I don't write fantasy. I write stories that have important human themes. They have elements of romance, history, adventure, mystery and philosophy. Most fantasy is one-dimensional. It's either about magic or a world-building. I don't do either.
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Terry Goodkind
There's ways you can trust an enemy you can't always trust a friend. An enemy's never going to betray your trust.
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Daniel Abraham
The problem with people who say monsters don't really exist is that they're almost never saying it to the monsters.
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Seanan McGuire
Never tell anyone to be careful, never ask what that noise was, and for the love of God, never, ever say that you'll be right back.
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Seanan McGuire
Follow the rules whenever possible. That makes it a lot more surprising when you break them.
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Mira Grant
Nothing is impossible to kill. It's just that sometimes after you kill something you have to keep shooting it until it stops moving
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Mira Grant
This is what I do know: A lie, however well-intended, can't prepare you for reality or change the world... To tell the truth is to provide armament against a world too full of cruelties to be defeated with simple falsehoods... It seems to me we owe the world--more, we owe ourselves--the exchange of comfort for the chance that maybe the truth can do what people always say it can. The truth may, given the opportunity, set us free.
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Mira Grant
Rhaegar fought bravely, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought valiantly, and Rhaegar died.
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George R.R. Martin
You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage.
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Terry Pratchett
Take life as it comes. Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.
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Robert Jordan
Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...
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Terry Pratchett
“Fight only in direst need, Not for lust or petty greed, Honor those that do give birth, Respect them well for their full worth”
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Anne McCaffrey
Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.
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Patrick Rothfuss
Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.
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Patrick Rothfuss