Quotes by Terry Brooks

“The Elven people believe that preservation of the land and all that lives and grows upon it, plant and animal alike, is a moral responsibility. They have always held this belief foremost in their c...”

“We live out our lives as we are meant to live them-with some choice, with some chance, but mostly as a result of the persons we are.”

“Who would you be but who you are?”

“It's better to die in pursuit of your dreams than to live a life without hope.”

“Faith, Princess," the Prism Cat repeated. "It is a highly underrated weapon against the dark things in this world.”

“There was that sense of abandoning the familiar for the unknown that characterizes all journeys made for the first time.”

“What they didn't want to believe, what they tried repeatedly to dismiss, was that whatever good and evil existed in the world came from within themselves and not from some abstract source.”

“Nothing is lost that we do not first see as lost. Visions born of fear give birth to our failing.Visions born of hope give birth to our success.What is possible lives within us, and it only remains...”

“There are many forms of magic in this world, High Lord. Some come in large packages, some in small. Some work with fire and strength of body and heard ... and some work with revelation.”

“What we have in life that we can count on is who we are and where we come from, she thought absently. For better or worse, that is what we have to sustain us in our endevors, to buttress us in our ...”

“Anyway, that's the past, and what matters is the future. That's how life works, because it's short and precious and kind of doubtful.”

“When she cried, he would say, "there is nothing wrong with crying. Your feelings tell you who are. They tell what is important. Don't ever be ashamed of them.”

“Obi-Wan's young face clouded. "Some secrets are best left concealed, Master." He shook his head. "Besides, why must you always be the one to do the uncovering? You know how the Council feels about ...”

“Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.”

“Nothing is lost that we do not first see as lost, High Lord. Believe it saved, and it may be. Visions born of fear give birth to our failing. Visions born of hope give birth to our success.”

“And yet it had come to this: a cult that followed a dogmatic hard line of exclusion and repression, believed its teachings alone were the way that others must follow, and claimed special knowledge ...”

“But your responsibilities are sometimes given you without choice, without consent.”

“Cats can do whatever they want, whenever they want, without regard to what anyone says or does. Rather like Princesses.”

“Let me tell you something you havent learned yet, something you learn only by living awhile. As you get older, you find that life begins to wear you down. Doesnt matter who you are or what you do, ...”

“When you can do that, little Wren, when you can accept the wearing down and the eroding, then you can do anything. How did I manage to keep going out nights? I just told myself I didnt matter all t...”