Immortal Sue Lynn Tan Quotes

If you keep yearning for all beyond your reach, you'll end up wasting a lot of time, blinding yourself to the good that's here.

Being good and being brave are not the same. A compassionate coward can inflict as much damage as any villain.

Life is not fair. We cannot help how the dice fall, but it’s our choice whether to keep playing.

When your days are dark, you forget the existence of dawn.

Welcome back, my beloved.

Heroes are not born but made through their choices. One could be given the greatest gifts of the world and choose to do nothing with them. Or someone with nothing could forge their way to the pinnacle of power. Whether mortal or immortal, our destiny is in our hands.

Some walls were built by others, while some were of our own making. The hardest to escape were those we chose to remain behind of our own will.

Daughter, you are mortal-born, yet immortality flows in your veins. Your home should be here, yet you live on the moon. You, more than anyone, should have learned that nothing is impossible.

There were also quieter moments of simple companionship, the kind when your soul is at peace, when your heart is whole. When you want nothing more from life . . . content to simply exist. This was how I felt when he was with me.

It doesn't matter how often you love, but how well.

Where you go, I go," he whispered into my ear. "Now, and always.

Life was not about right or wrong but finding our own way, learning what made us happy, what filled our lives - instead of looking to others for it.

For that is the real meaning of loneliness, being unable to share your mind and heart freely with another without the fear of being judged or found wanting, or that they might seek to use you.

How rare are such times, even in an immortal life? When happiness is absolute, silencing the constant murmurs preying upon us. With

His Celestial Majesty had taken enough from my family: my father’s immortality, my mother’s freedom, and now our home.

We were both hovering on the brink, neither willing to fall first . . . or were we just waiting for a reason to?

What were we now? What was he to me? I no longer knew, just that this moment felt real, precious . . . and, weak creature that I was, I did not want it to end.

Dawn will be dark without you

Tradition and history should be a guide but not a yoke. If something was wrong, the past was not a reason to keep it so.

Wait for me. Find me,” I had told him. “No matter where I am or who I become, my heart will always be yours.

A bad trade.” “No trade is bad between us.” He tucked a lock of hair behind my ear. “With you, it doesn’t matter whether I win or lose.

Hope possessed a magic of its own-- rare to manifest, yet wresting miracles within one's reach.

Life is often a chain of small events with large consequences," Zhangwei said. "We can never predict any outcome.

If I didn't have the lotus, would it be different?" I demanded. "No," he said at once, light flaring in his eyes. "Because I'll always need you to live.

Those who have enough often forget those in need - not because they're unkind - but because it makes them uneasy, evoking guilt that they have so much while others, nothing. Life is inherently unfair.

There were also quieter moments of simple companionship, the kind when your soul is at peace, when your heart is whole. When you want nothing more from life... content to simply exist. This was how I felt when he was with me.

Time to an immortal was as rain to the boundless ocean.

Whatever lay between us, even if it was real—it was not meant to last. And no matter the temptation, I would never trade my kingdom for my heart.

He said things sometimes that I didn’t entirely understand, that reached deeper than I wished—that I was afraid to examine.

As a breeze darted through the window, I shivered. “Are you cold?” I asked. His eyes flicked to mine. “With you, I am warm.

He was still staring at me, a slow smile spreading across his lips. “Have you looked your fill?

Watch your tongue. By offending her, you offend me too—and I am not as tolerant.

I wanted to be more to him than a season in the span of his existence.

Such madness, yet why did it feel so right?

Lies were easier than the truth; they protected us, while the truth reached to where it hurt the most... to where there was more to lose.

At last I had learned one of life's elusive mysteries, that the true meaning of eternity lay not in the endless years but in having someone to share them with.

Tell me who proposed a groom, and I’ll silence them on your behalf.

You are more than your face, more than your name. With you, I am whole.

At least I have the tears.” His gaze was startlingly bright. “But I’ll take a curse from you any day, over praise from any other.

Something forced will never be as strong as that which was earned,” I countered.

All around were wooden shelves crammed with books and scrolls, each promising a safe escape to magical realms, a glimpse into the mysteries of our world, excitement and wonder in their pages. This was wealth.

Heroes are not born but made through their choices. One could be given the greatest gifts in the world and choose to do nothing with them. Or someone with nothing could forge their way to the pinnacle of power. Whether mortal or immortal, our destiny is in our hands.

As a child, my mother had cautioned me against looking directly at the sun, telling me the brightness of its glare could blind me. Perhaps it was something her own mother had told her. While it might be true for mortals, I now doubted such a thing could harm an immortal's sight. Still, her warning stuck - whenever I saw the fiery orb in the sky I would instinctively turn or shield myself. Today, I had finally dared to gaze at the sun, allowing its radiance to blaze through me unhindered, spilling through my veins until I was aglow. Never did I imagine such luminous joy existed, and never again would I be content to remain in the shadows.

How rare are such times, even in an immortal life? When happiness is absolute, silencing the constant murmurs preying upon us.

My father’s dream is to overthrow the Celestial Kingdom. His hatred of the emperor runs deep. For vilifying our magic and turning the Immortal Realm against us. For those we lost in the war. But we could not break the truce; we were not strong enough to defeat them and their allies.

You were fortunate before, to have been imprisoned here in comfort for stealing your husband’s Elixir of Immortality. You escaped the lightning whip and the flaming rod then. But that will change if we discover you’re engaging in further deceit. Confess now and we might be merciful,” she lashed out, shattering the tranquility of our home.

Now that it was over, pity sparked in me at the thought of Lady Hualing’s fate, a tragic end to such an illustrious immortal. I recalled my mother, too, pining away for my father—living half her life in shadow, buried in memories and regret. No, I would not choose as they had done. I would not yearn after what had been lost, impossible to regain. I would look to the days ahead, to the happiness which awaited me there . . . if only I were brave and steadfast enough to reach for it.

Ignorance often makes cowards of us.

To be in power was to have a constant light shone over you. While it glittered from afar, any flaws or mistakes were magnified tenfold.

There are lies of necessity and those of malice. Those you choose to tell will define your character.

Knowledge is one of the greatest weapons...Arm yourself well, for there are times words can reach where a sword cannot.

Words could be treacherous, as slippery as the riverbank, where one misplaced step could plunge you into waters too deep. Once spoken, they could not be forgotten, imbued with an unpredictable power that blurred fantasy and reality, spinning lies into truth.

Violence should never be the first answer.

Maybe the best things in life had no reason and we should just cherish them as the gift they were.

Failing is an essential part of learning. Each time you’re beaten or outmaneuvered, study why, learn the signs—you won’t be as easily defeated next time.

There is no greater gift. The happiness of a mortal is incandescent. A shame it is so fleeting—though maybe that is why it’s so precious, so perfect, in the moment it exists.

With you, it doesn’t matter whether I win or lose.” - God of War

You are more than your face, more than your name. With you, I am whole.” - God of War