--- title: "Best Jo Walton Sayings" description: "Jo Walton is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. Browse 88 Jo Walton quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jo-walton-50135.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jo Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jo-walton-50135.jpg) # Jo Walton (1964) Novelist Canada **88** quotes in **273** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jo Walton is a novelist from Canada, best known for *Among Others*. ## Quick Facts About Jo Walton Born December 1, 1964 Nationality Canada Profession Novelist Notable works Among Others ## About Jo Walton Jo Walton is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel Among Others, which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and Tooth and Claw, a Victorian-era novel with dragons which won the World Fantasy Award in 2004. Other works by Walton include the Small Change series, in which she blends alternate history with the cozy mystery genre, comprising Farthing, Ha'penny and Half a Crown. Her fantasy novel Lifelode won the 2010 Mythopoeic Award, and her alternate history My Real Children received the 2015 Tiptree Award. ## Awards & Honors Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Q138504110 Hugo Award for Best Novel Nebula Award for Best Novel World Fantasy Award for Best Novel Astounding Award for Best New Writer Otherwise Award Copper Cylinder Award Show 2 more awards Q130820029 Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel ## Quotes by Jo Walton · Page 3 > [Peace means something different from 'not fighting'. Those aren't peace advocates, they're 'stop fighting' advocates. Peace is an active and complex thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/peace-means-something-different-from-not-fighting-those-aren-t-peace/) [Jo Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-walton/) [Active](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/active/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/697/jo-walton-7623_active_peace-means-something-different-from-not_919475.jpg) > [“I found myself being helped down to the car. That sort of help is actually a hindrance. If you ever see someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/i-found-myself-being-helped-down-to-the-car-that-sort-of-help-is/) [Jo Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-walton/) [Help](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/help/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf6/jo-walton-7623_help_i-found-myself-being-helped-down-to-the_1886571.jpg) > [“You couldn’t get worse food, or food more detached from nature, if you tried. If you have an apple, you’re connected to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/you-couldn-t-get-worse-food-or-food-more-detached-from-nature-if-you/) [Jo Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-walton/) [Food](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/food/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87c/jo-walton-7623_food_you-couldn-t-get-worse-food-or-food-more_1615939.jpg) > [I don't need to be a radical to think that who a dragon is counts more than birth or wealth," Selendra said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/i-don-t-need-to-be-a-radical-to-think-that-who-a-dragon-is-counts/) [Jo Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-walton/) [Birth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/birth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b6/jo-walton-7623_birth_i-don-t-need-to-be-a-radical-to-think-th_2443673.jpg) > [“My mother was a pathetic patchwork witch who had used magic so much to meddle in her own life that she had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/my-mother-was-a-pathetic-patchwork-witch-who-had-used-magic-so-much/) [Jo Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-walton/) [Fairies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/jo-walton-7623_fairies_my-mother-was-a-pathetic-patchwork-witch_3221525.jpg) > [Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/libraries-really-are-wonderful-they-re-better-than-bookshops-even-i/) [Jo Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-walton/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/jo-walton-7623_book_libraries-really-are-wonderful-they-re-b_2887729.jpg) > [The thing about Tolkien, about The Lord of the Rings, is that it's perfect. It's this whole world, this whole process of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/the-thing-about-tolkien-about-the-lord-of-the-rings-is-that-it-s/) [Jo Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-walton/) [Immersion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/immersion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/jo-walton-7623_immersion_the-thing-about-tolkien-about-the-lord-o_3026363.jpg) > [“I'm so glad I have my own copy. I can read them again and again. I can read them again and again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/i-m-so-glad-i-have-my-own-copy-i-can-read-them-again-and-again-i-can/) [Jo Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-walton/) [Bibliophiles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bibliophiles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/965/jo-walton-7623_bibliophiles_i-m-so-glad-i-have-my-own-copy-i-can-rea_702051.jpg) ## Jo Walton by topic [Books (22)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/jo-walton/) [Writer (20)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/jo-walton/) [Book (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/jo-walton/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-walton/#itemlist", "name": "Jo Walton Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Peace means something different from 'not fighting'. 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