Confidence Quote by Stephen R. Donaldson

“A real man—real in all the ways that we recognize as real—finds himself suddenly abstracted from the world and deposited in a physical situation…

— Stephen R. Donaldson

Any belief that puts itself beyond doubt nurtures its own collapse.

— Stephen R. Donaldson

“But he was dreaming. The way to endure a dream was to flow with it until it ended.”

— Stephen R. Donaldson

This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken.

— Stephen R. Donaldson

Everything dies, from the smallest blade of grass to the biggest galaxy.

— Stephen R. Donaldson

“this library is another desert. A wasteland of words instead of sand.”

— Stephen R. Donaldson

“...are you a person - with volition and maybe some stubborness and at least the capacity if not the actual determination to do something…

— Stephen R. Donaldson

“The speed felt tremendous. And the bottom of the ravine was treacherous. She ought to control her mount somehow - slow it; steer it…

— Stephen R. Donaldson

Whatever the explanation, it's perfectly obvious that our educational system has nothing to do with education: it's a babysitting service designed to replicate the…

— Stephen R. Donaldson

I had no intention of pursuing either the characters or the setting further.

— Stephen R. Donaldson

I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.

— Stephen R. Donaldson

For a variety of reasons, my books struck the marketplace like a thunderclap; and one of those reasons was that there were so few…

— Stephen R. Donaldson