Thomas > Thomas's Quotes

“To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.”
― Federico García Lorca, Blood Wedding and Yerma

“Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather.”
― Robert Jordan

“Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.”
― Robert Jordan

“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.”
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes

“This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.”
― Arthur C Clarke

“Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

“This is democracy,” she says. “It is strange. And it is messy. It’s not about getting it right. It’s about trying to get it right. Yes, it’s a bit chaotic. Certainly we will get some things wrong. The Empire? They cared nothing for democracy. They valued order above everything else. They wanted to be right so badly that anybody who even hinted at getting it wrong or doing it differently was branded the enemy and thrown in a dark prison somewhere. They destroyed other voices so that only their own remained. That is not us. We will not always get it right. We will never have it perfect.”
― Chuck Wendig, Aftermath

“It seemed someone had turned the trouble up to eleven.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Shards of Earth