56 quotes found
Novelist · American
American novelist
“Royce looked back down at the stream below. "She doesn't even know me. What if she doesn't like me? Few people do.""She might not at first. Maribor knows I didn't. But you have a way of growing on ...”
“You can go back to blacksmithing in Hintindar and live a quiet happy life. Do me a favor and marry some pretty farm girl and train your son to beat the crap out of imperial knights.""Sure," Hadrian...”
“If this hast been done to language, I fear to know the fate of all else.”
“I tried to find a way to go on. I could see familiar traces of the path that was my life, but there was always the wall behind me. Do you know what I mean? First you try and climb, pretending it ne...”
“I just never noticed how little of me existed before. I was a shadow without a person.”
“When the dead betray the living, the victims are memories.--The Book of Brin”
“Bah! Magnus scoffed. Humans always blame dwarves. A baby goes missing and it was a dwarf that stole it. A princess runs off with a second son of a king and it was a dwarf who lured her to a deep pr...”
“Take my advice: live your life to the fullest. Breathe the air, taste the wine, kiss the girls, and always remember that the tales of another are never as wondrous as your own.”
“Arista," the wizard said, "sharks don't eat seafood because they like it, but because chickens don't swim. We all do the best we can with the tools we have, but at some point you have to ask yourse...”
“A lot can be determined by the choices we make, even if the action is initiated by self-preservation. Many ... no, most ... of our choices are driven by fear: fear of death, fear of humiliation, fe...”
“How can you regret never having found true love? That's like saying you regret not being born a genius. People don't have control over such things. It either happens or it doesn't. It's a gift - a ...”
“Revenge is a bittersweet fruit that leaves the foul aftertaste of regret.”
“Hadrian leapt to his feet. Royce was already up.Dont bother, Esrahaddon told them. Shes dead, and theres nothing you can do. The monster cannot be harmed by your weapons. ItThe two were out the door.”
“And you? Did you find the doorknob?Hadrian picked up a jug and downed several swallows, drinking so quickly some of the water dripped down his chin. He poured some in his palm and rinsed his face, ...”
“The thing about the old is that we never change so much as the young. We slip in degrees, adding rings like trees--a new wrinkle here, a shade less color there, but the young transform like caterpi...”
“Sharks dont eat seafood because they like it, but because chicken cant swim.”
“That's the thing about hatred, it can become rancid, and it'll turn into poison if you keep it bottled too long. Hatred will eat through any container and seep into the groundwater of a soul. Reven...”
“Hatred. Some people get filled with it and explode. If they survive, they move on. Others just let it dribble out over the years, like a leaky bucket. One day they notice the bucket is empty, and t...”
“What's the advantage of fear or the benefit of regret or the bonus of granting misery a foothold even if death is embracing you? My old abbot used to say, "Life is only precious if you wish it to b...”
“Always remember that the tales of another are never as wondrous as your own.”
