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title: "3 Clay Quotes By Rick Yancey"
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> [What doesn't kill us sharpens us. Hardens us. Schools us. You're beating plowshares into swords, Vosch. You are remaking us. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/what-doesn-t-kill-us-sharpens-us-hardens-us-schools-us-you-re-beating/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/rick-yancey-831_clay_what-doesn-t-kill-us-sharpens-us-hardens_188228.jpg)

> [We are the clay, and you are Michelangelo. And we will be your masterpiece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/we-are-the-clay-and-you-are-michelangelo-and-we-will-be-your/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9a/rick-yancey-831_clay_we-are-the-clay-and-you-are-michelangelo_422809.jpg)

> [You are the human clay," Vosch whispers fiercely in my ear. "And I am Michelangelo. I am the master builder, and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/you-are-the-human-clay-vosch-whispers-fiercely-in-my-ear-and-i-am/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/818/rick-yancey-831_builder_you-are-the-human-clay-vosch-whispers-fi_965319.jpg)

## Other authors on Clay

## More by Rick Yancey

> [“Don't you get it yet? The minute we decide that one person doesn't matter anymore, they've won."..."Beneath a sky crowded with a billion stars.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/don-t-you-get-it-yet-the-minute-we-decide-that-one-person-doesn-t/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [The way we learn to write is the way we learn to talk: We listen to others and start mimicking speech, and that's how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/the-way-we-learn-to-write-is-the-way-we-learn-to-talk-we-listen-to/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [I have a very low tolerance for boredom and often think I would have missed out on books entirely if Id grown up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/i-have-a-very-low-tolerance-for-boredom-and-often-think-i-would-have/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [There are things that are too terrible to remember, and there are things that are almost too wonderful to recall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/there-are-things-that-are-too-terrible-to-remember-and-there-are/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [I've loved sci-fi and speculative fiction since I was a kid. It was inevitable I'd try my hand at it at some point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/i-ve-loved-sci-fi-and-speculative-fiction-since-i-was-a-kid-it-was/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [“I can’t leave him. I made a promise.” I start to explain it, but I don’t even know how to begin. How do I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/i-can-t-leave-him-i-made-a-promise-i-start-to-explain-it-but-i-don-t/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [“That's my big problem. That's it! Before the Arrival,guys like Evan Walker never looked twice at me, much less shot wild game for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/that-s-my-big-problem-that-s-it-before-the-arrival-guys-like-evan/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [I'm one, too," he said. "What?" He spit a wad of blood and mucus into the dirt. "A virgin." What a shock. "What makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/i-m-one-too-he-said-what-he-spit-a-wad-of-blood-and-mucus-into-the/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [Good God, man, what is that smell?" He eyed with disgust the doctor's filthy cloak. "Life," answered the doctor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/good-god-man-what-is-that-smell-he-eyed-with-disgust-the-doctor-s/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [“He drops into the room, landing on the balls of his feet like a cat. I'm in his arms in the time it takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/he-drops-into-the-room-landing-on-the-balls-of-his-feet-like-a-cat-i/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [“All things do happen for a reason... . Is this not the foundation of our faith? You are here-all of us-because we are but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/all-things-do-happen-for-a-reason-is-this-not-the-foundation-of-our/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [“Her raised his face to the weeping sky, closed his dark eyes, and sighed deeply, a smile playing on his sensuous lips. "The bloody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/her-raised-his-face-to-the-weeping-sky-closed-his-dark-eyes-and/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [To hold on, you have to find something you’re willing to die for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/to-hold-on-you-have-to-find-something-you-re-willing-to-die-for/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [I brought Sammy inside and put him to bed. Said his prayer with him. “‘Now I lay me down to sleep…’” To me, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/i-brought-sammy-inside-and-put-him-to-bed-said-his-prayer-with-him/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [A moment comes in war when the last line must be crossed. The line that separates what you hold dear from what total war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/a-moment-comes-in-war-when-the-last-line-must-be-crossed-the-line/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

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