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> [After all, is it not the way we humans shape the universe, shape time itself? Do we not take the raw stuff of chaos and impose a beginning, middle, and end on it, like the simplest and most profound of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/after-all-is-it-not-the-way-we-humans-shape-the-universe-shape-time/)

[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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