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There is much to admire in Peter Brett's writing, and his concept is brilliant. There's action and suspense all the way.

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Terry Brooks
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 8
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Science Fiction Writer
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Terence Dean Brooks
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We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.
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You shouldn't believe everything you hear you're young, not stupid.
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She has her gown nicely in place tonight, doesn't she? Black velvet and sparkles, not a thread left hanging. Clever girl, this city. Even the sky is her friend.
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I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore.
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Herein lies the heart and soul of the nations. Their right to be free men, Their desire to live in peace, Their courage to seek out truth, Herein lies the Sword of Shannara.
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This is for writers yet to be published who think the uphill climb will never end. Keep believing. This is also for published writers grown jaded by the process. Remember how lucky you are.
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Evil contained is not evil destroyed.
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Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination.
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If you do not love what you do, if you are not appropriately grateful for the chance to create something magical each time you sit down at the computer or with a pencil and paper in hand, somewhere along the way your writing will betray you.
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We must nurture and love, if life is to have any real meaning. But First we must find a way to survive against the things that prevent us from doing so.
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Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.
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Might have, could have, may have, should have—the haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities.
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My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, to name a few.
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Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.
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Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all on your own.
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Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.
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A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.
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When she cried, he would say, there is nothing wrong with crying. Your feelings tell you who are. They tell what is important. Don't ever be ashamed of them.
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