--- title: "1 Odd Creature Quotes By Chris Wooding" description: "1 Odd Creature quotes by Chris Wooding. Plus more from Chris Wooding and more Odd Creature sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/chris-wooding-18672_fantasy_our-heroes-have-arrived-then-the-strange_1260300.jpg" --- > [“Our heroes have arrived, then," the stranger said, his voice a soft, bubbly murmur. "Excuse me?" Poison queries. The odd creature put down his rod in a little wooden cradle that rested next to him and got up from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/our-heroes-have-arrived-then-the-stranger-said-his-voice-a-soft/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/chris-wooding-18672_fantasy_our-heroes-have-arrived-then-the-strange_1260300.jpg) ## More by Chris Wooding > [Real life is a story, too, only much more complicated. It’s still got a beginning, a middle, and an end. Everyone follows the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/real-life-is-a-story-too-only-much-more-complicated-it-s-still-got-a/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) > [“Nothing's bigger than me!" Frey shouted back. "Me is all I've got.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/nothing-s-bigger-than-me-frey-shouted-back-me-is-all-i-ve-got/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) > [Don't confuse contentment with happiness...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/don-t-confuse-contentment-with-happiness/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) > [“She was spared the slow, steady droplets of blood that began to spatter the beds, drip, drip, drip, painting the white sheets in shocked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/she-was-spared-the-slow-steady-droplets-of-blood-that-began-to/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) > [But time has a way of stealthily deciding a person’s mind without her conscious knowledge, and as she studied and procrastinated, Poison found one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/but-time-has-a-way-of-stealthily-deciding-a-person-s-mind-without-her/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) > [Things just seem so much better in theory than in practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/things-just-seem-so-much-better-in-theory-than-in-practice/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) > [“Trudging off into a swamp in the middle of the night had seemed like a god idea at the time but, like most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/trudging-off-into-a-swamp-in-the-middle-of-the-night-had-seemed-like/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) > [“You can’t tell half a tale, Poison. You can’t write half a book. Whatever you choose to do next will completely change the aspect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/you-can-t-tell-half-a-tale-poison-you-can-t-write-half-a-book/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) > [Once upon a time there was a young lady who lived in a marsh, and her name was Poison.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-young-lady-who-lived-in-a-marsh-and-her/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) > [“Spit and blood!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/spit-and-blood/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) > [Then a person has only one tale?” No, some have two or three separate ones or more,” Fleet said. “Some people have many tales.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/then-a-person-has-only-one-tale-no-some-have-two-or-three-separate/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) > [“Ain't no deserving, or otherwise,' Silo said, his bass voice rolling out from deep in his chest. 'There's what is, and what ain't, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/ain-t-no-deserving-or-otherwise-silo-said-his-bass-voice-rolling-out/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) > [How was is that life never worked out the way it did in his head?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/how-was-is-that-life-never-worked-out-the-way-it-did-in-his-head/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) > [“They believe all connections are temporary, so to cling to them makes no sense. When someone is gone, they're gone. Live for now; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/they-believe-all-connections-are-temporary-so-to-cling-to-them-makes/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) > [Some of us are born in the right place, and some of us have to go look for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-wooding/some-of-us-are-born-in-the-right-place-and-some-of-us-have-to-go-look/) [Chris Wooding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-wooding/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/odd-creature/chris-wooding/#itemlist", "name": "1 Odd Creature Quotes By Chris Wooding", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Our heroes have arrived, then,\" the stranger said, his voice a soft, bubbly murmur. \"Excuse me?\" Poison queries. 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