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Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes

Weariness, sometimes more than anything else, can bring an end to war Picture Quote #1

Everything you have ever heard about the strangeness of Hollywood is true! Picture Quote #1

But if you couldn’t do everything, did that mean you did nothing? Picture Quote #1

I had been obsessed with the Arthurian legends all my life, and I knew that that would work its way into any trilogy I wrote. I was fascinated by the Eddas, the Norse and Icelandic legends, Odin on the world tree Picture Quote #1

I spent many years writing and directing in radio drama, so I am comfortable with an audience or a microphone, but I do worry about the blurring of an author’s public persona with the work itself. A good ‘performer’ can make a mediocre book sound strong, and a shy author can leave listeners missing the excellence of his or her writing Picture Quote #1

The poems were the only thing I wrote that was not for everyone else. Then my editors at Penguin, who were also friends and had seen several of them, aggressively urged me to do a book. Editors can be aggressive, especially after drinks. That’s how ‘Beyond This Dark House’ appeared Picture Quote #1

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I never talk about books in progress. I could decide to change it to a series of seafood recipes, after all Picture Quote #1

I don’t plan ahead; each book finds me. History itself, the resonance of the past with the present, is the common denominator in all of them Picture Quote #1

When I am reading for research and making notes, I use a cleverly designed curved lap-desk, and I sit up dutifully, mindful of ergonomics and suchlike concepts. When reading for pleasure, I take advantage of the ‘recline’ in recliner Picture Quote #1

Fantasy is more than an escape from the truths of the world and the past: it is an open acknowledgment that those truths are complex and morally difficult. It offers a different route to creating something which will resonate with readers, in a way which resists the erasure of privacy and autonomy which pervades our modern world Picture Quote #1

I say ‘as it were’ or ‘so to speak’ too often because puns and double entendres keep insinuating themselves into my consciousness as I’m talking Picture Quote #1

A hard truth: that courage can be without meaning or impact, need not be rewarded, or even known. The world has not been made in that way. Perhaps, however, within the self there might come a resonance, the awareness of having done something difficult, of having done . . . something Picture Quote #1

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We are the total of our longings Picture Quote #1

I have always argued, in a good novel, interesting things happen to interesting people Picture Quote #1

A hand fought best when it made a fist Picture Quote #1

What mortal knew the way their fate line would run? Picture Quote #1

One didn’t stop to talk with creatures from one’s nightmares Picture Quote #1

You’d never killed anyone. Then you had Picture Quote #1

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She was owner and captive, both, of a bitterly divided heart Picture Quote #1

I will not say I am sorry, but I can tell you that I grieve Picture Quote #1

By things so achingly small are lives measured and marred Picture Quote #1

Most hated by the dark, for their name is light Picture Quote #1

We must be what we are, or we become our enemies Picture Quote #1

Ice is for death and endings Picture Quote #1

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In this world, where we find ourselves, we need compassion more than anything, I think, or we are all alone Picture Quote #1

... everyone knew that all islands were worlds unto themselves, that to come to an island was to come to another world Picture Quote #1

The deeds of men, as footprints in the desert. Nothing under the circling moons is fated to last. Even the sun goes down Picture Quote #1

The world could bring you poison in a jewelled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was Picture Quote #1

How we remember changes how we have lived. Time runs both ways. We make stories of our lives Picture Quote #1

I cannot speak for those who come after, or what the world will be. We are not made that way Picture Quote #1

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Weariness, sometimes more than anything else, can bring an end to war (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) Everything you have ever heard about the strangeness of Hollywood is true! (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) But if you couldn’t do everything, did that mean you did nothing? (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) I had been obsessed with the Arthurian legends all my life, and I knew that that would work its way into any trilogy I wrote. I was fascinated by the Eddas, the Norse and Icelandic legends, Odin on the world tree. (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) I spent many years writing and directing in radio drama, so I am comfortable with an audience or a microphone, but I do worry about the blurring of an author’s public persona with the work itself. A good ‘performer’ can make a mediocre book sound strong, and a shy author can leave listeners missing the excellence of his or her writing. (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) The poems were the only thing I wrote that was not for everyone else. Then my editors at Penguin, who were also friends and had seen several of them, aggressively urged me to do a book. Editors can be aggressive, especially after drinks. That’s how ‘Beyond This Dark House’ appeared. (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) I never talk about books in progress. I could decide to change it to a series of seafood recipes, after all. (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) I don’t plan ahead; each book finds me. History itself, the resonance of the past with the present, is the common denominator in all of them. (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) When I am reading for research and making notes, I use a cleverly designed curved lap-desk, and I sit up dutifully, mindful of ergonomics and suchlike concepts. When reading for pleasure, I take advantage of the ‘recline’ in recliner. (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) Fantasy is more than an escape from the truths of the world and the past: it is an open acknowledgment that those truths are complex and morally difficult. It offers a different route to creating something which will resonate with readers, in a way which resists the erasure of privacy and autonomy which pervades our modern world. (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) I say ‘as it were’ or ‘so to speak’ too often because puns and double entendres keep insinuating themselves into my consciousness as I’m talking. (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) A hard truth: that courage can be without meaning or impact, need not be rewarded, or even known. The world has not been made in that way. Perhaps, however, within the self there might come a resonance, the awareness of having done something difficult, of having done . . . something. (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) We are the total of our longings (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) I have always argued, in a good novel, interesting things happen to interesting people (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) A hand fought best when it made a fist (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) What mortal knew the way their fate line would run? (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) One didn’t stop to talk with creatures from one’s nightmares (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) You’d never killed anyone. Then you had (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) She was owner and captive, both, of a bitterly divided heart (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) I will not say I am sorry, but I can tell you that I grieve (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) By things so achingly small are lives measured and marred (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) Most hated by the dark, for their name is light (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) We must be what we are, or we become our enemies (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) Ice is for death and endings (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) In this world, where we find ourselves, we need compassion more than anything, I think, or we are all alone (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) ... everyone knew that all islands were worlds unto themselves, that to come to an island was to come to another world (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) The deeds of men, as footprints in the desert. Nothing under the circling moons is fated to last. Even the sun goes down (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) The world could bring you poison in a jewelled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) How we remember changes how we have lived. Time runs both ways. We make stories of our lives (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes) I cannot speak for those who come after, or what the world will be. We are not made that way (Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes)

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