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> [When I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of fiction: starting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/when-i-write-what-publishers-call-fantasy-i-am-writing-in-what-i/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

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> [Very little in science fiction can transcend the gimmickry of a technical conceit, yet without that conceit at its heart a book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/very-little-in-science-fiction-can-transcend-the-gimmickry-of-a/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

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> [If you want to write something completely unique, you will probably fail or at best write something without redeeming value. The mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/if-you-want-to-write-something-completely-unique-you-will-probably/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

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## More by Janet Morris

> [This is as 'alone' as I'm likely to get with you - you're not half so fetching as your daughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/this-is-as-alone-as-i-m-likely-to-get-with-you-you-re-not-half-so/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

> [I survive. I survived it all then and I'll survive the rest of it. Without your help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/i-survive-i-survived-it-all-then-and-i-ll-survive-the-rest-of-it/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

> [So some will be left who remember.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/so-some-will-be-left-who-remember/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

> [Don't blame yourself, or worry. Neither does a bit of good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/don-t-blame-yourself-or-worry-neither-does-a-bit-of-good/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

> [When I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of fiction: starting with Homer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/when-i-write-what-publishers-call-fantasy-i-am-writing-in-what-i/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

> [Painful things are quickly forgotten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/painful-things-are-quickly-forgotten/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

> [It is upon each soul to recognize its limit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/it-is-upon-each-soul-to-recognize-its-limit/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

> [Proof of war, when it comes, always comes too late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/proof-of-war-when-it-comes-always-comes-too-late/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

> [Loyalty must be forged - to him, to his: stronger than iron, from experience, from risk - it can't be bought, or taught, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/loyalty-must-be-forged-to-him-to-his-stronger-than-iron-from/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

> [Fury from the heavens; fury at the gods - inseparable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/fury-from-the-heavens-fury-at-the-gods-inseparable/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

> [Learn what can, and cannot, be asked from destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/learn-what-can-and-cannot-be-asked-from-destiny/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

> [It's all right. Things as they once were will never be again, but it's all right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/it-s-all-right-things-as-they-once-were-will-never-be-again-but-it-s/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

> [For me, myth is the 'common' language of us all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/for-me-myth-is-the-common-language-of-us-all/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

> [He loves the world so much. I agree it would be a shame to take that love away from meadow and tree, stream and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/he-loves-the-world-so-much-i-agree-it-would-be-a-shame-to-take-that/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

> [Survival has its own etiquette.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/survival-has-its-own-etiquette/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

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