Crewel Lye Quotes

“For our stories are not yet finished, and perhaps will never be.”
― Piers Anthony, Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn

“But one must go where one's road leads, even when it's a distressing road.”
― Piers Anthony, Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn

“She looked around. "Oh, I've just got to hug somebody! You!" And she hugged Puck, the little ghost horse. "And you." She hugged Pook, and Peek, and even the nose of the moat monster. "But not you," she decided, encountering the zombie.”
― Piers Anthony, Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn

“Why did things have to be so complicated with human beings?...Yet if we were not what we were, creatures with at least the awareness of purpose and honor, what would we be? Empty knights in armor, seeming so strong on the outside, yet hollow inside?”
― Piers Anthony, Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn

“At this slower pace the journey took a couple of days, and I fought off a few minor threats along the way --griffins, carnivorous plants, giant serpents, hostile centaurs, that sort of thing, purely routine --and I was beginning to get bored when at last the dusky towers of Castle Roogna hove into view.”
― Piers Anthony, Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn

“Yes, I'm always hungry after a fatal injury.
--Jordan”
― Piers Anthony, Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn

“Our men have aversion spells on their hats,” Gnifty continued. She was really quite talkative, now that the ice had been broken. “So that no big monsters come near, just creatures small enough to be hunted at night. When a dragon is near, they cry, ‘Hang onto your hat!”
― Piers Anthony, Crewel Lye

“Only those who are not ignorant feel free to express their ignorance.”
― Piers Anthony, Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn

“The monster nudged forward, swiping at me with a massive forepaw. I ducked back, and the swipe missed and caught the trunk of the tree to my right, gouging out four channels of bark. The tree shuddered and groaned woodenly, and sap dripped from the wounds. That from channel number 4 smelled very good.”
― Piers Anthony, Crewel Lye