Roger Zelazny
The sky was brass and the sun was a mushy apple. The wind was a panting dog with bad breath. — Roger Zelazny, The Guns of Avalon (Doubleday; 1st edition, January 1, 1972)
Category: Magic
Aleister Crowley
Happiness lies within one’s self, and the way to dig it out is cocaine. ― Aleister Crowley, Diary of a Drug Fiend. Weiser Books June 1977 (first published 1922)
Patrick Rothfuss
No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself… Continue reading Patrick Rothfuss
Anna-Marie McLemore
How to keep the flint shell of his heart from cracking before he was ready. That being forbidden a thing would only make him want it more, but sometimes it was easier not to want something if he knew he could never have it. — Anna-Marie McLemore, Wild Beauty (Feiwel and Friends, 2017)
Ioan P. Couliano
Melancholy, being a kind of vacatio, separation of soul from body, bestowed the gift of clairvoyance and premonition. In the classifications of the Middle Ages, melancholy was included among the seven forms of vacatio, along with sleep, fainting, and solitude. The state of vacatio is characterized by a labile link between soul and body which… Continue reading Ioan P. Couliano
Joe Abercrombie
Luck is a woman. She’s drawn to those that least deserve her. ― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (Gollancz, March 20, 2008)
Terry Pratchett
Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. — Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of… Continue reading Terry Pratchett
Catherynne M. Valente
“I have missed you so much I could kiss you,” he whispered. September’s face fell. “Oh, but Saturday! I’ve had my First Kiss and I didn’t mean to, I didn’t want to, but your shadow is very rude and impulsive, and he took it before I could say two words! And I’ve had my second… Continue reading Catherynne M. Valente
Jim Butcher
Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar. ― Jim Butcher, Dead Beat. (Roc; English Language edition, May 2, 2006)
Charles de Lint
Don’t forget – no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell. — Charles de Lint, The Blue Girl. (Firebird; Reprint edition April 6, 2006)
The Vale of Soul-Making 