Quotes from S.F. Said

Believe something is impossible,' said his ancestor calmly, 'and you will surely fail. But believe in yourself and you can do anything.

denial. It rose up out of him, and rushed towards her. He came at her with all his power, all his Skills, all

Varjak Paw,' said Elyza Scratch, unsheathing her claws, 'the way Razor fooled Luger was genius, and I take back everything I said.

There are many things in this world that trouble me,' she said. 'Do they not trouble you, too?

Nothing is ordinary,' said the tyger. 'Everything is extraordinary. In all of infinity and eternity, that flower exists only in this world; this precise posi- tion in space and time. Everywhere else, there is a different flower, or no flower at all. And the same is true of you. Nothing special? You are miraculous beyond measure, both of you.

Doubt anything you like,' said the tyger, fi tv rand proud. 'Doubt the clouds in the sky, the movements of the tide, or the turning of this world around its sun. But never, ever doubt me.

The tyger's tail thumped behind her. "This stunted little world breaks my heart,' she said. 'So much here has stagnated and died. I wanted to remind you of what has been lost - but also of what is possible. You see, tygers could flourish only when they lived in freedom. And you have never known what it is to be free.

Imagine how different you would be if the history of your world was different,' said the tyger. "There are infinite possible histories of the world, and of yourselves. So you should never stop questioning the world, and everything in it; wondering how it could be different.

To open a gateway between worlds,' said the tyger, in the darkness of the ruin, 'you must first of all see the possibility of a gateway. Then you must make that possibility a reality. You must create it. You will find the power you need inside you, if you go through the doors of creation to the other side.

Perhaps not yet,' said the tyger, 'but you have the potential. Every human being has it. At first, only immortals did. But then someone stole a spark from the fires of infinity, and gave it to your kind. So now the power of creation is yours, like perception and imagination. And with these powers, there is nothing you cannot do.

Hold on to your dreams,' said the tyger. 'They will help you change the world, or create new worlds, for every time you make a choice, that is what you do. And if you can dream of something - then in all of infinity, there must be at least one world in which that dream is real.

Doubt the clouds in the sky, the movements of the tide, or the turning of this world around its sun. But never, ever doubt me.