Wizard Washington Quotes & Sayings

Why should you be content with so little? Why shouldn't you reach out for something big? — Charles L. Allen

I did not buy a book called Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen Donaldson, which has the temerity to compare itself, on the front cover, to 'Tolkien at his best.' The back cover attributes the quote to the Washington Post, a newspaper whose quotations will always damn a book for me from now on. How dare they? And how dare the publishers? It isn't a comparison anyone could make, except to say 'Compared to Tolkien at his best, this is dross.' I mean you could say that even about really brilliant books like A Wizard of Earthsea. I expect Lord Foul's Bane (horrible title, sounds like a Conan book) is more like Tolkien at his worst, which would be the beginning of The Simarillion.
The thing about Tolkien, about The Lord of the Rings, is that it's perfect. — Jo Walton

My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' when I left high school, which has always been very special to me - it was the novel that introduced me to dystopian fiction. I'm also influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, Dickens, John Wyndham and Middle English dream-visions. — Samantha Shannon

Let's learn to live, for we must die alone. — George Crabbe

One friend with hidden intentions is equal to One Hundred Silent Assassins. — Srinivas Shenoy

Downhill's the future of the sport. Cross-country's not geared for TV. Some fat guy watching it with a beer in one hand and potato chips in the other is going to say, I can do that. America likes to see people crash. — Missy Giove

Without pleasure there is no sight or measure. — Dejan Stojanovic

Mansions were forming like jewels in my bloodstream. — Pat Conroy

How many valiant men we have seen to survive their own reputation! — Michel De Montaigne

As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game. — Larry Bird

If you feel stuck in your life, like it's passing you by, like there's something way better for you somewhere out there and you're missing it, try this - try throwing yourself into the small things and repeating to yourself: This is where I start. — Rob Bell

Metal isn't necessarily aggressive. There's metal that's contemplative, there's metal that's sad, and there's metal that's exuberant. No genre is limited in what it can express. — John Darnielle

Only the gods tell him what to do, and you should beware of men who take their orders from the gods. — Bernard Cornwell

I feel that nothing important ever happens that is not revealed to me beforehand. — Anne Hutchinson

Along those lines, accept any and all thoughts (don't be afraid of them no matter what they are). — Jennifer Niven