Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
I am a novelist at heart.
What is blood but the wine of life?
Don't be afraid of the dark. Shine!
Every story needs to be worth telling.
In the desert, the only god is a well.
Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement.
Strange dreams are better than no dreams at all.
One sin seldom mentioned is that of killing time.
A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it.
Being smart as a whip includes knowing when not to crack it.
Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower.
There is only Love -- and Stories. All else is but a shadow dream.
I started to write. And I wrote and wrote all through high school.
I am sure that inspiration will strike multiple times - it always does.
Q: Why do I love thee, O Night? A: Because you know I will never answer.
I think I became [writer] despite myself - tricking myself into it, really.
I am happy. I have something to accomplish, create, and achieve. I am happy.
Karma has been a pop culture term for ages. But really, what the heck is it?
I think fantasy literature is the one true literature of hope and imagination.
A wise person is like a smoothly polished rock: it takes time to become either.
For as long as there's anyone to ask 'Why?' the answer will always be, 'Why not?
The world is shaped by two things — stories told and the memories they leave behind.
Respect the young and chastise your elders. It's about time the world was set aright.
I'll tell you a secret. Old storytellers never die. They disappear into their own story.
Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow.
The desert is a place of bones, where the innards are turned out, to desiccate into dust.
Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.
To every rule there is an exception—and an idiot ready to demonstrate it. Don't be the one!
In the kingdom of glass everything is transparent, and there is no place to hide a dark heart.
Freedom is not a license to act but a license to exercise free choices in any given situation.
Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot.
Incidentally, the world is magical. Magic is simply what's off our human scale... at the moment.
Some people prefer eating dessert to the main course. These people have never been really hungry.
Here's a new 'Blessing' for our time -- 'May Anderson Cooper never be sent to report on your town!
Fantasy is not the literature of subversion of the status quo but of 'awakening to' the status quo.
The weight of the world is a trifle, if we all put our two fingers under it and try to lift together.
Luck is not as random as you think. Before that lottery ticket won the jackpot, someone had to buy it.
Why does every road eventually narrow into a point at the horizon? Because that's where the point lies.
The pyramid shape is said to hold many secrets and amazing properties. One of them is a sense of wonder.
In the plains the grass grows tall, since there is no one to cut it. There is no one to water it either.
There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act.
When tough times come, it is particularly important to offset them with much gentle softness. Be a pillow.
Don't let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song.
The ocean is a place of skin, rich outer membranes hiding thick juicy insides, laden with the soup of being.
If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple.
The heartland lies where the heart longs to be. Sometimes it takes a lifetime to find the true place to plant it.
We don't need fantasy to mess with our minds to the point of rendering us insane - real life horrors do that already.
A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it?
Desire is like fog on a bathroom mirror -- its presence incites you to wipe the mirror, and see yourself clearly again.
Stick around long enough to be someone's friend. Because true friendship, once recognized, in its essence is effortless.