“Covenant did not reply at once. He trembled also, and hand to clench himself before he could say without a tremor, "Why?… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
The portal structure is simply a technique: it is neither necessary nor unnecessary, except as the writer and the story make it… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?" Absently he replied, "I was, once." "And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
“Pacing back and forth now on the spur of his conflicting needs, Covenant growled, "Baradakas said just about the same thing. By… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?" Absently he replied, "I was, once." "And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
Gradually, the night stumbled as if stunned and wandering aimlessly into an overcast day -- limped through the wilderland of transition as… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
“Something in her expression made Covenant feel that he came from a very poor world, where no one knew or cared about… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
“A real man—real in all the ways that we recognize as real—finds himself suddenly abstracted from the world and deposited in a physical situation… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share
Any belief that puts itself beyond doubt nurtures its own collapse. — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share
“But he was dreaming. The way to endure a dream was to flow with it until it ended.” — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share
This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken. — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share
Everything dies, from the smallest blade of grass to the biggest galaxy. — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share
“this library is another desert. A wasteland of words instead of sand.” — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share
“...are you a person - with volition and maybe some stubborness and at least the capacity if not the actual determination to do something… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share
“The speed felt tremendous. And the bottom of the ravine was treacherous. She ought to control her mount somehow - slow it; steer it… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share
Whatever the explanation, it's perfectly obvious that our educational system has nothing to do with education: it's a babysitting service designed to replicate the… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share
I had no intention of pursuing either the characters or the setting further. — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share
For a variety of reasons, my books struck the marketplace like a thunderclap; and one of those reasons was that there were so few… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share
“But then a bubbling tenor voice said kindly, "Do not fear. It is a dream." The reassurance spread over him like a blanket. But… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share
"And you require no answers", Foamfollower was laughing in his gladness, "You are sufficient to every question". — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share
