# Quote — Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair

> “Never make your home in a place,” the old man had said, too lazy in the spring warmth to do more than wag a finger. “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.” Morgenes had grinned. “That way it will go with you wherever you journey. You’ll never lack for a home—unless you lose your head, of course...”

- Author: [Tad Williams](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tad-williams.md)
- Book: [The Dragonbone Chair](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tad-williams/the-dragonbone-chair.md)
- Page: 718
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> 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.

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> “Is this being in love?” he suddenly wondered? It was nothing like the ballads he had heard sung—this was more irritating than uplifting.

p. 500 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tad-williams/the-dragonbone-chair/is-this-being.md)

> “Now, boy, now...” he said bewilderedly, “what is all this talk of glory? Have you caught the sickness, too? Curse me for a blind beggar, I should have seen. This fever has cankered even your simple heart, hasn’t it, Simon? I’m sorry. It takes a strong will or practiced eye to see through the glitter to the rotten core.”

p. 139 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tad-williams/the-dragonbone-chair/now-boy-now.md)