Ian Green > Ian's Quotes

“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Didn’t they teach you how to steal a ship at wizard school?”
― A.K. Larkwood, The Unspoken Name

“Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.”
― Bertolt Brecht

“Art is not a mirror held up to reality
but a hammer with which to shape it.”
― Bertolt Brecht

“The sea remembers
The rock protects
The stars hold true”
― Ian Green, The Deep and the Drowned