The Heritage of Shannara Quotes

“We use so many words to describe what happens to us, and it all amounts to the same thing. We live out our lives as we are meant to live them—with some choice, with some chance, but mostly as a result of the persons we are.”
― Terry Brooks, The Heritage of Shannara

“We cannot pretend that the world begins and ends at the boundaries we might make for it. Sometimes, we must acknowledge that it extends itself into our lives in ways we might prefer it wouldn’t, and we must face up to the challenges it offers.”
― Terry Brooks, The Heritage of Shannara

“a kaleidoscopic, fragmented rush of images that exploded out of memory. They careened into her like an avalanche and swept her away,”
― Terry Brooks, The Heritage of Shannara

“Experience comes from doing, not from being told.”
― Terry Brooks, The Heritage of Shannara

“La cosa importante non era ciò che la gente pensava di me; era ciò che io pensavo di me stesso. Se permettevo a me stesso di essere fermato dalle opinioni degli altri, sarei diventato ciò che essi desideravano che io diventassi.”
― Terry Brooks, The Heritage of Shannara