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Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: What man would dare believe that all he planned might come to pass? What man would dare believe that all he planned might come to pass?
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Tigana, let my memory ofyou be like a blade in mysoul. Tigana, let my memory of
you be like a blade in my
soul.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Even if we remember the past, odds are good we'll still repeat it. Even if we remember the past, odds are good we'll still repeat it.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: It is not easy, she thinks, to make your way in the world while insisting on a new path. It is not easy, she thinks, to make your way in the world while insisting on a new path.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: The military preferred - invariably - those who could be readily defined, assigned roles, understood, and controlled. The military preferred - invariably - those who could be readily defined, assigned roles, understood, and controlled.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Lazy poets try to elicit a reader's response with words designed to tug at the heart. Lazy poets try to elicit a reader's response with words designed to tug at the heart.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Only then, invisible to everyone and with her curtains drawn, did she allow her tears to fall: in love, and for his hurts, and in terrible pride. Only then, invisible to everyone and with her curtains drawn, did she allow her tears to fall: in love, and for his hurts, and in terrible pride.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: We are the total of our longings. We are the total of our longings.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: How we remember changes how we have lived.Time runs both ways. We make stories of our lives. How we remember changes how we have lived.
Time runs both ways. We make stories of our lives.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Whichever way the wind blows, itwill rain upon the Kindath. Whichever way the wind blows, it
will rain upon the Kindath.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: I've spent my whole literary career blurring boundaries between genres and categories. I've spent my whole literary career blurring boundaries between genres and categories.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Sometimes you didn't really arrive at a conclusion about your life, you just discovered that you already had. Sometimes you didn't really arrive at a conclusion about your life, you just discovered that you already had.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: When you didn't say a lot, he thought, you said the important things. When you didn't say a lot, he thought, you said the important things.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Words were power, words tried to change you, to shape bridges of longing that no one could ever really cross. Words were power, words tried to change you, to shape bridges of longing that no one could ever really cross.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: You had to grow into your own significance - or come to terms with the lack of it. You had to grow into your own significance - or come to terms with the lack of it.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Dave hung up. And unplugged the phone. With a fierce and bitter pain he stared at it, watching how, over and over again, it didn't ring. Dave hung up. And unplugged the phone. With a fierce and bitter pain he stared at it, watching how, over and over again, it didn't ring.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: You'd never killed anyone. Then you had. You'd never killed anyone. Then you had.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: I ruefully admit that if the cat is asleep in my chair - which she regards as hers, of course - I tend to leave her there and take the I ruefully admit that if the cat is asleep in my chair - which she regards as hers, of course - I tend to leave her there and take the other one.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: The privacy of pride. The privacy of pride.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Bright star of Eanna, forgive me the manner of this, but you are the harbor of my soul's journeying. Bright star of Eanna, forgive me the manner of this, but you are the harbor of my soul's journeying.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: That felt strange. How sharp a rent a handful of moments made in the fabric of a life. That felt strange. How sharp a rent a handful of moments made in the fabric of a life.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: most hated by the dark, for their name is light. most hated by the dark, for their name is light.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: We are the total of our longings, he had written. But Kevin was a song-writer, not a poet, and he never did use it. We are the total of our longings, he had written. But Kevin was a song-writer, not a poet, and he never did use it.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Some paths, some doorways, some people were not to be yours, though the slightest difference in the rippling of time might have made it so. Some paths, some doorways, some people were not to be yours, though the slightest difference in the rippling of time might have made it so.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Catriana sighed. "I'm hard to make friends with," she said at length. "I doubt it's worth your effort. Catriana sighed. "I'm hard to make friends with," she said at length. "I doubt it's worth your effort.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: As many have noted, the peril for authors is that our work space is too easily our play space. As many have noted, the peril for authors is that our work space is too easily our play space.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Men made wagers with their judgment, their allegiances, their resources. Men made wagers with their judgment, their allegiances, their resources.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: I have been made to realize tonight that there are limits to what I wish to do or see done for any cause. I have been made to realize tonight that there are limits to what I wish to do or see done for any cause.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Language. The process of sharing with words seemed such a futile exercise sometimes. Language. The process of sharing with words seemed such a futile exercise sometimes.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: And Shalhassan of Cathal realized in that moment, standing between the fair brother and the dark, that he was not going to lead this war after all. And Shalhassan of Cathal realized in that moment, standing between the fair brother and the dark, that he was not going to lead this war after all.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Will there ever be a time when it is not a curse to be born a woman? When we can do no more, than stand by and be extremely brave Will there ever be a time when it is not a curse to be born a woman? When we can do no more, than stand by and be extremely brave and watch them die?
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: The heart has its own laws ... and the truth is ... the truth is that you are the law of mine. The heart has its own laws ... and the truth is ... the truth is that you are the law of mine.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: There's a level at which, if you take poetry seriously, the focus it involves ... that never goes away. There's a level at which, if you take poetry seriously, the focus it involves ... that never goes away.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: It had taken skill, tact, an ability to choose friends well, and a great deal of luck It had taken skill, tact, an ability to choose friends well, and a great deal of luck
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Daylight was coming outside, but it was not only that: courage cast its own light. Daylight was coming outside, but it was not only that: courage cast its own light.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: The soul must bend to endure. The soul must bend to endure.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Liu Fang is a truly gifted, world-famous player of the pipa and the guzheng, classical Chinese stringed instruments. Liu Fang is a truly gifted, world-famous player of the pipa and the guzheng, classical Chinese stringed instruments.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: His intelligence stretched her to the limits, and then changed what those limits were. His intelligence stretched her to the limits, and then changed what those limits were.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: What mortal knew the way their fate line would run? What mortal knew the way their fate line would run?
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Why did becoming accustomed to something have to render its pleasures stale. Why did becoming accustomed to something have to render its pleasures stale.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Praise be to the Weaver and all the gods!' said Shalhassan of Cathal. 'Finally she's done something adult! Praise be to the Weaver and all the gods!' said Shalhassan of Cathal. 'Finally she's done something adult!
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: It was different, though, knowing something in your thoughts and then hearing it confirmed, made real, planted in the world like a tree It was different, though, knowing something in your thoughts and then hearing it confirmed, made real, planted in the world like a tree
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: When I'm all grown up, come what may,I'll build a boat to carry me away When I'm all grown up, come what may,
I'll build a boat to carry me away
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: It is an old truth that men and women sometimes miss what they hate as much as what they love. It is an old truth that men and women sometimes miss what they hate as much as what they love.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Eanna love us, Adaon preserve us, Morian guard our souls. Eanna love us, Adaon preserve us, Morian guard our souls.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Everyone knew that all islands were worlds unto themselves, that to come to an island was to come to another world. Everyone knew that all islands were worlds unto themselves, that to come to an island was to come to another world.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: It is always difficult, even with the best will in the world, to look back a long way and see anything resembling the truth. It is always difficult, even with the best will in the world, to look back a long way and see anything resembling the truth.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: You touched people's lives, glancingly, and those lives changed forever. You touched people's lives, glancingly, and those lives changed forever.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: She was owner and captive, both, of a bitterly divided heart. She was owner and captive, both, of a bitterly divided heart.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: In this world, where we find ourselves, we need compassion more than anything, I think, or we are all alone. In this world, where we find ourselves, we need compassion more than anything, I think, or we are all alone.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: I never talk about books in progress. I could decide to change it to a series of seafood recipes, after all. I never talk about books in progress. I could decide to change it to a series of seafood recipes, after all.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: After a while, you start to realize that you should write a book you would want to read. I try to write a book I would enjoy. After a while, you start to realize that you should write a book you would want to read. I try to write a book I would enjoy.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: We live among mysteries. Love is one, there are others. We must not imagine we understand all there is to know about the world. We live among mysteries. Love is one, there are others. We must not imagine we understand all there is to know about the world.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: I don't plan ahead; each book finds me. History itself, the resonance of the past with the present, is the common denominator in all of them. I don't plan ahead; each book finds me. History itself, the resonance of the past with the present, is the common denominator in all of them.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: By things so achingly small are lives measured and marred. By things so achingly small are lives measured and marred.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Not every man or woman sailing down the river will be a figure of force or significance. Some are merely in the boat with all of us. Not every man or woman sailing down the river will be a figure of force or significance. Some are merely in the boat with all of us.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Here the world is all the world may be Here the world is all the world may be
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: If you so much as start to bow or anything like that, Dave, I'll beat you up. I swear I will. If you so much as start to bow or anything like that, Dave, I'll beat you up. I swear I will.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Ice is for death and endings. Ice is for death and endings.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Men changed during wars or conflict, sometimes beyond recognition. Tai Men changed during wars or conflict, sometimes beyond recognition. Tai
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: And surely, surely, if we are not simply animals that live to fight, there must be a reason for bloodshed. And surely, surely, if we are not simply animals that live to fight, there must be a reason for bloodshed.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: EVENTUALLY, MORNING CAME. Morning always comes. There are always losses in the night, a price paid for light. EVENTUALLY, MORNING CAME. Morning always comes. There are always losses in the night, a price paid for light.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: I grew up in a bookish family, so I read very widely. I was omnivorous, really. I grew up in a bookish family, so I read very widely. I was omnivorous, really.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: I never answer, because I can't, which is my favorite among my own books. I never answer, because I can't, which is my favorite among my own books.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: I cannot speak for those who come after, or what the world will be. We are not made that way. I cannot speak for those who come after, or what the world will be. We are not made that way.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: But if you couldn't do everything, did that mean you did nothing? But if you couldn't do everything, did that mean you did nothing?
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: We will pick our way through the shards of broken objects folly leaves behind. And some of what breaks will be very beautiful. We will pick our way through the shards of broken objects folly leaves behind. And some of what breaks will be very beautiful.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Weariness, sometimes more than anything else, can bring an end to war. Weariness, sometimes more than anything else, can bring an end to war.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: I say 'as it were' or 'so to speak' too often because puns and double entendres keep insinuating themselves into my consciousness as I'm talking. I say 'as it were' or 'so to speak' too often because puns and double entendres keep insinuating themselves into my consciousness as I'm talking.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Small things change a life. Change lives. Small things change a life. Change lives.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Do you know the wish of your heart? - The Darkest Road Do you know the wish of your heart? - The Darkest Road
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Brightly woven, Diar,' Aileron said. And then dazzled them all with the warmth of his smile. Brightly woven, Diar,' Aileron said. And then dazzled them all with the warmth of his smile.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: One didn't stop to talk with creatures from one's nightmares. One didn't stop to talk with creatures from one's nightmares.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: The deeds of men, as footprints in the desert.Nothing under the circling moons is fated to last.Even the sun goes down. The deeds of men, as footprints in the desert.
Nothing under the circling moons is fated to last.
Even the sun goes down.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: She had come to accept, deeply, and with certitude, that she had been born into a world, a life, that would not let her be whole. She had come to accept, deeply, and with certitude, that she had been born into a world, a life, that would not let her be whole.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Alluding and attacking, summoning a courage, embodying a gallantry of defiance that hurt to see, it was so noble and so doomed. Alluding and attacking, summoning a courage, embodying a gallantry of defiance that hurt to see, it was so noble and so doomed.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: We cannot know. But sometimes there is kindness, and sometimes there is love. We cannot know. But sometimes there is kindness, and sometimes there is love.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: I have always argued, in a good novel, interesting things happen to interesting people. I have always argued, in a good novel, interesting things happen to interesting people.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Irritation for some men was their response to strain. Irritation for some men was their response to strain.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: But what did one own if life, if love, could be taken away to darkness? Was it all not just ... a loan, a leasehold, transitory as candles? But what did one own if life, if love, could be taken away to darkness? Was it all not just ... a loan, a leasehold, transitory as candles?
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: You have to be afraid for it to count as bravery. You have to be afraid for it to count as bravery.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: I am afraid to try for more light lest it mean more dark. I am afraid to try for more light lest it mean more dark.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: I will not say I am sorry, but I can tell you that I grieve. I will not say I am sorry, but I can tell you that I grieve.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: A hand fought best when it made a fist. A hand fought best when it made a fist.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: We must be what we are, or we become our enemies. We must be what we are, or we become our enemies.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Writing is never, ever easy but I wake up every morning grateful for the gift of being able to do this. Writing is never, ever easy but I wake up every morning grateful for the gift of being able to do this.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk. There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: Everything you have ever heard about the strangeness of Hollywood is true! Everything you have ever heard about the strangeness of Hollywood is true!
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: We salvage what we can, what truly matters to us, even at the gates of despair. We salvage what we can, what truly matters to us, even at the gates of despair.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: All the roads are dark. Only at the end is there a hope of light. All the roads are dark. Only at the end is there a hope of light.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: The world could bring you poison in a jewelled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was. The world could bring you poison in a jewelled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: It can be hard to write a skillfully entertaining fiction, but a great book wants to be more, and wants more from us. It can be hard to write a skillfully entertaining fiction, but a great book wants to be more, and wants more from us.
Guy Gavriel Kay quotes: He wasn't a poet, not everyone is. He wasn't a poet, not everyone is.

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