Trudi Canavan quotes

Happy endings are a luxury of fiction. (Trudi Canavan)
I always love writing the third book in a series because you get to tie up all the threads that you put out in the first two books. You finally let people know what really happens and reveal all the secrets and bring certain characters together.
Trudi Canavan
He had given her too much. He had given her everything.
Trudi Canavan
Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.
Trudi Canavan
Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope.
Trudi Canavan
Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves.
Trudi Canavan
The first rule of world-building is available physics, which basically means that if you want it to feel real, it has to follow the same rules as this world, from gravity to how human behaviour works. If you have a fantasy element that doesnt obey the laws of physics, make sure that it has a fantasy explanation.
Trudi Canavan
I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a travellers perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling at some point, and they have many of the same needs and concerns covered in travel guides.
Trudi Canavan
Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear, misheard words or lyrics, dreams... Motivation? The memory of the rush I get from a really good writing session - even on a bad day, I know I'll find that again if I keep going.
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What was I thinking? Of all the assistants I could have wound up with, why did I have to choose the one with the scary mother and troublemaking in his bloodlines? I am doomed.
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Akkarin: I watched the first woman I loved die. I dont think I can survive losing the second. Sonea: I love you too. (Trudi Canavan)
It is said, in Imardin, that the wind has a soul, and that it wails through the narrow streets because it is grieved by what it finds there.
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There's always a bit of truth in each rumour, the trouble is finding out which bit. - Tayend.
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Cery: So, Hem, tell me why I shouldn't see how many holes I need to make before you start leaking money?
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If your appearance is all people see, they have no respect for your mind.
Trudi Canavan
Nodding, Cery strode to the door and stepped through. Though the burly guards eyes him suspiciously, Cery smiled back. Never make enemies of someone's lackeys, his father had taught him. Better still, make them like you a lot.
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'The Magician's Apprentice' was about someone from the low end of society manifesting magical power and how that completely messes up the balance of the whole system.
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I don't have any specific plans to return to the 'Age of the Five.' If I do, it won't be a sequel.
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I wound up studying art and design, got a job at Lonely Planet Publications as a designer, cartographer and illustrator.
Trudi Canavan
I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.
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Great. She shook her head. Not only am I having conversations with myself, but now I'm refusing to talk to me. This has got to be the first sign of madness. (Trudi Canavan)