Alice Borchardt > Quotes

“Death alone gives meaning to life, and you will never fully live until you know you must die. And make your peace with that knowledge.”
― Alice Borchardt, The Raven Warrior

“So fair a victor, how can I help but be conquered.”
― Alice Borchardt, The Wolf King

“‎Maeniel felt this was why all the great sages never wrote anything down. In the final analysis, scriptures are futile things, dependent as they are on the intentions of the interpreter. All too often too literal a mind can lead human students into strange follies. Sometimes it is better to allow the searchers to try to plumb the depths of the great mystery on their own and accept that not every one of those taking the road will see the same end.”
― Alice Borchardt

“Love is eternal. That is its terror and its final beauty. Love never ends. The joy may go out of it, and, in time, even the pain may end. But it lingers like a living thing and follows you every moment of your life.”
― Alice Borchardt, The Silver Wolf

“Do we despise the rose because its beauty is fleeting? Some do, and seek comfort in glass or marble... ...Glass shatters, marble is eaten away by the tides of time. But the rose has unfurled its banner every spring to the sun and will do so for god knows how many uncounted ages more.”
― Alice Borchardt, The Silver Wolf

“My father told me that if a man is the head of the house, the woman is its heart. And a man without a heart is no more than a corpse.”
― Alice Borchardt, The Silver Wolf

“If death be the last thing I do, why, I pray the gods and heroes of my people that I try to do it as well as I have done more pleasant things.”
― Alice Borchardt, The Dragon Queen

“In answer to your question, I believe stupidity is the most dangerous. Stupid people are more apt to refuse to face facts, to barricade themselves behind some obscure point of law or their own silly notions of propriety. Or worse yet, refuse to make a decision until they are facing disaster.”
― Alice Borchardt, The Silver Wolf

“Humans, in their blindness, think intelligence has one path - theirs.”
― Alice Borchardt, Night of the Wolf

“It is always spring somewhere”
― Alice Borchardt, The Dragon Queen

“I’m not interested in being insulted,” Maeniel said. “I’m interested in being full. I’m hungry. Insult me after dinner, then I will have time for you.”
― Alice Borchardt, The Dragon Queen

“Oh yes, I admire books. I still do. They can preserve a truth for twice a thousand years and teach it to any who has the skill and cares to read it. They can also fix a lie in stone forever. But worse still, they—the books—can be about nothing at all. Nothing real.”
― Alice Borchardt, The Dragon Queen