Tom Watts > Quotes

“naivety is the currency with which experience is bought.”
― Tom Watts, The Artificer's Apprentice

“all of Master Cooper’s ‘warning’ stories ended with a poor artificer losing an arm.”
― Tom Watts, The Novice Artificer

“A change of lifestyle. No more working until dawn.”
― Tom Watts, The Artificer's Apprentice

“Compliments make you weak because they can trick you into thinking you've finished your journey when the heels of your boots aren't even worn down yet. Praise is a song to the ears but an enemy of improvement.”
― Tom Watts, The Artificer's Apprentice

“What was a marathon if not thousands of footsteps, one after the other? What was a novel if it wasn’t just a bunch of words placed in succession? Set just one foot or one word down, and you would have made progress, and nobody could tell you otherwise. Don’t think too far ahead, only on what you need to do at that very moment.”
― Tom Watts, The Initiate Artificer