Fairy Tales

“Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”

G.K. Chesterton

Write

"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."

Toni Morrison 

the greatest secrets

"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."

Roald Dahl

Ares Express quote

What is it about young people today, she thought as the purple-clad faithful rushed beneath her, that fun and dancing and drinking and sex aren't enough for them? Why do they want to be going and joining religions and dressing up all the same and getting dreadful dreadful haircuts?

- IAN MCDONALD, Ares Express

The Dervish House Quote

Ayse has always had a horror of the azan. Not the austere beauty of the human voice, even recorded and amplified as it is in these degenerate days, nor the counterpoint of many calls from different distances across the city, breaking across each other in waves of sound. It horrifies her because it has no respect for her. It says this is not your city and time. This is God's city, this is God's time, and God's time is absolute. Your comings and goings and doings and dealings are hung around these five pillars. Five times a day you must stop what you are doing and turn to God. She fears the azan because to her it is the sound of atavism. It denies change and the hope of change. It says that all works of hands are temporary, all hope of progress is futile. All that is necessary is here. This is the perfect way. Come and pray. She fears it because it says that Istanbul, Queen of Cities, Abode of Felicity, is a man's city. The azan says there is nothing for Ayse Erkoç.

- IAN MCDONALD, The Dervish House

Dune quote

We may die tomorrow, but we must hope today. Though it will not extend our lives, at least it will make them more meaningful.

- abulurd harkonnen

Journal of the Last Days of Salusa Secundus

Dune quote

The line between life and death is sharp and quick in the desert
- Admonition to Spice Prospectors

The Battle of Corrin by Brian Herbert and Kevin j. Anderson