Top 350 Chris Colfer Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “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

252. “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

253. “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

254. “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

255. “Big-Booty Bertha simply turned her backside to any of the sailors charging toward her, and they bounced backward onto the deck.”

— Chris Colfer

256. “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

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

— Chris Colfer

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

— Chris Colfer

259. “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

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

— Chris Colfer

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

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262. “WORLDS COLLIDE.”

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

— Chris Colfer

264. “Thanks to Granny’s bad eyesight, she thought he was an extremely furry infant.”

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

— Chris Colfer

266. “Always let the world inspire and influence you, but never let it discourage you. In fact, the more the world discourages you, the more it needs you. As writers we have the profound privilege and responsibility to create a new world when the current one takes a turn for the worse. Storytellers are more than just entertainers; we’re the shepherds of ideology, the street pavers of progress, and the scientists of the soul.”

— Chris Colfer

267. “Holly S., Everett, Washington.”

— Chris Colfer

268. “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

269. “Always let the world inspire and influence you, but never let it discourage you. In fact, the more the world discourages you, the more it needs you.”

— Chris Colfer

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

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271. “I’ll never be farther than a thought away.”

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272. “And would it kill you to take a bath and cut your dang nails? I thought you were a sloth until you opened your mouth!”

— Chris Colfer

273. “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

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

— Chris Colfer

275. “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

276. “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

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

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278. “Don’t get mad – get even!”

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279. “The only power we have over death is how we choose to define it. Personally, when someone dies, I don’t believe they cease to exist. The people we love the most will always be alive, thanks to the stories we tell and the memories we share. As long as we keep our loved ones in our hearts, their pulse will continue to beat through our own.”

— Chris Colfer

280. “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

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

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282. “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

283. “Being spoiled and greedy is a dangerous combination. Not all of us can manage it as well as I do.”

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

— Chris Colfer

285. “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

286. “Just like the weather, people have seasons, too- we all go through periods of rain and sunshine-but we can’t let a particularly rough winter destroy our faith in the spring, otherwise we’ll always be stuck in the snow.”

— Chris Colfer

287. “Buckinghamshirevilleton.”

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

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

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

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291. “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

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

— Chris Colfer

293. “Love is wonderful, magical, and beautiful, but it can also be maddening, damaging, and dangerous,” she said. “It blinds us more than anything. It makes us selfish, it makes us feel like nothing else matters, and it tricks us into thinking the rest of the world doesn’t exist – but it does exist. Whether you’re on the high or low side of love, the world always moves on.”

— Chris Colfer

294. “I got this delicious bottle of perfume called Fabreze.”

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295. “It took me decades to convince my kingdom that potatoes aren’t poisonous – and people still avoid them in the markets!”

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296. “Well, do you remember the part when we got shot out of the sky? Do you remember that feeling in the pit of your stomach as the ship plummeted toward the earth at hundreds of miles per hour toward a most certain death? That’s what fatherhood is like.” Froggy gulped. “Lovely.”

— Chris Colfer

297. “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

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

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299. “Have your thoughts and feelings been unexplainably negative? Have you been distancing yourself from the people you love? Has every problem seemed impossible to solve? Has your self-confidence been replaced by self-hate and self-scrutiny? Have you convinced yourself that you’re nothing but a failure and that the world would be better off without you?”

— Chris Colfer

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

— Chris Colfer