“We regard our own memories as truths, when they are often just the stories we have told ourselves over time. They become… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“[We let] the universality of fantasy, of once upon a time, allow escapist fiction to be more than just that - to… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
Even if we remember the past, odds are good we'll still repeat it. — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
Fantasy is more than an escape from the truths of the world and the past: it is an open acknowledgment that those… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
When we work with history, to a very great degree we are all guessing. But by using motifs of time and history… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
How we remember changes how we have lived. Time runs both ways. We make stories of our lives. — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
In general, the main themes emerge early for each book, even before the storyline and characters, as I research the time and… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
Fantasy is, at its best, the purest access to storytelling that we have. It universalizes a tale, it evokes wonder and timeless… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“It happens this way sometimes, we can discover truths about ourselves in a moment, sometimes in the midst of drama, sometimes quietly.… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“Will there ever be a time when it is not a curse to be born a woman? When we can do no… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“For some moments the two men sat quietly, each wrapped in his own thoughts, then Ivor rose. 'I should speak to Levon… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“We are not gods. We make mistakes. We do not live very long. Sometimes someone grinds ink, mixes it with water, arranges… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
My youngest brother had a wonderful schtick from some time in high school, through to graduating medicine. He had a card in… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“That felt strange. How sharp a rent a handful of moments made in the fabric of a life.” — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“If this is truly the time that will decide, we have no business refusing people who feel the way we do. No… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“And Shalhassan of Cathal realized in that moment, standing between the fair brother and the dark, that he was not going to… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
When I was 18 years old, in a more innocent time, my first backpacking trip through Europe, I sneaked into the Temple… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“Truth" when examining events and records of the past was always precarious, uncertain. No man could say for certain how the river… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
I don't plan ahead; each book finds me. History itself, the resonance of the past with the present, is the common denominator… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“For all his frustrations and his chronic sense of being overburdened. He was proud of that; he’d always felt that it was worth doing… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“Branching paths. The turning of days and seasons and years. Life offered you love sometimes, sorrow often. If you were very fortunate, true friendship.… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
I never talk about books in progress. I could decide to change it to a series of seafood recipes, after all. — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“It had taken skill, tact, an ability to choose friends well, and a great deal of luck” — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“He sang one whole verse directly to her, then, in fidelity to the song, he sent his vision inward to where his purest music… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“Ambitions and dreams put you at a drinking table with unexpected companions. Cups were filled and refilled, making you drunk with the illusion of… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“We regard our own memories as truths, when they are often just the stories we have told ourselves over time. They become the truth… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“[We let] the universality of fantasy, of once upon a time, allow escapist fiction to be more than just that - to also bring… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
“Battles are won en route, Shalhassan of Cathal though. A worthy thought: he raised his hand in a certain way, and a moment later… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
