13 Best Quotes from the hit fantasy series, Shadow And Bone

Darkness is really frightening to most people. We, as humans, are only comfortable with the things that we are certain of. Uncertainties frighten us because we lose our sense of control.

Sometimes, there is no choice for you to turn back. Sometimes, you will have to gather the courage and make your way through. Face the challenges head-on because that is the only way out.

Sometimes you need to be lost to find your way forward. You need to be able to wander in places unknown to come close to understanding who you really are. It’s not something that you should be afraid of.

People always look for someone to put the blame on. Not everyone has the courage to accept their mistakes. Instead, they’ll look for people they can blame to hide their own incompetence.

Sometimes, we end up missing the person who we thought meant nothing to us. You never know how much you love someone until you lose. We are so preoccupied with other mundane things in our life that we rarely ever give it any thought. And by the time we do realize it, it’ll be too late.

Our desires make us weak. Wanting something makes you vulnerable. When you really love someone you run the risk of loss and grief. It blinds your vision from the things that really matter.

Humans are inherently greedy. Their greed knows no bounds. Our desire to have more and more never subsides. And if we cannot control our greed, we will eventually end up destroying everything around us and ourselves too. We will find no peace till we learn to be content.

Learn to accept your true self. You do not have to fight your own self and try to be something that you are not. No matter what others say, you deserve to be happy being yourself. You do not have to change and suppress your true self.

Maybe love is nothing but a way for us to pull ourselves out of despair and keep us from the loneliness that this life entails. And that’s what makes love so important in life. Maybe it’s nothing more than just an imaginary superstition, but it’s just as important in life.

You need to face your fears if you wish to overcome them. No matter how dark your fears are, you need to stand before them unflinching. Only then can you build up your courage.

Life is not always what you plan it to be. Sometimes, the people who you thought will always be with you will be the first to leave. You cannot always predict what path life has for you.

Just yielding power is not of any use. You need to be able to control it. You need to know how to use it and what to use it for. Power in the hands of the uninformed will only be destructive.

We all have our dirty little secrets that we hide in our closets. There are things that we would rather keep buried away than let others know, mainly because that will destroy the facade that we have put up.