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Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Involuntarily, she stopped, jerked up her head, looked around her like a frightened woman. They weren't car horns: they were wind instruments

Involuntarily, she stopped, jerked up her head, looked around her like a frightened woman. They weren't car horns: they were wind instruments

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Everything dies, from the smallest blade of grass to the biggest galaxy.

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

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: He who waits for the sword to fall upon his neck will surely lose his head.

He who waits for the sword to fall upon his neck will surely lose his head.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: We need metaphors of magic and monsters in order to understand the human condition.

We need metaphors of magic and monsters in order to understand the human condition.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Admonitions took over the ravaged playground of his mind.

Admonitions took over the ravaged playground of his mind.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Despair and bitterness are not the only songs in the world

Despair and bitterness are not the only songs in the world

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: But my arts are also pure, as a circle is pure, and in a flawed world purity cannot endure.

But my arts are also pure, as a circle is pure, and in a flawed world purity cannot endure.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Golden Boy with feet of clayLet me help you on your wayA proper push will take you far -But what a clumsy lad you are!

Golden Boy with feet of clay
Let me help you on your way
A proper push will take you far -
But what a clumsy lad you are!

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: I had no intention of pursuing either the characters or the setting further.

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

Of the authors published under Ballantine's Adult Fantasy logo, only Evangeline Walton 'spoke' to me.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: So ignorance increases ignorance, and knowledge

So ignorance increases ignorance, and knowledge

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: But we will trust you nonetheless. You are bitter, and bitterness is a sign of concern. I trust that.

But we will trust you nonetheless. You are bitter, and bitterness is a sign of concern. I trust that.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: The heart cherishes secrets not worth the telling

The heart cherishes secrets not worth the telling

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Perfection cannot endure in an imperfect world.

Perfection cannot endure in an imperfect world.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Oh, I have dreams, you fool. I have dreams. I dream of blood.

Oh, I have dreams, you fool. I have dreams. I dream of blood.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Any belief that puts itself beyond doubt nurtures its own collapse.

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

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.

It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Something in her expression made Covenant feel that he came from a very poor world, where no one knew or cared about the healing of stoneware pots.

Something in her expression made Covenant feel that he came from a very poor world, where no one knew or cared about the healing of stoneware pots.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: In accepting the Gift you Honor the Giver

In accepting the Gift you Honor the Giver

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: power is a dreadful thing, and that the knowledge of power dims the seeing of the wise.

power is a dreadful thing, and that the knowledge of power dims the seeing of the wise.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Mending is harder than breaking.

Mending is harder than breaking.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: And you require no answers", Foamfollower was laughing in his gladness, "You are sufficient to every question".

And you require no answers", Foamfollower was laughing in his gladness, "You are sufficient to every question".

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: So now you think the augury was misinterpreted. It said you had to go get someone. It didn't say who that someone was.

So now you think the augury was misinterpreted. It said you had to go get someone. It didn't say who that someone was.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: I may not yet be as old as dirt, but dirt and I are starting to have an awful lot in common.

I may not yet be as old as dirt, but dirt and I are starting to have an awful lot in common.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Where do you get dreams like this?

Where do you get dreams like this?

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: For all contempt turns upon the contemptuous, as it must.

For all contempt turns upon the contemptuous, as it must.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Futility is the defining characteristic of life.

Futility is the defining characteristic of life.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Joy is in the ears that hear.

Joy is in the ears that hear.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: When you've tried all the salves in the world and they don't work, you start thinking about fire

When you've tried all the salves in the world and they don't work, you start thinking about fire

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Life is risk. All who inhabit the Earth inhale peril with each breath.

Life is risk. All who inhabit the Earth inhale peril with each breath.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: he felt as tired as if he had spent the whole night shouting at himself. While

he felt as tired as if he had spent the whole night shouting at himself. While

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: What good are friends who treat you just like your enemies do?

What good are friends who treat you just like your enemies do?

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Dark trees leaped across his vision like aghast dancers in the nacreous light.

Dark trees leaped across his vision like aghast dancers in the nacreous light.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Their flat, unreadable faces showed no signs of youth or age, as if their relationship with time was somehow ambivalent; and

Their flat, unreadable faces showed no signs of youth or age, as if their relationship with time was somehow ambivalent; and

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

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 quotes: In perfect unison, all the townspeople vomited gouts of blood onto the pavement.

In perfect unison, all the townspeople vomited gouts of blood onto the pavement.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Attempts must be made, even when there can be no hope. The alternative is despair.

Attempts must be made, even when there can be no hope. The alternative is despair.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: We didn't make the world. All we have to do is live in it.

We didn't make the world. All we have to do is live in it.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.

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

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: I can't spend my whole life just sitting on my hands and wondering when I'm going to fade. I can't. That's worse than doing something wrong. Isn't it?

I can't spend my whole life just sitting on my hands and wondering when I'm going to fade. I can't. That's worse than doing something wrong. Isn't it?

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Part of him wanted to weep ... but his purpose was rigid within him. He felt he could not bend to gentleness without breaking.

Part of him wanted to weep ... but his purpose was rigid within him. He felt he could not bend to gentleness without breaking.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: But he was dreaming. The way to endure a dream was to flow with it until it ended.

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

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: She could not distinguish between contrition and self-abasement; between acknowledgment and blame.

She could not distinguish between contrition and self-abasement; between acknowledgment and blame.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: In your present state, Chosen, Desecration lies ahead of you. It does not crowd at your back.

In your present state, Chosen, Desecration lies ahead of you. It does not crowd at your back.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Be true, unbeliever.

Be true, unbeliever.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: Courage is for the lean. I am wiser.

Courage is for the lean. I am wiser.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: That is Lord Foul's way in all things - to force his foes to become that which they most hate, and to destroy that which they most love.

That is Lord Foul's way in all things - to force his foes to become that which they most hate, and to destroy that which they most love.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: It may be that hope misleads. But hate - hate corrupts. I have been too quick to hate. I become like what I abhor.

It may be that hope misleads. But hate - hate corrupts. I have been too quick to hate. I become like what I abhor.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: There is no doom so black or deep that courage and clear sight may not find another truth beyond it.

There is no doom so black or deep that courage and clear sight may not find another truth beyond it.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: It was the responsibility of the living to make meaningful the sacrifices of the dead.

It was the responsibility of the living to make meaningful the sacrifices of the dead.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: The idea that his wedding band was some kind of talisman nauseated him like the smell of attar.

The idea that his wedding band was some kind of talisman nauseated him like the smell of attar.

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: everything that passes unattempted is impossible." At

everything that passes unattempted is impossible." At

Stephen R. Donaldson quotes: When inadequate men assumed huge burdens, the outcome could only serve Despite.

When inadequate men assumed huge burdens, the outcome could only serve Despite.