135 Quotes by Tad Williams

Though talent is wonderful, dance is 80% work and 20% talent.

When your teeth are gone, learn to like mush.

Every time we tell a lie, the thing we fear grows stronger.

If the bears don't get you, it's home.

A well-aimed spear is worth three.

Sometimes people need reasons for things, even when there are no reasons. That’s what makes people believe in conspiracies or religions – if there is any difference. The world is just too complicated, so they need simple explanations.

Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You’ll find what you need to furnish it- memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.

We survive. But when survival is the only goal, what do the survivors become? This.

If your enemy comes to speak bearing a sword, open your door to him and speak, but keep your own sword at hand. If he comes to you empty-handed, greet him the same way. But if he comes to you bearing gifts, stand on your walls and cast stones down on him.