“Books are a form of magic—” the doctor lifted the volume he had just laid on the stack, “—because they span time… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“Why were men so caught up with their honor, their solemn word, their promises? Half the time the promises were never asked… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“Our lives aren't even about doing real things most of the time. We think and talk about people we've never met, pretend… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“No existe lo que se llama "falta de temor", Simón, a menos que un hombre esté loco. Doctor Morgenes” — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
I must make a choice every time I speak a sentence in English. I try to choose the happier way of saying… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“Something gurgled in his throat. It took a moment before he realized it was a scream bottled in his innards, a blast… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“It was frighteningly close to what he believed of his father at the worst moments - that he really was the kind… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“In bad times, a king or a queen can be a rock for the waters to crash against, so those less strong… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
Has everyone gone mad?” “Everyone was mad already, my lady,” Cadrach said with a strange, sorrowful smile. “It is merely that the… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“Johnny Battistini had gone to Japan once as a replacement drummer for a metal band past its prime ... a one-shot gig… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“It was strange how the future seemed tied inseparably to the past, so that both revolved through the present, like a great… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
People in science fiction flicks always seemed to know useful things about the places time travel took them. But what if the… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
After all, is it not the way we humans shape the universe, shape time itself? Do we not take the raw stuff… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“There’s sense, he told himself. You build something and then you stay there. That’s the way it’s meant to be. Not this… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“That is what I hate about ruling and royalty, Simon. It is living, breathing people with whom a prince plays the games of statecraft.” — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“I'm tired of being lost and I'm tired of dying, so I'm going to try something different this time.” — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“A piece of writing is a trap,” he said cheerily, “and the best kind. A book, you see, is the only kind of trap… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“He shouldn't have had to die." "Nobody should have to die," Miriamele said slowly. "Especially while they're still alive.” — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“Because love does not do sums, but instead make choices, and then gives its all.” — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
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… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“Go down." It seemed obvious. "You have to go down before you can come out - that's how these things always work.” — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“We call darkness our friend, but when the elders tell us stories of the Garden, they talk of the holy, unending light that was… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
Never trust people that like to call things by initials, that's my philosophy. — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
