--- title: "12 Thinking Quotes By Maria V. Snyder" description: "12 Thinking quotes by Maria V. Snyder. Plus more from Maria V. Snyder and more Thinking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/maria-v-snyder-1261_abandon_they-actually-think-i-would-abandon-the_3220709.png" --- > [They actually think I would abandon the Commander. they have no concept of loyalty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/they-actually-think-i-would-abandon-the-commander-they-have-no/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/maria-v-snyder-1261_abandon_they-actually-think-i-would-abandon-the_3220709.png) > [I'd wish you luck, but I don't think it would help," "Why not?" "My lady, you make your own luck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/i-d-wish-you-luck-but-i-don-t-think-it-would-help-why-not-my-lady-you/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/maria-v-snyder-1261_helping_i-d-wish-you-luck-but-i-don-t-think-it-w_1425210.png) > [It had been wishful thinking, plain and simple, dangerous for me to indulge in. Hope, happiness and freedom were not in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/it-had-been-wishful-thinking-plain-and-simple-dangerous-for-me-to/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/maria-v-snyder-1261_dangerous_it-had-been-wishful-thinking-plain-and-s_2549558.png) > [Valek leaned back in his chair and said to me, “I don’t think I would have made it past the audition,Yelena. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/valek-leaned-back-in-his-chair-and-said-to-me-i-don-t-think-i-would/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/maria-v-snyder-1261_art_valek-leaned-back-in-his-chair-and-said_2473990.png) > [Besides, thinking kind thoughts about Valek could be extremely dangerous. I could admire his skills, and be relieved when he was on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/besides-thinking-kind-thoughts-about-valek-could-be-extremely/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/maria-v-snyder-1261_admire_besides-thinking-kind-thoughts-about-val_2095316.png) > [At first, it feels as if she has vanished forever, and all traces are destroyed. But later, when the pain of loss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/at-first-it-feels-as-if-she-has-vanished-forever-and-all-traces-are/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/216/maria-v-snyder-1261_feelings_at-first-it-feels-as-if-she-has-vanished_287619.jpg) > [Skewer is just too vague. I think if you say, ’Stand back or I’ll stab him in the stomach,’ then I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/skewer-is-just-too-vague-i-think-if-you-say-stand-back-or-i-ll-stab/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bd/maria-v-snyder-1261_body_skewer-is-just-too-vague-i-think-if-you_1909506.png) > [Nothing says you care for me better than offering to torture my enemies." He grinned. "No sense doing things halfhearted. And to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/nothing-says-you-care-for-me-better-than-offering-to-torture-my/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/maria-v-snyder-1261_care_nothing-says-you-care-for-me-better-than_1212438.png) > [No. I took this job in self-defense. Quain burns everything. Belen thinks jerky is all we need to survive. Flea's idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/no-i-took-this-job-in-self-defense-quain-burns-everything-belen/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/maria-v-snyder-1261_defense_no-i-took-this-job-in-self-defense-quain_198573.png) > [Back so soon?" he asked. "Too bad. I was just about to organize a search for your dead body. What happened when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/back-so-soon-he-asked-too-bad-i-was-just-about-to-organize-a-search/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/maria-v-snyder-1261_asked_back-so-soon-he-asked-too-bad-i-was-just_3007111.png) > [The others had taken Valek's return in stride, although Janco made a comment about Valek's lack of hair. "You ever notice how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/the-others-had-taken-valek-s-return-in-stride-although-janco-made-a/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/maria-v-snyder-1261_comment_the-others-had-taken-valek-s-return-in-s_1426129.png) > [I want you to have this.” He extended his hand. On his palm sat the beautiful butterfly he had carved. Silver spots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/i-want-you-to-have-this-he-extended-his-hand-on-his-palm-sat-the/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/maria-v-snyder-1261_appearance_i-want-you-to-have-this-he-extended-his_1694648.jpg) ## Other authors on Thinking - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 447 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 440 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 357 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 292 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 243 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 184 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/cassandra-clare/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 161 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 161 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 143 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 137 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/taylor-swift/) ## More by Maria V. Snyder > [Yelena.” I halted in the doorway, looking back over my shoulder. “You once said I wasn’t ready to believe your reason for killing Reyad.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/yelena-i-halted-in-the-doorway-looking-back-over-my-shoulder-you-once/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) > [We are searching for the same thing,” Stripey said. “How do you know?” Janco asked. “I read his mind.” The Sitian pointed to Ari.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/we-are-searching-for-the-same-thing-stripey-said-how-do-you-know/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) > [Yelena, you've driven me crazy. You've caused me considerable trouble and I've contemplated ending your life twice since I've known you." Valek's warm breath…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/yelena-you-ve-driven-me-crazy-you-ve-caused-me-considerable-trouble/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) > [I do know I felt as if my heart had been shredded when I found you in our storeroom, unconscious and bleeding. And leaving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/i-do-know-i-felt-as-if-my-heart-had-been-shredded-when-i-found-you-in/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) > [“My future appeared to be a long twisted road fraught with knots, tangles, and traps. Just the way I liked it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/my-future-appeared-to-be-a-long-twisted-road-fraught-with-knots/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) > [There's always another storm. It's the way the world works. Snowstorms, rainstorms, windstorms, sandstorms, and firestorms. Some are fierce and others are small. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/there-s-always-another-storm-it-s-the-way-the-world-works-snowstorms/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) > [“Yippee. I’ve been promoted from fire lighter to delivery boy. I’ll write a letter home to Mother. She’ll be so pleased.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/yippee-i-ve-been-promoted-from-fire-lighter-to-delivery-boy-i-ll/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) > [Don't feel ashamed for having those feelings and those memories. What happened in the past can't be changed, but they can be a guide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/don-t-feel-ashamed-for-having-those-feelings-and-those-memories-what/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) > [I took three steps and was wrapped in his arms, where I belonged. No confusion here. No worries here. No troubles here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/i-took-three-steps-and-was-wrapped-in-his-arms-where-i-belonged-no/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) > [Valek smiled. “Good. First, send Kade a reply, asking him not to come.” He pointed at the unopened letter on the table. I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/valek-smiled-good-first-send-kade-a-reply-asking-him-not-to-come-he/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) > [Oh, you made an impression. Like a stone caught in my boot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/oh-you-made-an-impression-like-a-stone-caught-in-my-boot/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) > [“Interesting how life goes on in spite of itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/interesting-how-life-goes-on-in-spite-of-itself/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) > [We talked through Gillie's life from start to finish, including all her accomplishments and major life events. The woman fell asleep with a dreamy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/we-talked-through-gillie-s-life-from-start-to-finish-including-all/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) > [In the war room, love? What if someone comes in?” I stood and removed his shirt. “Then they’ll have a good story to tell.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/in-the-war-room-love-what-if-someone-comes-in-i-stood-and-removed-his/) [Maria V. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-v-snyder/) > [“Can you feel your pulse? That means Valek isn’t here, because if he was, you’d be dead. No pulse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/can-you-feel-your-pulse-that-means-valek-isn-t-here-because-if-he-was/) [Maria V. 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I think if you say, ’Stand back or I’ll stab him in the stomach,’ then I have an idea about how serious you are. After all, Leif’s stomach is his favorite body part so that’s a decent threat.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maria V. Snyder" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-v-snyder/skewer-is-just-too-vague-i-think-if-you-say-stand-back-or-i-ll-stab/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bd/maria-v-snyder-1261_body_skewer-is-just-too-vague-i-think-if-you_1909506.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bd/maria-v-snyder-1261_body_skewer-is-just-too-vague-i-think-if-you_1909506.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bd/maria-v-snyder-1261_body_skewer-is-just-too-vague-i-think-if-you_1909506.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Skewer is just too vague. I think if you say, ’Stand back or I’ll stab him in the stomach,’ then I have an…” — Maria V. Snyder", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nothing says you care for me better than offering to torture my enemies.\" He grinned. \"No sense doing things halfhearted. And to think, some girls have to endure listening to poetry.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maria V. 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