Top 280 Chris Colfer Quotes (2025 Update)
Page 6 of 6

251. “Because if we want a better world, we have to be better than the world,” Madame Weatherberry said.”

— Chris Colfer

252. “But living without a heart means you cannot feel at all,” the Tin Woodman said. “It may spare you from grief, or loneliness, or misery, or longing, or fear – but you do not enjoy, or laugh, or excite, or love. And one who cannot love is just an object.”

— Chris Colfer

253. “Hatred is a choice. Violence is a choice. But someone’s existence is never a choice, or a fault, and it’s certainly not a crime.”

— Chris Colfer

254. “Holly S., Everett, Washington.”

— Chris Colfer

255. “They reached the heart of the kingdom and were completely bewildered by what they saw. It was like they were standing in a gigantic tropical garden with large, colorful flowers of all shapes and species. There were weeping willows over small ponds and vines that grew across the ground and up the trees. There were beautiful bridges over many streams and ponds.”

— Chris Colfer

256. “No one ever changed the world by being beautiful. If you want to make a difference, you can’t let something as trivial as appearance get in your way. A daisy doesn’t need the roses’ permission to bloom – and neither do you.”

— Chris Colfer

257. “Why are you all looking at me like I want to take my pet rock for a walk?” Conner asked.”

— Chris Colfer

258. “Sometimes the best way to prevent a burn is by lighting yourself on fire!”

— Chris Colfer

259. “But we should do what we can, and not torture ourselves over the things we can’t.”

— Chris Colfer

260. “One man may steal because of greed, and another may steal for survival, but they’re both thieves – it doesn’t matter if one has goodness in his heart.”

— Chris Colfer

261. “Then find out what your sword is – find your own advantage – and wear it proudly.”

— Chris Colfer

262. “WORLDS COLLIDE.”

— Chris Colfer

263. “After defeating Ezmia, the evil Enchantress, she had proven herself capable of leading the fairy-tale world – but perhaps she still hadn’t proven it to herself yet.”

— Chris Colfer

264. “Just like they say, “History is invented by those who outdrank the other witnesses.”

— Chris Colfer

265. “You could devote years to doing everything you just said and ‘still’ disappoint people the second you put yourself first. You can’t manage your brother’s happiness any more than I can manage yours. The truth is you’re only responsible for one person and that’s yourself – believe me, I’ve learned that lesson the hard way.”

— Chris Colfer

266. “Alex, get ahold of yourself,” she whispered under her breath. “Just because you’re a fourteen-year-old girl doesn’t mean you need to think like one. He just wants a walk, not marriage.”

— Chris Colfer

267. “Fascinating, isn’t it? I believe the most extraordinary ideas come from children,” the queen said. “If only we all could be so perceptive, we would find the simplest solutions to the greatest problems are right under our noses.”

— Chris Colfer

268. “I’ll be right back,” Bolt said. “I’ve got some monkey business to take care of!” His brothers and sister groaned. “Annnnnd you lost me,” Blaze said. “Less is more,” Morph said.”

— Chris Colfer

269. “With one slip of the tongue, he could emotionally scar a generation of young people for the rest of their lives and trigger a wave of resentment for the rest of his.”

— Chris Colfer

270. “I don’t want to be inconvenienced in exchange for happiness!”

— Chris Colfer

271. “Oppression is a sport for the small-minded. Empathy is the path to true power,” Merlin lectured. “A great leader respects all walks of life; otherwise, life will walk all over them.” “Ain’t that the truth,” Mother Goose agreed. “It’s just like I told my friends during the Boston Tea Party: Tyranny is a revolution’s welcome mat.”

— Chris Colfer

272. “Explorers are quick to claim the places they find, but they don’t.”

— Chris Colfer

273. “Conner gave Alex a dirty look.”

— Chris Colfer

274. “It’s very important a monarch never reveal a pebble in their shoe, for their enemies may turn it into a boulder!”

— Chris Colfer

275. “Ezmia, on behalf of everyone in this room, I apologize for what the world put you through, and I forgive you for all the havoc you caused trying to heal,” Alex said. “I’m sorry your family was killed when you were a little girl. I’m sorry no one was there to comfort you when you had your heart broken over and over again. I’m sorry the fairies never showed you the kindness they showed everyone else. And I’m sorry you felt revenge was the only way you could piece yourself together again.”

— Chris Colfer

276. “That is the last time you will ever lay hands on me,” Brystal said. “And don’t you dare address me as daughter. You’re no father of mine.”

— Chris Colfer

277. “If we let one experience destroy our faith in an entire species, then we’re no better than the people who hurt us.”

— Chris Colfer

278. “I know part of you still hates yourself for being different! Part of you still lives in fear of the truth! Part of you still believes you don’t deserve to exist! And part of you still believes you’ll never be loved for who you are! I know how you feel, because we all feel that way!”

— Chris Colfer

279. “Because an invisible butler and a goat led me to a pumpkin in a witch’s closest!”

— Chris Colfer

280. “You can restore all the bottled youth, beauty, and stamina to their rightful owners”, the frog man explained. “It won’t change how you look, but it will change how you look at yourself. From then on, every time you pass a mirror and see your reflection, you won’t see a hideous monster; you’ll see a woman who chose to help others instead of helping herself. And anyone who looks into a mirror and sees Who they are, over What they are – well, it’s impossible to curse someone like that.”

— Chris Colfer

281. “The approving roar was so loud it actually knocked a man off the windowsill he sat on.”

— Chris Colfer

282. “What if every story ever told was just a realm waiting to be discovered.”

— Chris Colfer

283. “Only in absolute silence could he simply exist and not be reminded of who and what he was, or according to his critics, who and what he wasn’t. But finding a space that wasn’t dominated by the commotion of a television set, the rapid clicks of paparazzi cameras, or the murmuring of a hungry crowd was very rare.”

— Chris Colfer

284. “She wasn’t going to waste any more time living in fear. She wasn’t going to spend another ounce of energy worrying. She was done with waiting and hoping.”

— Chris Colfer

285. “I had to lose it to realize just how valuable it is.”

— Chris Colfer

286. “I didn’t think Red could write, but she definitely wrote this.”

— Chris Colfer

287. “In truth, the leaders were delighted their people had something besides government to direct their anger toward.”

— Chris Colfer

288. “The trust ‘is’ our there.” Diane corrected him. “But who wants the truth when they have something ‘better’ ti believe in? And with the world in the shape that’s in, who could blame them?”

— Chris Colfer

289. “The Fairy Godmother sat beside him. “You as well,” she said. “You weren’t at home, so I figured I would find you here. Are you having trouble writing this evening?” “Unfortunately so,” Hans said. “Some days words flow through me like the Nile, and other days I’m as dry as the Sahara. I’m afraid you’ve caught me in the middle of a drought, but I’m confident rain shall fall again.” “I have no doubt,” the Fairy Godmother.”

— Chris Colfer

290. “The taller you stand, the less weight you fell. Don’t ever let anything break your spirit.”

— Chris Colfer

291. “When your enemies drag your name through the dirt, you can emerge covered in roses if you look for the flowers hidden in the field.”

— Chris Colfer

292. “Misery is like an animal, it needs food to survive – so starve it.”

— Chris Colfer

293. “We have to take some things for granted every now and then, otherwise we would live life afraid of losing everything.”

— Chris Colfer

294. “The world knows and loves me for a quality I used to hide and hate myself for,” she said. “And even though I know I have nothing to fear or be ashamed of, deep down, I’m still carrying that fear and shame with me. Somewhere along the line, I got so busy changing the world I forgot to change myself with it. And now I think those old feelings are starting to play tricks on me.”

— Chris Colfer

295. “She’s not sailing with a full set of sails, is she?” the captain asked.”

— Chris Colfer

296. “Getting into things is much easier than getting out of them, but I guess that’s life for you.”

— Chris Colfer

297. “The dream came true,” Grandma said. “And it had nothing to do with us. After years and years of being inspired by other dreamers, that person made their own dream come true and probably inspired countless others to do the same. We wouldn’t want to want to live in a world where no one believed in themselves enough to make their own dreams come true.”

— Chris Colfer

298. “If you dislike your looks to the point of hating and harming yourself, I’d say you’re just as cursed and trapped in the mirror as I am.”

— Chris Colfer

299. “It feels just like the time we joined Christopher Columbus’s ship thinking it was a Mediterranean cruise.”

— Chris Colfer