Quotes from Terry Brooks

He knew how to tell a lie when it was needed and a greater good would be served.

We have our eyes and ears, and we learn more than you suspect. Our problem is not one of ignorance; it is one of complacency. We are too quick to accept the life we know and not quick enough to embrace the life we only imagine. We think that events must proceed as we dictate, and that no other voice will ever have meaning but ours.

The spiderlike body arched and turned on the lip of the bottle like some feeding insect.

Nevertheless, it was a terrible mistake on my part.

Love is a beautiful fear.

Sometimes things feel real when they aren't. It might all just be nonsense you've persuaded yourself is something more.

Perhaps it was inevitable that all learning, whether born of good or bad intention, whether used to give life or to take life away, must come to light at some point in time. Perhaps

It is not given to us already cast. It is given as a set of possibilities, and we must choose which of these we would make happen and then try to see it done.

you had to settle for what you were given and be grateful.

Failure to act in a timely manner can be fatal.

Miles saw him as a grief-stricken recluse, hiding from the world while he mourned his dead wife. Maybe that was the way everyone saw him. But Annie's death had not created the condition; it had merely emphasized it.

Couples and singles made a poor mix, and most of their friends had been couples. He hadn't done much to foster continuing friendships in any case, spending most of his time involved with his work and with his private, inviolate grief. He was not such good company anymore, and only Miles had had the patience and the perseverance to stay with him.

He wanted to tell himself or maybe even her that he would never understand women, but he had a feeling he wasn't the first man to formulate this opinion and very likely wouldn't be the last and that it really didn't matter anyway. So dismissing this useless assessment, he took a deep breath, exhaled loudly, put the entire matter behind him, and tramped after her.

We're all stuck in this world, and none of us made it the way it is. We don't like much about it, and I think if you want to live in it with some sense of responsibility, you have to find ways to keep it this side of becoming too insane.

He saw little enough of people and little enough was more than enough, and he didn't look to give them reasons to seek him out.

Phryne tried reasoning with him, but he talked right over her attempts at an explanation, fixated on his belief that she had not only disobeyed him but lied to him, as well.

La vida es el momento de tomar decisiones, Walker Boh. Y la muerte es el momento de recordar lo que hemos decidido.

Stoon savored the memory. It gave him an undeniable satisfaction. There were many others like it, but none that provided such a clear sense of fulfillment. Drust Chazhul had been a monster, bereft of any sense of moral obligation or purpose in life. He had only wanted to achieve power and then hang on to it. Such men were plentiful and always replaceable. Such men needed purging, and when the chance came to remove one, it was an opportunity to be exploited.

You can live your life worrying about what you don't know, or you can accept your limitations and make the best of it.

Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization creates peace.

It is important to accept truths, even when they are inconvenient.

Qui-Gon looked suddenly sad. "No, Obi-Wan. Secrets must be exposed when found. Detours must be taken when encountered. And if you are the one who stands at the crossroads or the place of concealment, you must never leave it to another to act in your place.

son los actos y no las palabras los que marcan la diferencia.

We shouldn't have to accept it, either. Mostly, we don't. We understand the odds are against us, but we still strive for something more. We make our best effort each time out because now and then we get exactly what we want.