Laurie R. King Quotes

They say the average person can't make a living in art... but if you tell me there's something I can't do, that's what I have to do.

I love doing a lot of things I'm told I can't do. I think that's what drives me and keeps me awake every day.

When you love a problem, its contours, obstacles and resistances are all just part of its character.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

There are so many people telling you no, but if you love what you do, no one can stop you.

There were 100 intellectual reasons not to pursue 'Wicked.' There were times where it was very challenging, where the mind said, 'This is maybe too challenging,' but the heart willed it. The heart willed it to succeed.

Never give up on something you love

Nothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something's impossible.

The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight. The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You.

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.

To the dear eye and eloquent tongue, to the soul made of fire, and the character that bends but does not break... I am ever tender and true.

If you only walk on sunny days you'll never reach your destination.

Do you have the courage for it? Do you have the love? If you have enough of one, you will develop the other.

You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire.

If you want to be successful in a particular field or endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities. It's very important that you find something that you care about, that you have a deep passion for, because you're going to have to devote a lot of your life to it.

We know how rough the road will be, how heavy here the load will be, we know about the barricades that wait along the track, but we have set our soul ahead upon a certain goal ahead and nothing left from hell to sky shall ever turn us back.

All worthwhile endeavors are 90% work and 10% love, and only the love should show.

Oh, Claire, ye do break my heart wi' loving you.

A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does

He shrugged. "I was...thinking." "About what?" "The fires of purgatory." She had to sit down. He wasn't making any sense now. "What does that mean?" she asked. "Patrick told me he would walk through the fires of purgatory if he had to in order to please his wife." She went over to the bed and sat down on the side. "And?" she prodded when he didn't continue. He stripped out of his clothing and walked over to her. He pulled her to her feet and stared down to her. "And I have only just realized I would do the same for you.

Every obstacle is destroyed through rigor.

Water its living strength first shows, When obstacles its course oppose.

The fire of purpose easily melts the icicles of obstacles.

I'm going to be on a mission. I've handled my personal vendettas and handled them well. Every challenge you put in front of me, I've handled it, dismantled it - ate them, dropped them off in the bathroom and flushed them away.

But I will win and give her my spirit, because this is the way a mother loves her daughter. -Ying Ying