92 quotes
If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.
Dreams Underfoot (1993)
I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life story.
Memory and Dream (1994)
Nothing’s different, but everything has changed.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
Wisdom never comes to those who believe they have nothing left to learn.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
Those who live forever, who have no stake in the dance of death’s inevitable approach, can never understand the sanctity of life.
Dreams Underfoot (1993)
The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better.
Memory and Dream (1994)
There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it’s really a wheel.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
No matter the semantics, they are of a kind and it is legend and myth that binds us all together.
The Little Country (1991)
While you live … you have a duty to life. … The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. … Otherwise they fade away.
Into the Green (1993)
By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
There's enough weirdness in the world as it is without having to give it supernatural trappings, don't you think?
Yarrow: An Autumn Tale (1986)
It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy.
The Little Country (1991)
As far as I’m concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary.
Dreams Underfoot (1993)
The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.
Dreams Underfoot (1993)
That dichotomy between who she was and who she thought she should be was what really killed her.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
The best kinds of practical jokes are those that backfire on whoever’s playing the trick.
Dreams Underfoot (1993)
Creeps don’t need reasons for what they do; that’s why they’re creeps.
Dreams Underfoot (1993)
There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.
Yarrow: An Autumn Tale (1986)