Comeback Quotes

“Where will we go?"
"I hear hell is particularly nice at this time of year.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“Sometimes loneliness makes the loudest noise.”
― Aaron Ben-Ze'ev

“-Oh yes? Can you identify yourself?
-Certainly. I'd know me anywhere.”
― Terry Pratchett, Maskerade

“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. Thats the essence of it.”
― Vince Lombardi

“You know, you're rather amusingly wrong.”
― Terry Pratchett, Maskerade

“If you expect me to believe that a lawyer wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream, I must be dafter than I look.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair

“I felt my cheeks turn red, and she laughed out loud. But I didn't mind too much, because the last thing she saw was my middle finger aimed in her direction as I stepped outside”
― Jessica Verday, The Hollow

“What trouble have you brought to my doorstep, Beka?" she asked.
"I don't see where blaming me for things that began months ago will be useful," I replied.”
― Tamora Pierce, Bloodhound

“And it's really very difficult to kill someone when all your inner instincts would oblige you to take off your hat first!”
― Susan Kay, Phantom

“This is an Aston Martin, Gin.You don't run over dead bodies in an Aston Matin."
"Tell that to James Bond”
― Jennifer Estep, Web of Lies

“When this is done, Jerkface, I will hold your tarnished and melted pin up as my trophy as your smoldering ship marks your pyre, and the final resting place of your crushed and broken corpse!"
- Spensa, pg. 64”
― Brandon Sanderson, Skyward

“Lepida, has anyone ever told you that you're a cruel spiteful selfish slut?...You're vicious. You're unprincipled. You mistreat your slaves and abuse your daughter. And furthermore you're the worst, most neglectful, most criminal wife in Rome. I think we can go now.”
― Kate Quinn, Mistress of Rome

“Captain Billings," he drawled finally, "if you will pardon my candor, I might remark that you are something of an ass, don't you know.”
― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

“She already told me that she doesn't have to be nice, so why do I? Because my mother raised me right? That's why wolves always win. Because the rest of us mind our manners and get devoured for our efforts.”
― Sheryl J. Anderson, Killer Cocktail

“And I’m stubborn, if you want absolute obedience, get a Labrador.”
― Suzanne Wright, Feral Sins

“My story is filled with broken pieces, terrible choices, and ugly truths. It’s also filled with a major comeback, peace in my soul and a grace that saved my life.”
― Kathy Browne

“People in France have a phrase: "Spirit of the Stairway." In French, Esprit d'Escalier. It means that moment when you find the answer but it's too late. Say you're at a party and someone insults you. You have to say something. So, under pressure, with everybody watching, you say something lame. But the moment you leave the party...”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

“There is no linear way out of grief, and life after loss is not an event with a finish line. While you may notice recurring themes or experiences in your grief, they don’t always appear in order, and they don’t always make sense
to your brain. Grief is more like a zigzagging mountain trail than a line on a graph. It’s a mix of uphill and downhill paths, with some switchbacks tossed in for good measure. Know that it’s okay to feel like you’re “back at square one,” because in grief, there are no squares at all.”
― Shelby Forsythia, Your Grief, Your Way: A Year of Practical Guidance and Comfort After Loss

“Wait, sweetheart, you're not gonna card me?" He looked, bright eyed, at his table mates to join in the joke. "What, do I look old or something?"
She'd dealt with this before. "No, you look honest."
The guy to his left- this time central casting's Joseph (as in Jesus, Mary, and)- slapped his back and crowed at her response. "You thought you had her! She got you good, buddy!”
― Beth Harbison, The Cookbook Club: A Novel of Food and Friendship

“It’s not an airport. You don’t have to announce your departure.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Paid Bridesmaid

“You may command the sky,' the horned man in the golden scale mail returns. 'But alas, we are here on the ground.”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“I learnt lessons at every step of life,
COVID-19 pandemic was the examination & Innovation will be the new normal.”
― Omkar More

“You look like a little thundercloud hovering in the middle of a field of sunshine."

I bit back a sigh and faced Kalen. "Im flattered you made all this effort to keep the thundercloud company.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

“The Shining Twins move in closer.
"I admired you at the family dinner," one says.
"I wish I could eat like you," the other says.
Whoa. Shots fired. Still, I smile sweetly for the camera. Flash. I turn slightly left. This twin has a little mole beneath her eye, a beauty mark. "I bet I could make you." I say it loud enough for both to hear.”
― Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After

“You've delivered your message. I have no big of doggerel to send back- my own fault for having a seneschal who cannot double as my Court Poet- but I will be sure to crumple up some paper and drop it into the water when I do.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“If I am to be a cat, let me give you a scratch.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“Tomorrow does not need to be yesterday’s red-headed stepchild. Rather, it can be tomorrow’s red-hot comeback.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“This drive contains footage of you at a three-day orgy?' Hunt demanded.

'Let me know if it gets you hot and bothered, Athalar.' The Viper Queen took another hit of the cigarette. Her green eyes drifted toward his lap. 'I hear you're one Hel of a ride when you pause the brooding long enough.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“You smell like trash.'

'Thanks. It's a new cologne I'm trying out.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Sky and Breath

“Bryce wiggled her nails at the rebel. 'If I'm going to associate with losers like you, I might as well look good doing it.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Sky and Breath