“if you don't first accept the gift as it is—if you change what you hear, or change what you learn—doesn't that make it weak somehow?" "Why should it?" Mr. Williams asked softly. "As I believe I've said to you before,… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“She can sniff it as she can sniff the pungency of the earth where it hides little treasures for the table; or the remains… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“A hundred years ago they'd have burned you as a witch…" "But I'm not a witch." "I don't suppose any of them were.” — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“Have I told you about Christ?" "Ghost-born-man-walking-on-water-telling-stories-dead-on-tree.” — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“So are you telling me…" he composed his thoughts. "Are you telling me that if you told the last story again, and changed the… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“Pragmatism is nothing without imagination; and imagination is wasted without pragmatism” — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience. — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“But stories are fragile. Like people's lives. It only takes a word out of place to change them forever. If you hear a lovely… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“I really didn't mean to steal it." Mr. Williams shook his head. He scratched at his chin nervously. "Why not? That's what they're there… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“if you don't first accept the gift as it is—if you change what you hear, or change what you learn—doesn't that make it weak… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“To each their own. Skills used unselfishly make for co-operation.” — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
Out of our deepest memories come the forgotten forms of the past, given new life by the living sentience of an ancient and eternal… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“you were both hunter and hunted; the shadow of your thoughts was the beast which killed you.” — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
