“As for monkeys, I would have five, and they would be named: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, Do Pretty Much Whatever The Hell You Want, and Expensive Attorney.”
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Tad Williams
“He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.” ― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair
“Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it- memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.” ― Tad Williams
“We are none of us promised anything but the last breath we take.” ― Tad Williams
“You are only a prisoner when you surrender.” ― Tad Williams, Shadowplay
“We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.” ― Tad Williams
“A piece of writing is a trap,” he said cheerily, “and the best kind. A book, you see, is the only kind of trap that keeps its captive—which is knowledge—alive forever.” ― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair
“She had to find her own story, and she could make it whatever shape she thought best.” ― Tad Williams, River of Blue Fire
“Books are a form of magic—” the doctor lifted the volume he had just laid on the stack, “—because they span time and distance more surely than any spell or charm.” ― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair
“...Coca-Cola and fries, the wafer and wine of the Western religion of commerce.” ― Tad Williams, City of Golden Shadow
“Remember that each light between sunrise and sunset is worth dying for at least once.” ― Tad Williams, Shadowrise
“Whatever my ancestors did to you, none of them consulted me.” ― Tad Williams, Shadowrise
“He had once thought it was strange to have a friend you'd never met. Now it was even stranger, losing a friend you'd never really had” ― Tad Williams, City of Golden Shadow
“Has everyone gone mad?” “Everyone was mad already, my lady,” Cadrach said with a strange, sorrowful smile. “It is merely that the times have brought it out in them.” ― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair
“-You're pretty hard-boiled, Tinker Bell.-Call me that name again and you'll be wondering how your bollocks wound up lodged in your windpipe--from below. Just because we don't get to your side of things much anymore doesn't mean we don't know anything. 'If you believe in fairies, clap your hands!' If you believe in fairies, kiss my rosy pink arse is more like it. Now are you going to shut your gob or not?” ― Tad Williams, The War of the Flowers
“After all, is it not the way we humans shape the universe, shape time itself? Do we not take the raw stuff of chaos and impose a beginning, middle, and end on it, like the simplest and most profound of folktales, to reflect the shapes of our own tiny lives? And if the physicists are right, that the physical world changes as it is observed, and we are its only known observers, then might we not be bending the entire chaotic universe, the eternal, ever-active Now, to fit that familiar form?” ― Tad Williams, Sea of Silver Light
“A man who will not listen carefully to advice honestly given is a fool. Of course, a man who blindly takes any advice he receives is a bigger fool.” ― Tad Williams, To Green Angel Tower
“Tangaloor, fire-brightFlame-foot, farthest walkerYour hunter speaksIn need he walksIn need, but never in fear.” ― Tad Williams, Tailchaser's Song
“Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?" The doctor cocked an eyebrow. "Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body occupied but leave the mind and heart unfettered.” ― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair
“He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.” ― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair
“Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it- memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.” ― Tad Williams
“We are none of us promised anything but the last breath we take.” ― Tad Williams
“You are only a prisoner when you surrender.” ― Tad Williams, Shadowplay
“We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.” ― Tad Williams
“A piece of writing is a trap,” he said cheerily, “and the best kind. A book, you see, is the only kind of trap that keeps its captive—which is knowledge—alive forever.” ― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair
“She had to find her own story, and she could make it whatever shape she thought best.” ― Tad Williams, River of Blue Fire
“Books are a form of magic—” the doctor lifted the volume he had just laid on the stack, “—because they span time and distance more surely than any spell or charm.” ― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair
“...Coca-Cola and fries, the wafer and wine of the Western religion of commerce.” ― Tad Williams, City of Golden Shadow
“Remember that each light between sunrise and sunset is worth dying for at least once.” ― Tad Williams, Shadowrise
“Whatever my ancestors did to you, none of them consulted me.” ― Tad Williams, Shadowrise
“He had once thought it was strange to have a friend you'd never met. Now it was even stranger, losing a friend you'd never really had” ― Tad Williams, City of Golden Shadow
“Has everyone gone mad?” “Everyone was mad already, my lady,” Cadrach said with a strange, sorrowful smile. “It is merely that the times have brought it out in them.” ― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair
“-You're pretty hard-boiled, Tinker Bell.-Call me that name again and you'll be wondering how your bollocks wound up lodged in your windpipe--from below. Just because we don't get to your side of things much anymore doesn't mean we don't know anything. 'If you believe in fairies, clap your hands!' If you believe in fairies, kiss my rosy pink arse is more like it. Now are you going to shut your gob or not?” ― Tad Williams, The War of the Flowers
“After all, is it not the way we humans shape the universe, shape time itself? Do we not take the raw stuff of chaos and impose a beginning, middle, and end on it, like the simplest and most profound of folktales, to reflect the shapes of our own tiny lives? And if the physicists are right, that the physical world changes as it is observed, and we are its only known observers, then might we not be bending the entire chaotic universe, the eternal, ever-active Now, to fit that familiar form?” ― Tad Williams, Sea of Silver Light
“A man who will not listen carefully to advice honestly given is a fool. Of course, a man who blindly takes any advice he receives is a bigger fool.” ― Tad Williams, To Green Angel Tower
“Tangaloor, fire-brightFlame-foot, farthest walkerYour hunter speaksIn need he walksIn need, but never in fear.” ― Tad Williams, Tailchaser's Song
“Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?" The doctor cocked an eyebrow. "Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body occupied but leave the mind and heart unfettered.” ― Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair
