Top 120 Michael J. Sullivan Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “When you expect nothing from the world – not the light of the sun, the wet of water, nor the air to breathe – everything is a wonder and every moment a gift.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

2. “Sometimes the price of dreams is achieving them.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

3. “When you are so ashamed of your actions, thoughts, or intentions, you lie rather than accepting yourself for who you really are – or, in this case, pretend something happened when it didn’t. The idea of how others see you becomes more important than the reality of you.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

4. “Happiness comes from moving toward something. When you run away, ofttimes you bring your misery with you.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

5. “Slaying dragons, melting witches, and banishing demons is all fun and games until someone loses a sidekick – then it’s personal. The bad guy isn’t just the “bad guy” anymore, he’s the BAD GUY!”

— Michael J. Sullivan

6. “Each killing steals a bit of humanity until a murderer is nothing more than an animal. A hunger replaces the spirit. A want for what was lost, but as with innocence, the soul can never be replaced. Joy, love, and peace flee such a vessel and in their stead blooms a desire for blood and death.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

7. “One truth doesn’t refute another. Truth doesn’t lie in the object, but in how we see it.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

8. “People are afraid of what they do not understand.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

9. “Power rises to the top like cream and dominates the weak with cruelty disguised as – and often even believed to be – benevolence.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

10. “The idea of how others see you becomes more important than the reality of you.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

11. “If this hast been done to language, I fear to know the fate of all else.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

12. “Losing leaves a bitter taste that lingers long after the sweetness of victory has been forgotten.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

13. “I didn’t want you to leave.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

14. “Troublemakers in times of peace become heroes in times of trouble.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

15. “Shall we, partner?” “See you on the other side, pal.” Hadrian threw his arms around the thief and, surprisingly, felt Royce hug him back. With one final smile, Royce pushed open the door and disappeared into the darkness of the Vault of Days.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

16. “I think comfort can be a curse, an addiction that without warning or notice erodes hope.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

17. “Although men were strong like rocks, any stone could crack. Women were more like water. They nurtured life and could shape the hardest granite through unrelenting determination.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

18. “Most people never come near their true love, or if they do, it’s one sided. That is perhaps more tragic than never finding love at all. To know joy lies forever just beyond your reach – in a way, it’s a kind of torture.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

19. “Education is never without cost; all the truly valuable lessons leave a scar.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

20. “Life is only precious if you wish it to be.’ I look at it like the last bite of a wonderful meal – do you enjoy it, or does the knowledge that there is no more to follow make it so bitter that you would ruin the experience?”

— Michael J. Sullivan

21. “My father taught me that a man is only your enemy until he falls.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

22. “Hadrian leapt to his feet. Royce was already up. “Don’t bother,” Esrahaddon told them. “She’s dead, and there’s nothing you can do. The monster cannot be harmed by your weapons. It – ” The two were out the door.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

23. “As they climbed into their saddles, Myron bowed his head and muttered a soft prayer. “There,” Hadrian told Royce, “we’ve got Maribor on our side. Now you can relax.” “Actually,” Myron said sheepishly, “I was praying for the horses. But I will pray for you as well,” he added hastily.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

24. “But everyone believes in something, you know? And what we choose to believe in says a lot – not only about the kind of people we are, but about the kind of people we want to be, and the kind of world we want to live in.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

25. “I’ll never understand what it is about religion that causes otherwise sensible people to believe in fairy tales.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

26. “The real struggle is in your own mind. You must know you are going to win before you start the fight. You have to see it, smell it, and believe it utterly. It is a form of confidence, but you must guard against overconfidence. You have to be flexible – able to adapt in an instant and never allow yourself to give up. Without this, nothing else is possible.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

27. “Go out into the world and live each day to the fullest. Be adventurous. Be reckless. Defy everyone. Then when your last day finally comes, you can take solace in a life well lived and regret nothing.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

28. “When the dead betray the living, the victims are memories. – The Book of Brin.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

29. “They’ll probably gang up on you this time.” “Lovely! Any advice?” “Pray.” “Which god?” “All of them.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

30. “I hate dwarves.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

31. “Were you really that powerful before?” Esrahaddon showed him a wicked smile. “Oh, my dear boy, you couldn’t begin to imagine.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

32. “Arcadius was nothing but an old hack, what Cenzars used to refer to as a faquin, an elven term for the most inept magician – knowledge without talent.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

33. “Always remember that the tales of another are never as wondrous as your own.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

34. “Stained upon my hands, the blood of innocents brands my soul with such a crime forgiveness gapes appalled.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

35. “That’s what a good wife does, keeps your dreams alive even when you don’t believe anymore.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

36. “The smallest of the children fascinated Myron, and he watched them in amazement. They were like short drunk people, loud and usually dirty, but all were surprisingly cute and looked at him in much the same way that he looked at them.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

37. “I swear, the reason for full moons is so the gods can more clearly see the mischief they create.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

38. “Rivers age as they go downstream,” Suri told Raithe while they looked at the disagreeable gorge. “That’s what Tura once told me. They start out as tiny trickles, then in their youth and adolescence are like this, boundless energy throwing themselves heedless against unmovable rocks. Then they usually fall. Sometimes it’s a series of tumbles and sometimes one great plummet, but hitting bottom usually takes the fight out of most rivers.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

39. “We have but the roads that lie before our feet, and all too often our choices are limited to walking or standing still. And standing still gets us nowhere.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

40. “So,” Royce said, “you want us to escape from this prison, kidnap the king, cross the countryside with him in tow while dodging soldiers who I assume might not accept our side of the story, and go to another secret prison so that he can visit an inmate?”

— Michael J. Sullivan

41. “Myron took the moment to sit down on the stone bench behind him and whispered to Hadrian, “You were right. Life outside the abbey is much more exciting than books.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

42. “How many tears must we weep? How loud must we cry? How many farewells must we say, for the dead to hear goodbye?”

— Michael J. Sullivan

43. “A wise man once told me no man can escape death, but it’s how we run that defines us. And if I have to run, I think I’d like to go where she’s going.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

44. “Fear made all the difference between rational and insane and could even masquerade one for the other.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

45. “The God Killer is the Coppersword’s favorite son. His secret treasure.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

46. “More valuable than gold, more precious than life, is mercy bestowed upon he who hast not known its soft kiss.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

47. “How terrible it must be to give up your life when you’ve never taken the chance to live it. How cheated you must feel, like losing a coin before spending it. To what can you hang on to and feel pride? Nothing. – Mauvin on lack of Nobility.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

48. “Spring had let go of Winter’s hand and was reaching out to Summer.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

49. “Hadrian was disappointed that she never came to his room, and he, in turn, never visited hers.”

— Michael J. Sullivan

50. “Royce hated keeping secrets from Hadrian, and it weighed heavily on his conscience, which was amazing, because he had never known he had one. Royce defined right and wrong by the moment. Right was what was best for him – wrong was everything else.”

— Michael J. Sullivan