48 Quotes by John Christopher

We all have to learn to live with our losses, and to use our regrets to spur us on in the future.

There are disappointments in all men's lives, even those who have achieved their ambition, and there are compensations.

There are times when thinking about something is the worst possible policy.

He was sometimes stern but more often kindly---just according to his lights, but he saw the world in simple shades of black and white, and found it hard to be patient with things that struck him as foolishness.

More and more I had come to see the Capped as lacking what seemed to me the essence of humanity, the vital spark of defiance against the rulers of the world.

Then I went to the windows and pulled them open. The rain had stopped and the night was very still, black except for the glow behind the western hills that marked the Burning Lands. A dog barked far off, once and no more.

In the realm of dream and imagination all men are equal.

You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat.

The order should not have been given,' she said. 'It was not done for the city but for your private ends.'I shook my head. 'There is no difference.'You believe that?'A Prince must, or he is no Prince.