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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
― Lloyd Alexander

“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
― Terry Pratchett

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.”
― Albert Einstein

“You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.”
― Saul Bellow

“They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle-earth.”
― George R.R. Martin

“When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it.”
― Caitlyn Siehl, Literary Sexts: A Collection of Short & Sexy Love Poems

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
― Robert Frost

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.”
― Frank Herbert

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
― Stephen King

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
― Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades

“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

“What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked.
"A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

“He wasn't made of flesh and bone, or starlight.
He was made of darkness.”
― Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song

“Love is not about what you want. It's about finding happiness for the one you love.”
― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule

“She looked so beautiful in the moonlight, but it wasn't only the way she looked, it was what was inside her, everything from her intelligence and courage to her wit, and the special smile she gave only to him. He would slay a dragon, if there were such a thing, just to see that smile. He knew he would never want anyone else for as long as he lived. He would rather spend the rest of his life alone than with someone else. There could be no one else.”
― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule

“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
― Oscar Wilde

“— Злото си е зло, Стрегобор — изрече сериозно вещерът и се изправи. — По-малко, по-голямо, средно — всичко е едно и също, пропорциите са условни, а границите — размити. Аз не съм свят отшелник, не съм вършил само добро през живота си. Но ако трябва да избирам между едно зло и друго, предпочитам да не избирам изобщо.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish

“Sylas,” I corrected her. She nodded, but didn’t move otherwise. It was clear she was waiting for something—and half-a-minute later, it happened. I watched the unlocked door handle behind her twist, making a slightly metallic sound. “Whoever that is,” she whispered to me without turning, “they’re yours.” “My queen,” I said indulgently, swirling around her in a rush. “I’ll be right back.”
― Cassie Alexander, Guarded by the Nightmare

“Sylas?” “Yes, my queen.” I made sure to say the words so that he could hear them—and his fear piqued in an instant. “He’s yours.” I condensed into a very visible creature of claws and violence, letting myself see the glowing threads of irrevocable fate picking up between him and I at once. “Oh, we’re going to have so much fun.”
― Cassie Alexander, Guarded by the Nightmare