Terry Brooks

"“If you think that Man is free to build a new life while the rest of the world drifts by, then you do not know anything of history!"

"If you are always frightened for yourself you can't act, and then life loses its purpose. You just have to tell yourself that, when you get right down to it, you don't matter all that much."

"The trick of course was not to go just anywhere, but to go where they might accomplish something useful."

"What we have in life that we can count on is who we are and where we come from... For better or worse, that is what we have to sustain us in our endeavors, to buttress us in our darker moments, and to…"

"Let me tell you something you haven’t learned yet, something you learn only by living awhile. As you get older, you find that life begins to wear you down. Doesn’t matter who you are or what you do, i…"

"You spend so much time wondering who you are, don't you think? You flounder about, searching for your identity, when most of the time it is plain as the nose on your face. You struggle with questions …"

"There is nothing wrong with crying. Your feelings tell you who are. They tell what is important. Don't ever be ashamed of them."

"You think that Man can start again, do you, Shea? Well you might be quite surprised to learn that some things never change, and that the dangers of power are always present, even to a race that almost…"