Skip to content

You don’t alter the past, turn the tide, or change yourself by brooding about your hidden motives. You will surprise yourself every time, anyway. Nobody ever figures out why.

— Glen Cook Bitter Gold Hearts (1988)

Another quote →

More quotes by Glen Cook

Folks always believe their own racism is the result of divine inspiration, incontestably valid.

Sweet Silver Blues (1987)

I’ve always known people for whom a goal was everything, who never thought nothing about the consequences of the goal achieved.

The Silver Spike (1989)

Time is the enemy whose patience can’t be exhausted.

Dreams of Steel (1990)

Never underestimate the power of human ingratitude.

Shadow Games (1989)

To me wine is just so much spoiled fruit juice.

Cold Copper Tears (1988)

All Glen Cook quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Glen Cook (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.