50 Quotes About Epic Fantasy

She had no time for sleep, with the weight of the world upon her shoulders. And she feared to dream. Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings of the Other, who would drag us all into his eternal night. George R.r. Martin

Yet while Owllwin was arrogant, he was also humble enough to admit when he had made a mistake. Perhaps it was his sheer clumsiness that kept him so humble: the first time he spoke to Cricket was in the great dining hall, and he brought down six tables five minutes after. Ash Gray

...Prophecy is like a treacherous woman. She takes your member in her mouth, and you moan with the pleasure of it and think, how sweet, how fine, how good this is... and then her teeth snap shut and your moans turn to screams... Prophecy will bite your prick off everytime, George R.r. Martin

Books are keys that open many doors. James Rollins

I am going to go into this world, and I don't care if you and your narrow mind cannot be a part of it. Elise Kova

Right and wrong matters little when survival matters most. Kevin James Breaux

You are blessed with a knack for sucking the wonder out of the extraordinary. Daniel McHugh

A grim expression came over Syah’s face. “The colt you speak of lost its mother during a storm. If this stallion was that colt, it is not just wild, it is insane. That horse will break your bones.” “And that will be a worthy end, a prince struck down by such a noble steed.” Fasime pushed himself off the support of the fence, but Oman grabbed his arm.“ It’s not worth it, Brother.”“I can tame him.” “What will we tell Mother and Father if he kills you?” Oman questioned.“ Tell them I gave my life with pride. Do not punish him if he kills me. Release him back into the wild, and my spirit will ride him into the mist. D.M. Raver

If I rolled the dice carved out of my weathered bone And offered of my blood the libation to the fane When even the reaper’s mockery forsakes me alone My own clangorous thoughts are the last to remain T. M. Lakomy

Being on the edge is always worse than going through Joseph Brown

There was something severed and rough about her, something tainted and, yet, at the same time those jagged pieces were the makings of something fearsome. She'd wanted to become someone the Senate would fear, why not shatter the sky? Elise Kova

You have to earn it.' Vhalla didn't know what else to say. She had trusted him, to lead her, to teach her, and he broke that trust. It wasn't as though it was something she could simply start again on command. Elise Kova

What are you wrapped up in?' Roan whispered. Her anger and frustration had shifted to a sympathy that grated Vhalla.'I'm simply learning where I'm meant to be.' It was the only response because it was the truth. Elise Kova

The rhythm of fraught footsteps and fervent heartbeat orchestrated a symphony of anticipation and dread. Brian A. McBride

The unnamed man’s nose flared in insult as he thought to himself while the pig named Corbin prattled on. He disgusts me with his gluttonous sweat and fearful stink. He is like a swine, plumped up for the slaughter, but none I would like to eat. He sits across the table from me wheedling, desiring, wanting more and more and more. He wants assurances of safety, he wants money, he want, he wants, he wants.. I am close, but not quite ready, to lean across and slit his jowls with a second smile, stand up and leave. But that is not my job..not yet. . Clifton Hill

But then he saw it, then he saw what he had known he was seeing and could not accept. There in the night, amid the mist, upon the flat of the plains, the shimmer of light from Allear was not right. The grasses were too flat, the mists curled awkwardly, as if impeded by some large mass and then the glamor was gone, the trick revealed. And before Thorin’s very eyes, a mass of soldiers appeared – thousands of them – wearing black and facing his camp. Doom settled around Thorin like some shroud for a watery grave. “Ah, bloody hell. Clifton Hill

Long has black powder been in the hands of dwarves alone. Alas, winds ever change and nothing remains the same forever. Lord Arrlo Salkeld J.P. Ashman

For every blissful moment you must an anguish meet. BillieJo Williams

A wounded animal yet bears teeth BillieJo Williams

There was a feeling on the air like the eve of the end of the world. BillieJo Williams

She paused in the doorway, tipping her head to consider Brittany, who only glared. "You're right. I think most girls don't look like the tooth fairy dresses them every day. Wendy Knight

The hard truths are the ones to hold tight. - Old Bear George R.r. Martin

With every fall of the sun and rise of the moon, I can hear it. The Prophecy. It echoes through the halls of time. It is written on the surface of every star. Even the sun and moon cannot withhold the news of the second coming. I hear it. And I fear it. Brian A. McBride

The Inquisitor waited for silence. "Do you believe in anything?"" Not if I can help it. Belief alone is nothing to be proud of, Inquisitor. Belief without evidence is the very hallmark of the savage. Joe Abercrombie

He said he’d heard the sound of one hand clapping. He said, once his mind took in the wondrous no-sound of holy oneness, the empty echo of eternal bliss, he was never the same. He could hear it still, he said, resounding in the ether and tickling the back of his brain. Something not normal was going on with his brain. No argument there. Brenda Marie Smith

I don’t know why it’s not universally acknowledged that looking back is a terrible idea. It only makes going forward that much harder. Amanda Bouchet

Desire is often the greatest poison. Karen Azinger

Always give the rabble something to love and something to hate. Karen Azinger

Show yourself to the darkness, they said, and then you will see your face." --Nero SlyvenskiALL LIGHT WILL FALL Almney King

I never thought I’d ever leave Zerc. But after knowing Cricket, it occurred to me that I had no reason to stay. I had no family, no friends aside from her. I never even spoke to Enkai until she brought us together. It was she who first inspired me to dream of actually seeing those worlds I spent my every waking moment reading about. Her and her wild heart, her laughing spirit, so bright in her eyes whenever she spoke of her travels and all the wondrous places she had seen. When I was a boy, I envied her for her adventures. When I became a man, I only pitied her. Ash Gray

Dragons have wild hearts that need the open sky Ava Richardson

Elijah: You are a dangerous woman. Valeria: You do not know the half of it, but I suppose you are not one to always dabble in safe waters either. So, do you still want to work with me? Elijah: It will be my pleasure. Valeria: Is there anything I need to know about you? Elijah: No! Valeria: That is a lie. Elijah: Is there anything I need to know about you? Valeria: No! Elijah: That is also a lie. Valeria, smiling: Then we are a pair of liars. Cristina M. Sburlea

It made the woman feel like a thousand seas had come together from all worlds, like faraway lands had been bridged together, and the vastness of the known and the unknown were somehow easier to comprehend. Cristina M. Sburlea

I knew then that I would devote every minute we had left together to making her happy, to repairing the pain I had caused her and returning to her what I never known how to give her. These pages will be our memory until she drows her last breath in my arms and I take her forever and escape at last to a place where neither heaven nor hell will ever be able to find us. Unknown

Dear Time, You're so beautiful when You stand still. Jon Ng

Lucifer unbound his absolution His purpose took unstoppable form A wyrm whose brilliance blinded Tenacity burned as radiant as the AlmightyLucifer remembered this so vividly A fond memory of when God stood thunderstruck D.J. LeMarr

On the revelation that there are no gods or afterlife:-" I do not 'like' the truth any more than you Avil, or anyone. I wrestled with it for a long time, for a while I was distraught, desperate to find that my research had been wrong - the more I searched, the deeper I delved the more clear it became that the truth was what it is. After much reflection, I came to the conclusion that though accepting the truth is hard, moving on from that, it becomes clear that the important thing is to make the world we live in a better place. We get one life, it's our duty to make the most of it."~ Brael Truthseeker of House KrazicDeathsworn Arc 2 : The Verkreath Horror. Martyn Stanley

It's death and destruction I want to bring down upon House Lannister, not scorn. Jon said. George R.r. Martin

This is what I mean..." I say softly, "you don't seem very angel-y right now"" I'm not feeling very angel-y right now", he reply A.J. Messenger

His gaze ran over her body again, resting on the deepest of the fracture lines in her shields. 'Come here.' Purple feathers fanned around Riana's sides. Sudden tears moistened her eyes at the unexpectedness of what Sier was offering. She sank against him, and his arms folded around her back. Her weight supported, Riana let herself float on the night and tucked her face into his neck. Sier's power closed around her in a violet wave, running into her halo, slipping though her opened shields. Joanna Fay

It was your personality that consumed me. You became my favorite. My favorite of them all… Jennifer Renson

The first time I saw Cricket, I loved her. Little did I know that skinny, goofy girl would one day grow up to be a great dragon slayer. I would have pegged her for a shoemaker. Ash Gray

J. R. R. Tolkien, the near-universally-hailed father of modern epic fantasy, crafted his magnum opus The Lord of the Rings to explore the forces of creation as he saw them: God and country, race and class, journeying to war and returning home. I’ve heard it said that he was trying to create some kind of original British mythology using the structure of other cultures’ myths, and maybe that was true. I don’t know. What I see, when I read his work, is a man trying desperately to dream. Dreaming is impossible without myths. If we don’t have enough myths of our own, we’ll latch onto those of others – even if those myths make us believe terrible or false things about ourselves. Tolkien understood this, I think because it’s human nature. Call it the superego, call it common sense, call it pragmatism, call it learned helplessness, but the mind craves boundaries. Depending on the myths we believe in, those boundaries can be magnificently vast, or crushingly tight. N.K. Jemisin

I'm trying to do what's right, but I don't know if there is a such a thing as a right option anymore. Just different kids of wrong." Breakfast narrowed his eyes at her. "Don't get too comfortable with that notion. Josephine Angelini

You don't pity a warrior for her scars, because scars are proof of survival and victory. Chloe Jacobs

His gaze hits mine with the force of a battering ram. He looks… appalled. “I-I won’t do this. I can’t… be with you. Amanda Bouchet

Isaac stopped her at the bottom of the stairs with a crooked smile. "I would wish you sweet dreams, but how can they be memorable if I won't be in them? Chloe Jacobs

My strings are being pulled, this time by a different puppet master. Emilyann Girdner