The Witchwood Crown Quotes

“God gives us all youth, and the takes it away again. What have you gained to offset that loss? Patience? Perhaps a little wisdom? Then be patient, and perhaps you'll also be wise. (Miriamele)”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“No better sauce there is being than hunger.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“Doctor Morgenes once told me that, in old Khand, they would kill the king's wives and concubines when he died, so that they could accompany him to the next life."

"Dear Simon," [Miriamele] said. "I will leave word in my testament that they are not to kill you when I die."

"And I will do the same for you, dear Miri. But you may feel free to leap into my grave, as long as it's your own idea.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“And what about lovers, like in the stories? Do they get married?” “Oh, yes. And sometimes they stay in love, but sometimes they don’t. I would say it’s one of the more untrustworthy reasons for marriage.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“Men do not manage well with too much peace. Someone will find a quarrel.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“Nothing had been resolved. Nothing could be resolved until all this was over and they were safe together. Possibly that could never be, on this side of the grave. But the fight was ended, at least for now, and they clung to each other in the dark. Sometimes, thought Simon, that really is all we can do.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“He who rules by fear can expect at best only obedience, and even that only as long as fear remains.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“Terror is a weapon with a sharp edge on both sides,”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“I have faith that mortal Man cannot be trusted with gold or with power over other men. I have faith that learning will always frighten stupidity, and that stupidity will often strike back, sometimes murderously.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“Words are less than blood,”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“But I don’t know anything about the Sithi!” “And they know nothing about you. Let us hope they don’t regret the loss of that innocence after they meet you.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“Sometimes it is not so easy to know who your enemies are, Count Rillian. And sometimes those who act with foolish swiftness make more enemies than they dispatch.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“because Time can do what men cannot.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“Death is coming, little Blackbird.” Nezeru hesitated. “Of course it is. Death comes for all—except the Queen of the Mountain. But death is only a door, and the Garden is on the far side.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“The fear—the fear was what mattered.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“When at last the musician was located, he looked anxious as a cat in a room full of drunken dancers.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“God always hears us. But He made us, so He must know what we’re capable of. That’s probably God’s First Rule—let nothing shock You.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“Do not make it my complaint, Simon.” Her voice was firm but her look contained love and a little amusement as well as irritation.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown

“God’s Blood, have we truly become old? he wondered. I do not feel old. I feel the same, but . . . weathered. Like a ship that has plowed the same waves for many years. The rigging is slack, the sails have holes, but the bottom is still seaworthy.”
― Tad Williams, The Witchwood Crown