Raymond E. Feist Quotes
I'm a huge fan of Cabernet and Bordeaux, and am passionate about Pinot Noir and Burgundies.
There is no idea so brilliant or original that a sufficiently-untalented writer can't screw it up.
A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.
But for the most part, love is a recognition, an opportunity to say, 'There is something about you I cherish.
Often I'll try things that just won't happen the way I'd like them to, so hearing that they're not working saves me some wear and tear the next time around.
Never accept the proposition that just because a solution satisfies a problem, that it must be the only solution.
Every person you encounter, whom you interact with, is there to teach you something. Sometimes it may be years before you realize what each had to show you.
I know you'll think this odd, but I find it strangely exhilarating not knowing what's coming next.
If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.
One likes to think one grows as a writer as one ages, else all you get is an old young writer. Beyond that is the changing landscape of the universe and the stories I choose to tell.
Neal had a couple of good ideas and they fit nicely, so that's the way I decided to go.
Never underestimate the potential for human stupidity when wealth and power are at stake.
The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.
Some loves come unbidden like winds from the sea, and others grow from the seeds of friendship.
If you're going to risk dying, there's no sense doing it wet, cold and hungry unless absolutely necessary.
Dolgan: ’Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when ‘tis achieved. Rhuagh: True. And still wiser to know when it is unachievable, for then striving is folly.
More men have been defeated by reports than all the steel of all the swords in history.
The world is much larger than I once dreamed, or perhaps my place in it is smaller than I once realized.
The saddest part of a broken heart Isn't the ending so much as the start The tragedy starts from the very first spark Losing your mind for the sake of your heart
You would do well to know, Marcus, that irritating a better swordsman than yourself is a good way to end up dead.
You can only have one first born child. You may love all your children deeply and with passion, but there is something unique about the first born.
A man makes choices, ” Tal said.“True, but what choices a man makes depends on what choices he is offered.
But should you ever come to a time when you need to say something upon my behalf, say this, 'The last truth is that there is no magic.
why do I want to appear to be drinking more than I am?''Make it a habit. Men in their cups are fools, more often than not. And it can be wise to look the fool at times.
Robert had taught him to keep his thoughts in the present or near future, for as Robert had told him, To dwell in the past is to live in regret.
Luck is when those who are prepared take advantage of the moment.
My ancestors were conquerors, though now they are heroes in our history." Glancing at Amos, he said, "But we wrote the history.
History is written by victors, ” said Duko. “But I have little use for history. It is the future with which I am concerned.
It's the problem with having a logical mind and giving women the same credit for ability as men, he mused as he dismounted. You can't contrive reasons to keep them safe.
You learn something new every day, if you just stop to pay attention.
I let my anger consume me.”“It’s understandable, ” she said.“It may be understandable, ” replied Pug, “but it is no more forgivable for being understandable.
In Tsurani culture, forgiveness was simply a less shameful form of weakness than capitulation.
Some love comes like the wind off the sea, while others grow slowly from the seeds of friendship and kindness." - Carline
...knew the futility of agonizing over why things had transpired as they had. What could have happened, did.
It takes a man of unusual character to openly confront his own shortcomings. It’s so much more convenient to blame others.
Chumaka ended with a quotation from a play that Jiro favored. “ ‘Small acts partner small houses and small minds'.
He knew there was only a slight difference between an armed guard and an escort, but sometimes that difference separated the honored and the condemned.
