"What we have in life that we can……" — Terry Brooks
"What we have in life that we can count on is who we are and where we come from, she thought absently. For better or worse, that is what we have to sustain us in our endevors, to buttress us in our darker moments, and to remind us of our identity. Without those things, we are adrift."
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Terry Brooks
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75 Quotes by Terry Brooks
Terry Brooks has 75 quotes on this site.
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Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.
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Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual ingenuity and imagination - think…
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Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.
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What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.
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I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but to be able to say…
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My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson,…
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Fantasy is the only canvas large enough for me to paint on.
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Genocide is like a dessert. It is made of the flesh and bones of woman and children, it is sweetened…
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We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and problems not necessarily of our…
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I cannot imagine life without books any more than I can imagine life without breathing.
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When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.
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Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part…
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In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about…
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I felt dumb and subdued. Every time I tried to concentrate, my mind glided off, like a skater, into a…
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One corner of his mouth crooked up, then the quirk vanished in a thoughtful pursing of his lips. "He's bisexual,…
— Lois McMaster Bujold
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What's possible?” - she asked “Anything,” he said absently. “But that’s not what I was talking about. Oh, hello, Claire.…
— Rachel Caine
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Sin met Mae and Alan coming into the flat. Mae frowned. "Is it no-shirts festival day?" "Every day with Nick…
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Oh, well. Everyone else has suave, cosmopolitan sheep: why not us? The Millers at Hepple have a ewe that’s been…
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I could tell you a tale about something,' Miach offered, rubbing her hand absently. 'If you like.' She frowned thoughtfully.…
— Lynn Kurland
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Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?" Absently he replied, "I was, once." "And you gave it up? Ah, that is…
— Stephen R. Donaldson
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Movement from Brenda grabbed Thomas's attention. He looked to see her drop the knife away from Minho and step back,…
— James Dashner
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A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't," Finn replied absently, still looking down at…
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