Ian Williamson

“[When you meet a swordsman/ meet him with a sword Do not offer a poem to anyone but a poet]”
― Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion

“CYRANO:—of pride, of aspiration, Of feeling, poetry—of godlike spark Of all that appertains to my big nose, [He turns him by the shoulders, suiting the action to the word]: As. . .what my boot will shortly come and kick! THE BORE [running away]: Help! Call the Guard! CYRANO: Take notice, boobies all, Who find my visage's center ornament A thing to jest at—that it is my wont—An if the jester's noble—ere we part To let him taste my steel, and not my boot!”
― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac

“The Shadow shall rise across the world, and darken every land, even to the smallest corner, and there shall be neither Light nor safety. And he who shall be born of the Dawn, born of the Maiden, according to Prophecy, he shall stretch forth his hands to catch the Shadow, and the world shall scream in the pain of salvation. All Glory be to the Creator, and to the Light, and to he who shall be born again. May the Light save us from him. —from Commentaries on the Karaethon Cycle
Sereine dar Shamelle Motara
Counsel-Sister to Comaelle,
High Queen of Jaramide
 (circa 325 AB, the Third Age)”
― Robert Jordan, The Shadow Rising

“Nobody can be entirely protected from the mishaps of life. If anything should happen to Lee—and it would be the end of me if it did—I would still feel that I did the right thing for him. Success or failure, he is fulfilling his destiny. We all have only one life, some are short and some are long. He loves life and wants a little more out of it than to follow convention out of fear of what others may think, or to be just another face in the crowd that follows the herd.”
― Robin Lee Graham, Dove