--- title: "3 Elves Quotes By Robert Fanney" description: "3 Elves quotes by Robert Fanney. Plus more from Robert Fanney and more Elves sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/robert-fanney-15561_books_as-an-opener-i-d-like-to-state-that-elve_15948.jpg" --- > [“As an opener, I'd like to state that elves are certainly NOT cliché. It doesn't matter if they all have pointy ears,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/as-an-opener-i-d-like-to-state-that-elves-are-certainly-not-clich-it/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/robert-fanney-15561_books_as-an-opener-i-d-like-to-state-that-elve_15948.jpg) > [“A song she heard Of cold that gathers Like winter's tongue Among the shadows It rose like blackness In the sky That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/a-song-she-heard-of-cold-that-gathers-like-winter-s-tongue-among-the/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/robert-fanney-15561_blackness_a-song-she-heard-of-cold-that-gathers-li_755271.jpg) > [“I would rather live than die. I would rather die than survive as a monster.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/i-would-rather-live-than-die-i-would-rather-die-than-survive-as-a/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ff/robert-fanney-15561_death_i-would-rather-live-than-die-i-would-rat_781267.jpg) ## Other authors on Elves - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-jrr-tolkien-53849.jpg) J.R.R. Tolkien 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elves/j-r-r-tolkien/) - [Markelle Grabo 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elves/markelle-grabo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elves/terry-pratchett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kevin-hearne-56817.jpg) Kevin Hearne 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elves/kevin-hearne/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-cs-lewis-25587.jpg) C.S. Lewis 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elves/c-s-lewis-2/) ## More by Robert Fanney > [“As an opener, I'd like to state that elves are certainly NOT cliché. It doesn't matter if they all have pointy ears, or they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/as-an-opener-i-d-like-to-state-that-elves-are-certainly-not-clich-it/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) > [“To all those women -- strong enough to be heroes; fair enough to be ladies. This song is for you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/to-all-those-women-strong-enough-to-be-heroes-fair-enough-to-be/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) > [“Without realizing what she was doing and more on an impulse than anything else, she leaned forward and kissed him. It was a simple,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/without-realizing-what-she-was-doing-and-more-on-an-impulse-than/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) > [“Luthiel: I cannot change what will happen. I can only change how I act in the face of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/luthiel-i-cannot-change-what-will-happen-i-can-only-change-how-i-act/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) > [“Silent. So it should be. You have no place in this world, Luthiel. And there is no other.' Zalos reached out and lifted a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/silent-so-it-should-be-you-have-no-place-in-this-world-luthiel-and/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) > [“A song she heard Of cold that gathers Like winter's tongue Among the shadows It rose like blackness In the sky That on volcano's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/a-song-she-heard-of-cold-that-gathers-like-winter-s-tongue-among-the/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) > [“I would rather live than die. I would rather die than survive as a monster.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/i-would-rather-live-than-die-i-would-rather-die-than-survive-as-a/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) > [“May your feet ever walk in the light of two suns... and may the moonshadow never fall on you... ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/may-your-feet-ever-walk-in-the-light-of-two-suns-and-may-the/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) > [“It is the very design of life to support life. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/it-is-the-very-design-of-life-to-support-life/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) > [“Leowin: Don't worry Luthiel. 'Truth's existence never depended upon belief.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/leowin-don-t-worry-luthiel-truth-s-existence-never-depended-upon/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) > [“Mithorden: 'We become what we do, Zalos.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/mithorden-we-become-what-we-do-zalos/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) > [“It is the curse of the powerful to be blind to their own faults.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/it-is-the-curse-of-the-powerful-to-be-blind-to-their-own-faults/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) > [“Dominance. Control. These things the unjust seek most of all. And so it is the duty of the just to defy dominance and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/dominance-control-these-things-the-unjust-seek-most-of-all-and-so-it/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) > [“Wars are won in the will.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/wars-are-won-in-the-will/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) > [“If I could make a dream real, I would not kill anything unless it could never be changed at heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/if-i-could-make-a-dream-real-i-would-not-kill-anything-unless-it/) [Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elves/robert-fanney/#itemlist", "name": "3 Elves Quotes By Robert Fanney", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As an opener, I'd like to state that elves are certainly NOT cliché. It doesn't matter if they all have pointy ears, or they all live a long time, or even if they all like forests. It doesn't matter if they're short or tall or both. It doesn't matter if they're related to forest spirits or even angels. Regardless of how many elves are like one another or how many elves appear in how many books, elves are NOT cliché. Why? Well, for one, an elf is a creature. How can a creature be a cliché? Is a human cliché? They certainly do appear in a lot of books! How about dragons? Now there's a popular subject! Are dragons cliché as well? Well what about vampires too? Or werewolves? Or bats? Or rabbits? Or mice? Or owls? Or crows? Cats??”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Fanney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/as-an-opener-i-d-like-to-state-that-elves-are-certainly-not-clich-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/robert-fanney-15561_books_as-an-opener-i-d-like-to-state-that-elve_15948.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/robert-fanney-15561_books_as-an-opener-i-d-like-to-state-that-elve_15948.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/robert-fanney-15561_books_as-an-opener-i-d-like-to-state-that-elve_15948.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As an opener, I'd like to state that elves are certainly NOT cliché. It doesn't matter if they all have…” — Robert Fanney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A song she heard Of cold that gathers Like winter's tongue Among the shadows It rose like blackness In the sky That on volcano's Vomit rise A Stone of ruin From burn to chill Like black moonrise Her voice fell still...”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Fanney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/a-song-she-heard-of-cold-that-gathers-like-winter-s-tongue-among-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/robert-fanney-15561_blackness_a-song-she-heard-of-cold-that-gathers-li_755271.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/robert-fanney-15561_blackness_a-song-she-heard-of-cold-that-gathers-li_755271.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/robert-fanney-15561_blackness_a-song-she-heard-of-cold-that-gathers-li_755271.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A song she heard Of cold that gathers Like winter's tongue Among the shadows It rose like blackness In the…” — Robert Fanney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I would rather live than die. I would rather die than survive as a monster.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Fanney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/i-would-rather-live-than-die-i-would-rather-die-than-survive-as-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ff/robert-fanney-15561_death_i-would-rather-live-than-die-i-would-rat_781267.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ff/robert-fanney-15561_death_i-would-rather-live-than-die-i-would-rat_781267.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ff/robert-fanney-15561_death_i-would-rather-live-than-die-i-would-rat_781267.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I would rather live than die. I would rather die than survive as a monster.” — Robert Fanney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elves/robert-fanney/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elves/robert-fanney/", "name": "Elves Quotes by Robert Fanney", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elves/robert-fanney/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/robert-fanney-15561_books_as-an-opener-i-d-like-to-state-that-elve_15948.jpg" }, "description": "3 Elves quotes by Robert Fanney. Plus more from Robert Fanney and more Elves sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elves/robert-fanney/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elves/robert-fanney/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Elves", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elves/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Robert Fanney", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elves/robert-fanney/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```