Stephen Donaldson

Quotes

1. Do not be too quick to judge the makers of worlds. Will you ever write a story for which no character will have caused to reproach you?

   p. 473

2. 

   He smiled because he was alive.

   p. 480

3. 

   “I’ll tell you what it is. It’s a goddam miracle, that’s what it is.”

   “Come, now,” the older man murmured. “I don’t believe in miracles—neither do you.”

   p. 479

4. 

   Dreaming is like—it’s like being a slave. Your dreams come out of all the parts of you that you don’t have any control over.

   p. 439

5. 

   War puts burdens on people without caring whether they are ready for them or not.

   p. 180

6. 

   Verily, wisdom is like hunger. Perhaps it is a very fine thing—but who would willingly partake of it?

   p. 394

7. 

   You did not cause his despair. Had you treated him with distrust, you would have achieved nothing but the confirmation of his distress. Distrust—vindicates itself.

   p. 321

8. 

   Then he grinned. “But it is said that hunger teaches many things. My friend, a wealth of wisdom awaits us on this journey.”

   p. 394

9. 

   I would say that happiness lies in serving the Land. And I would say that there is no happiness in times of war.

   p. 146

10. 

    Power is power. Its uses are in the hands of the user.

    p. 251

11. 

    “That’s madness!” Covenant gasped thickly. Elena’s gaze wavered on the edge of focus, and he could not bear to look at her. “Do you think that some existence after death is going to vindicate you after you’ve simply extirpated life from the earth? That was exactly Kevin’s mistake. I tell you, he is roasting in hell!”

    p. 412

12. 

    I rest and rest, but I do not become young.

    p. 286