Fantasy Books Quotes

“The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real ... for a moment at least ... that long magic moment before we wake.

Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey, cinnamon and cloves, rare red meat and wines as sweet as summer. Reality is beans and tofu, and ashes at the end. Reality is the strip malls of Burbank, the smokestacks of Cleveland, a parking garage in Newark. Fantasy is the towers of Minas Tirith, the ancient stones of Gormenghast, the halls of Camelot. Fantasy flies on the wings of Icarus, reality on Southwest Airlines. Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true?

We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang. There is something old and true in fantasy that speaks to something deep within us, to the child who dreamt that one day he would hunt the forests of the night, and feast beneath the hollow hills, and find a love to last forever somewhere south of Oz and north of Shangri-La.

They can keep their heaven. When I die, I'd sooner go to middle Earth.”
― George R.R. Martin

“If you want to write a fantasy story with Norse gods, sentient robots, and telepathic dinosaurs, you can do just that. Want to throw in a vampire and a lesbian unicorn while you're at it? Go ahead. Nothing's off limits. But the endless possibility of the genre is a trap. It's easy to get distracted by the glittering props available to you and forget what you're supposed to be doing: telling a good story. Don't get me wrong, magic is cool. But a nervous mother singing to her child at night while something moves quietly through the dark outside her house? That's a story. Handled properly, it's more dramatic than any apocalypse or goblin army could ever be.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“Would you like me to put you out of your misery, before I put you out of your misery?”
― Paul Cude, Bentwhistle the Dragon in a Threat from the Past

“Power lay in her hand. Death gripped her by the other.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Silver Flames

“They all had stories. They had mothers or fathers, sisters or lovers. They weren't alone in the world, mattering to no one but themselves. It seemed utterly wrong to treat them like pennies in a purse. I felt the soldiers understood perfectly well that we were making sums out of them-- this many safe to spend, this number too high, as if each one wasn't a whole man.”
― Naomi Novik, Uprooted

“CPR dummy looked like him and had clearly been stabbed. Repeatedly. In the groin. He thought she might have used the dummy for target practice, and tried not to be offended. Key word: tried.”
― Gena Showalter, The Darkest Secret

“If you see the dragon fly,
best you drink the flagon dry.”
—Zarost”
― Greg Hamerton, Second Sight

“They come and go like seasons, the winter that gives no thought to the spring.”
― Naomi Novik, Uprooted

“Those who try to juggle wisdom, power and greed, drop one of the balls, every time.”
—Zarost”
― Greg Hamerton, The Riddler's Gift

“My mother used to read to me every night when I was little. We got through most of the major fantasy books of that time. The Narnia books by C.S. Lewis were my favorites and, later, Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. I started making dolls to fill in the gaps of the dolls I had. Obviously we couldn't buy centaurs and fauns and elves and fairies, so I made them to play with the normal dolls I had. I must have been about six years old when I started making fantasy dolls.”
― Wendy Froud

“How can you understand the language of music, if you will not be an instrument?”—Zarost”
― Greg Hamerton, Second Sight

“He was aware that darkness could take root in pristine gardens, and even good men could fall to shadow.”
― Ella Rose Carlos, A Long Lost Fantasy

“Ketika kau memiliki firasat buruk tentang kehilangan orang yang paling berharga, kau akan mencoba untuk tidak mempercayainya. Tetapi jika kelak firasat itu semakin nyata, kau akan melakukan apa pun untuk menjaga orang yang paling berharga itu. Sekalipun akhirnya kau tetap kehilangannya!”
― K.A.Z_Violin, Eldar: Violin & Negeri Salju Abadi

“I've been called many things in my time, but never a conduit of divinity- Cedric MacKinnon, My Fearful Symmetry”
― Denise Verrico

“War was a terrible, fickle thing–an eternal, horrendous nightmare for those who lived it, and a thing easily forgotten by those who didn’t.”
― Ella Rose Carlos, A Long Lost Fantasy

“People that are lazy don't get anything accomplished. It's People like me that are reliable.”
― Richard W. Todd

“I do tasks for the gods, usually things like tracking down rare items or taking someone safely to a destination."
D'Molay the Freeman Tracker”
― M.Scott Verne, City of the Gods: Forgotten

“A volte l’invisibile si manifesta solo agli occhi di chi è accecato dalla paura. Tu abbi fede e non sbaglierai.”
― Z. D’Aleo, L’Amuleto

“Mayra, figlia mia. Non é tanto il mondo in cui nasciamo, sono le scelte che facciamo che mostreranno chi siamo veramente.”
― Z. D’Aleo, L’Amuleto

“Probabilmente è questo il principale motivo per il quale ho iniziato a scrivere; scrivevo per fissare, per non dimenticare: scrivevo e disegnavo tutto.”
― Z. D'Aleo, Shadows - L'ordine delle ombre

“Può sembrare strano, eppure per me le due cose sono sempre state strettamente collegate: chi ha fede non può avere paura e chi non ha paura ha sicuramente fede”
― Z. D'Aleo, Shadows - L'ordine delle ombre

“L’apprendimento è conoscenza e la conoscenza è libertà e potere”.”
― Z. D'Aleo, Shadows - L'ordine delle ombre

“The last thing he remembered what sharing his longing for a normal life, expressing feelings that had risen from the deepest part of him as if the blade that had slashed across his back had opened more than just skin.”
― Cassie Sanchez, Chasing the Darkness

“I don’t blame you,” he said, his voice slurred. “I wouldn’t want to be like me either.” Azrael took the bottle, taking a long drink, handing it back to her. “I wasn’t always a cold-blooded killer. I had a family once, a little sister I adored. I used to dream about being part of something special, being a hero.” He sighed, surrendering to the oblivion of the alcohol.

“That’s a wonderful dream, Azrael.”

“It does me no good to dream. I’m not worthy…” his voice trailed off, feeling her fingers wipe the hair off his face.”
― Cassie Sanchez, Chasing the Darkness

“There’s this dark cloud surrounding you. Can you feel it?” Kord said, reaching out.

Azrael lurched back. “I prefer the shadows.”

Kord lowered his hand, giving a low chuckle. “Well, that’s dramatic.”
― Cassie Sanchez, Chasing the Darkness

“Death smiles at everyone.”
― Cassie Sanchez, Chasing the Darkness

“A true warrior rises from adversity.”
― Cassie Sanchez, Chasing the Darkness

“Nothing held a grudge quite like a rabbit.”
― H. G. Parry

“La linea tra bene e male è molto sottile, ma fare la cosa sbagliata è più semplice che fare quella giusta...”
― Z. D'Aleo, Shadows - L'ordine delle ombre

“Ti sorprenderebbe sapere che esistono molti più colori, molti più suoni e anche molte più presenze di quelle che un mortale riesce a percepire. La realtà si articola in molti piani diversi.”
― Z. D'Aleo, Shadows - L'ordine delle ombre