It proved to be much farther than I had hoped. It always is when you are running away.
Glen Cook Quotes
born 1944 United States
Glen Charles Cook (born July 9, 1944) is a contemporary American science fiction and fantasy writer, best known for The Black Company and Garrett P.I. fantasy series.
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226 quotes
The Silver Spike (1989)
Sweet Silver Blues (1987)
Soldiers Live (2000)
I don’t think she told any lies. She just forgot to tell the whole truth.
Dreams of Steel (1990)
The thing that you know to be true is the lie that will kill you.
Soldiers Live (2000)
Soldiers Live (2000)
I sped a prayer heavenward. God needs to be reminded.
Water Sleeps (1999)
Bitter Gold Hearts (1988)
Like most villains, he was wicked only most of the time and mainly in small-minded ways.
Water Sleeps (1999)
I picked up my five cards from the next deal. “This ain’t a hand, it’s a foot.”
Water Sleeps (1999)
Shadows Linger (1984)
It is a saying of my people. Even Water sleeps. But Enemy never rests.
She Is the Darkness (1997)
My favorite sport is female and my favorite food is beer.
Cold Copper Tears (1988)
Dreams of Steel (1990)
Dawn comes early when you wish it would not. The hours flash when you want them to drag.
The White Rose (1985)
Life is but a flicker shouting into the jaws of eternity. But it seems so damned unfair!
The White Rose (1985)
You can’t get out of getting old. You can’t get out of having a relationship change.
The White Rose (1985)
They (i. e., the peasants) could imagine no future more grim than their past.
She Is the Darkness (1997)
Shadow Games (1989)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Glen Cook (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.