Quotes from Terry Brooks

You were guaranteed so little in this life, and so sometimes you took what was offered even though you knew it might end badly.

Human minds are not equipped to face the realities of nonmaterial existence on this sphere. It is too much for any mortal to bear for long." Again

Human minds are not equipped to face the realities of nonmaterial existence on this sphere. It is too much for any mortal to bear for

The echo of birdcalls was sharp and ghostly, sounding out of the silence in forlorn reverberation across the wider expanse of the lakes before disappearing into the dark maze of the surrounding woods. Mist clung in thick blankets to the mountaintops. The air was sharp and clear, and you could see the details of clefts in the rocks of snow-cropped defiles that were miles away.

what he knew to be true about himself he probably saw frequently in others, whether it was there or not.

Well, that's what you did when things went wrong. You thought about what you would do if you had that second chance you would never get.

There was that gap between adults and children that reserved to each secrets that were hidden from the other. When you were old enough, you became privy to the secrets that belonged only to adults and lost in turn those that belonged only to children. You did not ever gain all of one or lose all of the other; of each, some you kept and some you never gained.

Life was so mysterious and quixotic. It was an infinite maze, but ultimately there was only one right path for each human who sought to navigate its twisting corridors.

You can't stop change any more than you can stop the suns from setting.

Kiss me, she told him impulsively. Right now. Like you mean it. Like you might not get another chance. He did so, on the mouth, a long kiss that caused Pinch, standing in the doorway, to gasp and mutter in dismay. She closed her eyes and leaned into the kiss. So sweet, so exciting.

Magical creatures are not to be handled. We have our defenses, each peculiar to the species or, in some cases, to the individual creature. Touch us at your peril. He glanced at her. You weren't thinking of trying, were you?

It is not true that things are never as bad as they seem or that grass is always greener on the other side of the fence or that there is a silver lining inside every cloud. These are things we wish were true, but which are more often than not false hopes.

had some shapeshifting abilities that let them mimic and deceive their prey. They were vampiric by nature, but they fed on inish instead of blood.

Don't be so quick to steal away what that sacrifice meant by insisting it was your fault.

This is what dying is like, he thinks. You do it alone. You are debased by it. You are exposed to your own weaknesses and to the harsh reality of what it means.

But nothing was permanent; all things must change. And no matter the beliefs of some and the wishes of others, life had a way of surprising you.

Le leggende e i miti che non esistevano ieri riprenderanno vita nel mondo di domani. Dopo un sonno di secoli, esseri malvagi, spietati e astuti si risveglieranno. L'ombra del Signore degli Inganni comincia a scendere sulle quattro Terre.

Those they passed nodded politely or said hello, safe in the knowledge that all was right with the world, oblivious to the truth.

Help is a gift that one must never grow to expect.

Visions born of fear give birth to our failing. Visions born of hope give birth to our success

There is no objective scale by which to measure truth when that truth is not written down.

We can do nothing about those who do, those fools who think that dogma equates with truth.

His thoughts drifted randomly, as thoughts will do.

Trusting people you didn't know was never a good idea.