“But stories are fragile. Like people's lives. It only takes a word out of place to change them forever. If you hear a lovely tune, and then you change it, the new tune might be lovely too, but you've lost… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“She can sniff it as she can sniff the pungency of the earth where it hides little treasures for the table; or the remains… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“A hundred years ago they'd have burned you as a witch…" "But I'm not a witch." "I don't suppose any of them were.” — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“Have I told you about Christ?" "Ghost-born-man-walking-on-water-telling-stories-dead-on-tree.” — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“So are you telling me…" he composed his thoughts. "Are you telling me that if you told the last story again, and changed the… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“Pragmatism is nothing without imagination; and imagination is wasted without pragmatism” — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience. — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“But stories are fragile. Like people's lives. It only takes a word out of place to change them forever. If you hear a lovely… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“I really didn't mean to steal it." Mr. Williams shook his head. He scratched at his chin nervously. "Why not? That's what they're there… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“if you don't first accept the gift as it is—if you change what you hear, or change what you learn—doesn't that make it weak… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“To each their own. Skills used unselfishly make for co-operation.” — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
Out of our deepest memories come the forgotten forms of the past, given new life by the living sentience of an ancient and eternal… — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
“you were both hunter and hunted; the shadow of your thoughts was the beast which killed you.” — Robert Holdstock Copy Share Image
