# Quote — Tad Williams, Stone of Farewell

> “Not everyone can stand up and be a hero, Princess,” he said quietly. “Some prefer to surrender to the inevitable and salve their conscience with the gift of survival.”
>
> Miriamele thought about the obvious truth of what Cadrach had said as they walked on, but could not understand why it made her so unutterably sad.

- Author: [Tad Williams](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tad-williams.md)
- Book: [Stone of Farewell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tad-williams/stone-of-farewell.md)
- Page: 37
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tad-williams/stone-of-farewell/not-everyone-can

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> “Do you get tired, singing?” she asked.
>
> Gan Itai laughed quietly. “Does a mother grow tired raising her children? Of course, but it is what I do.”

p. 591 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tad-williams/stone-of-farewell/do-you-get.md)

> She knew that life was but a long struggle against disorder, and that disorder was the inevitable winner.

p. 211 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tad-williams/stone-of-farewell/she-knew-that.md)

> He wanted a home desperately. He was close to the point where he would take a mattress in Hell if the Devil would lend him a pillow.

p. 342 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tad-williams/stone-of-farewell/he-wanted-a-home.md)