Horizons Quotes Novels & Stories

The horizon fractured violently— Not vertically. Not horizontally. Radially. From them. And for the first time— The older presence hesitated.

And so it endured. Brighter with every dawn. Deeper with every song. Endless across every horizon. Forever.

He and I turn red in embarrassment, but nonetheless, he turns to me and wimnks an eye with a bright smile. I giggle, glancing at the quotes and sure of who wrote them. I silently turn my body to see him. The smile on my face making him turn red as he averts his sight between me and the teacher. He clears his throat and runs his hands against the side of his pants. "Ahem! Of course." He sighs and stands straight to read out loud. "No matter what happens, enjoy life because you only get one and it doesn't last long. . . . .-Epicurus." He smirks and squints his eye at me, making me roll my eyes and turn to face him.

She shared the fact that the only reason she knew the obscure quote was through Bo, who at times would find other people words easier than his own. “The universe may forget us, but our light will brighten the darkness for eons after we’ve departed this world.” It was a repetitive quote, Oscar took a deep breath. “The universe may forget us, but it can’t forget us until we’re gone and we’re still here, our futures still unwritten.” Oscar could not remember the rest of the words, but he could see their effect on Bo. The taller man calms, his breathing moving at a steady pace through slightly parted lips.

His cold eyes remained, yet his lips slowly curved into a devilish smirk. Let's see if you can still say those words at our next meeting, Vestian. "Whoever fights with monster should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster and if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you," Celestin stated a quote out of the blue. "Remember my favorite quote I used to tell you, father?" "What the heck are you talking about, you futile child?"

“I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of Men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! “ “Is he seriously quoting The Lord Of The Rings: The Return of the King right now?” Alex asks the table, but his mate shushes him. “I picked up on the three different Game of Thrones quotes, myself,” Lumi tells his son. “I caught one or two of those as well,” Chad says with a chuckle. “So he is quoting movies, books, and tv shows to us to what? Get us in some kind of fight

Demi said. "I know," Nora said. "I'm not trying to. I'm just honest about the fact that the horizon keeps moving." Demi held the evening. "Nora," she said. "Yes." "You've been moving toward this your whole life," she said. "Saturday mornings in a library, texts nobody else was reading, a language nobody around you was learning. You were preparing for something specific without knowing what it was." She held her gaze. "The horizon moving isn't frightening. It's just how big the thing you've been walking toward actually is."

The horizon stretched infinitely outward now. Across worlds. Across generations. Across possibilities beyond counting. And somewhere beyond all of them— new questions waited. Humanity would never reach the end of them. That was the gift. And the responsibility. To remain unfinished forever.

And for the first time in their lives, the horizon was not an end point, but a beginning. ----

I asked, memorizing his face. “I like seeing the world come up new.” He nodded, his eyes going to the horizon and waiting there for something to happen. “The light washes everything and gives a fresh start. It's the end of the dark.” He dropped his eyes back from the horizon to look at me. “It's the one time of day that I feel like anything is possible.”