Fantasy Novels Quotes

• Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Life, Wisdom, Anger

  The Fellowship of the Ring bk. 1, ch. 3 (1954)

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• All that is gold does not glitter,
  Not all those who wander are lost;
  The old that is strong does not wither,
  Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
  
  From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
  A light from the shadows shall spring;
  Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
  The crownless again shall be king.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Faith, Strong, Kings

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.127, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• FEAR IS THE MIND-KILLER. FEAR IS THE LITTLE-DEATH THAT BRINGS TOTAL OBLITERATION.

  Frank Herbert

  Fear, Scary, Mind

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.203, Penguin

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• Children are dying." Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.

  Steven Erikson

  Children, Dying, Three

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• Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
  The crownless again shall be king.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Kings, Roots, Broken

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.180, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• All that is gold does not glitter.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Being Strong, Travel, Roots

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.179, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Remember, despite the fact that this book is being sold as a 'fantasy' novel, you must take all of the things it says extremely seriously, as they are quite important, are in no way silly, and always make sense. Rutabaga.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Silly, Book, Important

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.74, Macmillan

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• Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Strength, Being Strong, Roots

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.127, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I believe that I have now experienced the lifetime maximum exposure to bottom spanking in fantasy novels.

  James Nicoll

  Believe, Lifetime, Exposure

  Usenet article, 2005.

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• As an adolescent I wrote comic books, because I read lots of them, and fantasy novels set in Malaysia and Central Africa.

  Umberto Eco

  Book, Comic, Malaysia

  "Umberto Eco, The Art of Fiction No. 197". Interview with Azam Zanganeh, www.theparisreview.org. 2008.

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• There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that can lead to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood ...in which large chunks of the day are spent inventing ways to make real life more like a fantasy novel. The other is a book about orcs.

  Raj Patel

  Real, Book, Years

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• I could go off into the wilderness and write fantasy novels for the rest of my life and probably be happy; but I always want to challenge myself.

  Felicia Day

  Writing, Challenges, Want

  Interview with Robert Lloyd, latimesblogs.latimes.com. October 13, 2011.

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• No one will ever write a fantasy novel better than The Hobbit.

  R. A. Salvatore

  Writing, Fantasy, Novel

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• Im a geek - I read fantasy novels, I play World of Warcraft, Im a massive gamer, I have Star Trek outfits.

  Robert Kazinsky

  Stars, Play, World

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• Not merely one of the finest fantasy novels of recent years, but one of the finest ever. Should not be missed

  Brian Stableford

  Years, Finest, Should

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• We have more brilliant fantasy novels than brilliant fantasy movies. Movies and TV are done by committee. But with a novel, it's really just one person running the show. That allows for a clarity and unity of vision that's pretty unique, artistically.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Running, Unique, Unity

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• When you read a fantasy novel part of the fun is getting to explore a new world. Everyone knows that. But I believe the same is true about characters. You can explore interesting people in the same way that you explore a town or a culture.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Fun, Believe, Character

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• I was heavily influenced by my first attempt at a novel. I started a fantasy novel back in high school, and... well... it really sucked. It was a plotless, clichéd mess.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  School, Firsts, Wells

  Fantasy Book Critic Interview, fantasybookcritic.blogspot.ru. May 25, 2007.

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• My writerly aspirations are pretty simple: to provide as many readers as possible with the same sort of wonderful immersion that I myself get from fantasy novels - and to make enough money to help feed my kids while doing so.

  Saladin Ahmed

  Kids, Simple, Helping

  Source: fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com

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• Guy Gavriel Kays Tigana is, in my opinion, one of the best, if not the best fantasy novel ever written. Its beautifully written, the characters are unforgettable, the worldbuilding is exquisite.

  David B. Coe

  Character, Guy, Opinion

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• I was someone who really loved fantasy novels and science fiction novels.

  Matthew Tobin Anderson

  Fiction Novels, Science Fiction, Fiction

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• I started to write a series of fantasy novels when I was eleven. I have never taken anything artistic as seriously; since then, writing has felt like an attempt to get back there, to my bedroom, my maps, those races and languages and runes.

  Ken Baumann

  Taken, Writing, Race

  "Go Forth (vol. 6)". Interview with Nicolle Elizabeth, logger.believermag.com. December 7, 2012.

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• 'The Golden Compass' became a bad experience because the studio didn't have faith in the strength of the ideas of the novel, which is ironic because it's one of the greatest fantasy novels ever written, if not the greatest, and they took the religion out of it and tried to turn it into a popcorn movie.

  Chris Weitz

  Ideas, Ironic, Popcorn

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Many fantasy novels - 'Lord of the Rings', for instance, or 'Lavondyss' by Robert Holdstock - are beautifully written. Geoff Ryman's 'The Child Garden' is exquisite and utterly beguiling. Mervyn Peake's 'Gormenghast' trilogy is an astonishing piece of multi-faceted storytelling. So quality of writing does not condemn the genre.

  David Gemmell

  Children, Writing, Garden

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• I'm not constrained by being a genre writer. Any story I can imagine, I can cast as a fantasy novel and probably get it published.

  Lynn Abbey

  Stories, Literature, Imagine

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