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> [“Our lives aren't even about doing real things most of the time. We think and talk about people we've never met, pretend to visit places we've never actually been, to discuss things that are just names as though they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/our-lives-aren-t-even-about-doing-real-things-most-of-the-time-we/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

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## More by Tad Williams

> [“That is what I hate about ruling and royalty, Simon. It is living, breathing people with whom a prince plays the games of statecraft.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/that-is-what-i-hate-about-ruling-and-royalty-simon-it-is-living/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

> [“If we do not reach our hands will always be empty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/if-we-do-not-reach-our-hands-will-always-be-empty/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

> [“Im Schlamm fing es an, wie so vieles.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/im-schlamm-fing-es-an-wie-so-vieles/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

> [“I'm tired of being lost and I'm tired of dying, so I'm going to try something different this time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/i-m-tired-of-being-lost-and-i-m-tired-of-dying-so-i-m-going-to-try/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

> [“A piece of writing is a trap,” he said cheerily, “and the best kind. A book, you see, is the only kind of trap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/a-piece-of-writing-is-a-trap-he-said-cheerily-and-the-best-kind-a/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

> [“He shouldn't have had to die." "Nobody should have to die," Miriamele said slowly. "Especially while they're still alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/he-shouldn-t-have-had-to-die-nobody-should-have-to-die-miriamele-said/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

> [“Fear goes where it is invited.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/fear-goes-where-it-is-invited/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

> [“Because love does not do sums, but instead make choices, and then gives its all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/because-love-does-not-do-sums-but-instead-make-choices-and-then-gives/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

> [So we face our final hours...and all that was once certain has become uncertain. Except for defeat. That, as always, is the end of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/so-we-face-our-final-hours-and-all-that-was-once-certain-has-become/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

> [“Go down." It seemed obvious. "You have to go down before you can come out - that's how these things always work.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/go-down-it-seemed-obvious-you-have-to-go-down-before-you-can-come-out/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

> [“We call darkness our friend, but when the elders tell us stories of the Garden, they talk of the holy, unending light that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/we-call-darkness-our-friend-but-when-the-elders-tell-us-stories-of/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

> [Never trust people that like to call things by initials, that's my philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/never-trust-people-that-like-to-call-things-by-initials-that-s-my/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

> [We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/we-tell-lies-when-we-are-afraid-afraid-of-what-we-don-t-know-afraid/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

> [“How can you care for a rough man like me?' he asked me. 'How can you love a man who can bring you no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/how-can-you-care-for-a-rough-man-like-me-he-asked-me-how-can-you-love/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

> [“Piercing My Hearte there is A Golden Dagger; That is God Piercing God's Hearte there is a Golden Needle; That is me”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/piercing-my-hearte-there-is-a-golden-dagger-that-is-god-piercing-god/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

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