Stephen R. Donaldson Quotes

It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.

I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.

Despair and bitterness are not the only songs in the world

This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken.

I may not yet be as old as dirt, but dirt and I are starting to have an awful lot in common.

Whatever the explanation, it's perfectly obvious that our educational system has nothing to do with education: it's a babysitting service designed to replicate the worst qualities of the parents.

It is the responsibility of the living to make meaningful the sacrifices of the dead.

In accepting the Gift you Honor the Giver

"And you require no answers", Foamfollower was laughing in his gladness, "You are sufficient to every question".

We need metaphors of magic and monsters in order to understand the human condition.

Joy is in the ears that hear.

We didn't make the world. All we have to do is live in it.

Stone and sea are deep in life Two unalterable symbols of the world Permanence at rest And permanence in motion Participants in the power that remains

Any belief that puts itself beyond doubt nurtures its own collapse.

Futility is the defining characteristic of life.

I had no intention of pursuing either the characters or the setting further.

Part of him wanted to weep... but his purpose was rigid within him. He felt he could not bend to gentleness without breaking.

Where do you get dreams like this?

When you've tried all the salves in the world and they don't work, you start thinking about fire

The heart cherishes secrets not worth the telling

Everything dies, from the smallest blade of grass to the biggest galaxy.

He who waits for the sword to fall upon his neck will surely lose his head.

And you require no answers", Foamfollower was laughing in his gladness, "You are sufficient to every question".

Be true, unbeliever.