were real. Somebody could wave a wand and magically make things how they used to be.”

— Chris Colfer

240. “You don’t get there by being perfect; on the contrary, it’s our humanity that guides us. And that’s what fairy tales have been trying to teach us all along.”

— Chris Colfer

241. “Every hurricane seems endless from the center of the storm. That’s why it’s so important to talk to people – getting a different perspective can be just as valuable as finding a solution. Now tell me about the things that are troubling you. I may not solve your problems, but I might change how you feel about them.”

— Chris Colfer

242. “But after being on the run I’ve learned a life spent creating enemies isn’t worth leading. Having allies is the best advantage in the world.”

— Chris Colfer

243. “You’re overexerting yourself, Alex,” the Fairy Godmother told her granddaughter. “You’re only one person. No matter how hard you try, you can’t help everyone. And you’re beginning to learn that some people can’t be helped, not because they’re helpless, but because they don’t want to be helped.”

— Chris Colfer

244. “It doesn’t matter how greatly you’ve been hurt of how much your hurting, it’s what you do with the pain that counts.”

— Chris Colfer

245. “Hate is its own punishment.”

— Chris Colfer

246. “It will only lead to mistakes. Those mistakes will harden you and make you bitter. You’ll start resenting people who have found happiness. You’ll spread misery, hoping it will destroy your own, but it won’t. If you have a chance to validate something within yourself, then do yourself a favor and take that chance.”

— Chris Colfer

247. “Lessons are like stones; the harder and heavier they are, the more they’ll sink in.”

— Chris Colfer

248. “She had the heart of a turkey, the determination of a duck, and the bravery of a goose.”

— Chris Colfer

249. “This world has goblins and fairies but weres an escalator when you need one?”

— Chris Colfer

250. “Walking in a silence that said a thousand words.”

— Chris Colfer