Patricia A. McKillip quotes - page 2

I was running from my own thoughts as much as anything. I simply wanted to untangle myself from the web I had touched. A single, sticky, quivering strand of it was all I needed to warn me away. I did not want to think about people. I wanted the trees, the scents and colors, the shifting shadows of the wood, which spoke a language I understood. I wished I could simply disappear in it, live like a bird or a fox through the winter, and leave the things I had glimpsed to resolve themselves without me. (Patricia A. McKillip)
The small red eyes regarded him, unblinking. "What would you give me for all the wisdom of the world?” "Nothing.” He turned back to his work. "I have heard you know the answers to every riddle save one. That will be the one I need answering.”. View quote
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You fought for your freedom and won a different kind of prison. I will fight for mine-” "You can't fight me,” Tearle reminded him harshly. "I know.” In the placid light, his face looked chilled and very weary. "But I can die. View quote
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When you put your hands and mind and heart into the knowing of a thing... there is no room in you for fear. View quote
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Love and anger are like land and sea: They meet at many different places. View quote
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