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title: "1 Good Fantasy Quotes By Tansy Rayner Roberts"
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> [What do I want in a good fantasy book? Court politics and social interactions based around houses and cities. Powerful women and devious men. Drama and action with emotional ramifications. Frocks. Kissing. Swords. An intense impression of history in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tansy-rayner-roberts/what-do-i-want-in-a-good-fantasy-book-court-politics-and-social/)

[Tansy Rayner Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tansy-rayner-roberts/)

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## More by Tansy Rayner Roberts

> [History is imperfect and biased, and it always, always has omissions. The most common omissions are the bits that the writer of that history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tansy-rayner-roberts/history-is-imperfect-and-biased-and-it-always-always-has-omissions/)

[Tansy Rayner Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tansy-rayner-roberts/)

> [When I was thirteen years old, I didn't exactly discover epic fantasy on my own. I acquired it as a social defence mechanism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tansy-rayner-roberts/when-i-was-thirteen-years-old-i-didn-t-exactly-discover-epic-fantasy/)

[Tansy Rayner Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tansy-rayner-roberts/)

> [“There's something beautiful about the perfect hashtag. Never underestimate what can be accomplished with a few carefully chosen characters strung together behind a number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tansy-rayner-roberts/there-s-something-beautiful-about-the-perfect-hashtag-never/)

[Tansy Rayner Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tansy-rayner-roberts/)

> [“cum tantum sciat esse basiorum. (”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tansy-rayner-roberts/cum-tantum-sciat-esse-basiorum/)

[Tansy Rayner Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tansy-rayner-roberts/)

> [History is more interesting than most people think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tansy-rayner-roberts/history-is-more-interesting-than-most-people-think/)

[Tansy Rayner Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tansy-rayner-roberts/)

> [One of the most interesting things about science fiction and fantasy is the way that the genres can offer different perspectives on matters to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tansy-rayner-roberts/one-of-the-most-interesting-things-about-science-fiction-and-fantasy/)

[Tansy Rayner Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tansy-rayner-roberts/)

> [“This is not my tragic backstory. I had a great childhood. My mother loved me. I never wanted for money or support. I get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tansy-rayner-roberts/this-is-not-my-tragic-backstory-i-had-a-great-childhood-my-mother/)

[Tansy Rayner Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tansy-rayner-roberts/)

> [What do I want in a good fantasy book? Court politics and social interactions based around houses and cities. Powerful women and devious men.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tansy-rayner-roberts/what-do-i-want-in-a-good-fantasy-book-court-politics-and-social/)

[Tansy Rayner Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tansy-rayner-roberts/)

> [Issues to do with disability, mental health and not being neurotypical often affect many genuine teenagers but are rarely reflected in the fiction they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tansy-rayner-roberts/issues-to-do-with-disability-mental-health-and-not-being-neurotypical/)

[Tansy Rayner Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tansy-rayner-roberts/)

> [History is not a long series of centuries in which men did all the interesting/important things and women stayed home and twiddled their thumbs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tansy-rayner-roberts/history-is-not-a-long-series-of-centuries-in-which-men-did-all-the/)

[Tansy Rayner Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tansy-rayner-roberts/)

> [“So this is me: Friday Valentina. Twenty-year old media studies student at MacArthur University. I’m short and my hair is purple this week. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tansy-rayner-roberts/so-this-is-me-friday-valentina-twenty-year-old-media-studies-student/)

[Tansy Rayner Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tansy-rayner-roberts/)

> [Most historians and other writers of what we now consider 'primary sources' simply didn't think about women and their contribution to society. They took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tansy-rayner-roberts/most-historians-and-other-writers-of-what-we-now-consider-primary/)

[Tansy Rayner Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tansy-rayner-roberts/)

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