Terry Brooks Short Quotes

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If I have the means, I have the responsibility to employ them.

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You shouldn't believe everything you hear you're young, not stupid.

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I cannot imagine life without books any more than I can imagine life without breathing.

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If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical.

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Might have, could have, may have, should have—the haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities.

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If you do not hear music in your words, you have put too much thought into your writing and not enough heart.

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There is nothing wrong with crying. Your feelings tell you who are. They tell what is important. Don't ever be ashamed of them.

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We live out our lives as we are meant to live them-with some choice, with some chance, but mostly as a result of the persons we are.

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We must nurture and love, if life is to have any real meaning. But First we must find a way to survive against the things that prevent us from doing so.

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I am incomplete without my work. I am so closely bound to it, so much identified by it, that without it I think I would crumble into dust and drift away.

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She has her gown nicely in place tonight, doesn't she? Black velvet and sparkles, not a thread left hanging. Clever girl, this city. Even the sky is her friend.

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The more complex and overwhelming the threat to a protagonist, the better the opportunity for the author to create a compelling conflict and a dramatic resolution.

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The muse whispers to you when she chooses, and you can't tell her to come back later, because you quickly learn in this business that she might not come back at all.

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Herein lies the heart and soul of the nations. Their right to be free men, Their desire to live in peace, Their courage to seek out truth, Herein lies the Sword of Shannara.

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What kind of world permitted such terrible injustice, where good men were stripped of everything and soulless creatures of malice and hatred survived to glory in their pointless death?

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This is for writers yet to be published who think the uphill climb will never end. Keep believing. This is also for published writers grown jaded by the process. Remember how lucky you are.

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If you are always frightened for yourself you can't act, and then life loses its purpose. You just have to tell yourself that, when you get right down to it, you don't matter all that much.

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