--- title: "4 Compass Quotes By Vera Nazarian" description: "4 Compass quotes by Vera Nazarian. Plus more from Vera Nazarian and more Compass sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/vera-nazarian-1671_compass_a-made-up-proverb-from-dreams-of-the-com_1651174.png" --- > [A made-up proverb from Dreams of the Compass Rose says, "In the desert, the only god is a well." I love exploring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/a-made-up-proverb-from-dreams-of-the-compass-rose-says-in-the-desert/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/vera-nazarian-1671_compass_a-made-up-proverb-from-dreams-of-the-com_1651174.png) > [When reviewing my novel Dreams of the Compass Rose for the Magazine of F&SF, master fantasist Charles de Lint called it "engaging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/when-reviewing-my-novel-dreams-of-the-compass-rose-for-the-magazine/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/vera-nazarian-1671_compass_when-reviewing-my-novel-dreams-of-the-co_1934594.jpg) > [I must admit that I do have a particular soft spot for the character of the chameleon-trickster goddess Ris in Dreams of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/i-must-admit-that-i-do-have-a-particular-soft-spot-for-the-character/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/vera-nazarian-1671_chameleon_i-must-admit-that-i-do-have-a-particular_2450561.jpg) > [The compass rose is nothing but a star with an infinite number of rays pointing in all directions.It is the one true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-compass-rose-is-nothing-but-a-star-with-an-infinite-number-of/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/vera-nazarian-1671_accurate_the-compass-rose-is-nothing-but-a-star-w_2474732.png) ## Other authors on Compass - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compass/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-covey-86975.jpg) Stephen Covey 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compass/stephen-covey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-leonardo-da-vinci-59740.jpg) Leonardo da Vinci 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compass/leonardo-da-vinci/) ## More by Vera Nazarian > [Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/why-is-wisdom-so-fair-why-is-beauty-so-wise-because-all-else-is/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“The cactus thrives in the desert while the fern thrives in the wetland. The fool will try to plant them in the same flowerbox.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-cactus-thrives-in-the-desert-while-the-fern-thrives-in-the/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“Colored lights blink on and off, racing across the green boughs. Their reflections dance across exquisite glass globes and splinter into shards against tinsel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/colored-lights-blink-on-and-off-racing-across-the-green-boughs-their/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [It does not take a great supernatural heroine or magical hero to save the world.We all save it every day, and we all destroy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/it-does-not-take-a-great-supernatural-heroine-or-magical-hero-to-save/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [Here's a new 'Blessing' for our time -- 'May Anderson Cooper never be sent to report on your town!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/here-s-a-new-blessing-for-our-time-may-anderson-cooper-never-be-sent/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [When you wake up from a dream you have only a few precious moments before the details of the dream begin to dissipate and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/when-you-wake-up-from-a-dream-you-have-only-a-few-precious-moments/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“It's a fact— everyone is ignorant in some way or another. Ignorance is our deepest secret. And it is one of the scariest things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/it-s-a-fact-everyone-is-ignorant-in-some-way-or-another-ignorance-is/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/was-it-you-or-i-who-stumbled-first-it-does-not-matter-the-one-of-us/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“Meditation is a mysterious method of self-restoration. It involves “shutting” out the outside world, and by that means sensing the universal “presence” which is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/meditation-is-a-mysterious-method-of-self-restoration-it-involves/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [The great miraculous bell of translucent ice is suspended in mid-air. It rings to announce endings and beginnings. And it rings because there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-great-miraculous-bell-of-translucent-ice-is-suspended-in-mid-air/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [Unlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in an unlimited reservoir of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/unlike-a-fountain-that-circulates-the-same-water-in-an-enclosed/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [I've always been creative verbally, had a flair, my teachers said - wrote great expository essays in elementary school, scribbled little poems, embraced all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/i-ve-always-been-creative-verbally-had-a-flair-my-teachers-said-wrote/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [One sin seldom mentioned is that of killing time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/one-sin-seldom-mentioned-is-that-of-killing-time/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [The sand in the hourglass runs from one compartment to the other, marking the passage of moments with something constant and tangible.If you watch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-sand-in-the-hourglass-runs-from-one-compartment-to-the-other/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [When you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/when-you-reach-for-the-stars-you-are-reaching-for-the-farthest-thing/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compass/vera-nazarian/#itemlist", "name": "4 Compass Quotes By Vera Nazarian", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A made-up proverb from Dreams of the Compass Rose says, \"In the desert, the only god is a well.\" I love exploring the intensity of such juxtaposition, the dangerous edge.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vera Nazarian" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/a-made-up-proverb-from-dreams-of-the-compass-rose-says-in-the-desert/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/vera-nazarian-1671_compass_a-made-up-proverb-from-dreams-of-the-com_1651174.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/vera-nazarian-1671_compass_a-made-up-proverb-from-dreams-of-the-com_1651174.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/vera-nazarian-1671_compass_a-made-up-proverb-from-dreams-of-the-com_1651174.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A made-up proverb from Dreams of the Compass Rose says, \"In the desert, the only god is a well.\" I love…” — Vera Nazarian", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When reviewing my novel Dreams of the Compass Rose for the Magazine of F&SF, master fantasist Charles de Lint called it \"engaging and resonant, creating a new mythology that feels so right one might be forgiven for thinking that it's the cultural heritage of some forgotten country or people that have been lost to history.\" This of course I take as the highest compliment, since it was indeed my sincere intent.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vera Nazarian" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/when-reviewing-my-novel-dreams-of-the-compass-rose-for-the-magazine/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/vera-nazarian-1671_compass_when-reviewing-my-novel-dreams-of-the-co_1934594.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/vera-nazarian-1671_compass_when-reviewing-my-novel-dreams-of-the-co_1934594.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/vera-nazarian-1671_compass_when-reviewing-my-novel-dreams-of-the-co_1934594.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When reviewing my novel Dreams of the Compass Rose for the Magazine of F&SF, master fantasist Charles de…” — Vera Nazarian", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I must admit that I do have a particular soft spot for the character of the chameleon-trickster goddess Ris in Dreams of the Compass Rose. 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