3 Quotes & Sayings By Austin Scott Collins

Austin Scott Collins is an award-winning author of over 40 novels and novellas. His most popular series, the "Brothers Prendergast" novels, include Resurrection Man, Unholy Fire, and The Sinner's Song, as well as co-writing the "Brothers Prendergast" short stories. A native of Houston, Texas, Collins is a graduate of Rice University and owns a Texas-based screenwriting and publishing company.

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Whatever. There is a natural order to things, a hierarchy. And no less so in man. For man may be the master of nature, but he is also part of it. Every living thing, from the greatest of all men to the lowliest earthworm has its place. It is very important that the groundhog not think he is tiger, nor a sparrow believe he is a hawk. A frog would not make a very good shark, would it? One must know their place in the world" ~ Baroness von Berge, Greta Greaves of Austria. Austin Scott Collins
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I do not run from beauty, my own or anyone else's. If it is a gift, I claim it and I use it. And if it is a curse, well... I claim it and use it." Victoria da Vinci Austin Scott Collins