“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.”Terry Brooks
“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 remind us of our identity. Without those things, we are adrift.”Terry Brooks book A Knight of the WordA Knight of the Word
“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 obliterated itself.”Terry Brooks book The Sword of ShannaraThe Sword of Shannara, Cap 2
“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, it happens. Experience, time, events—they all conspire against you to steal away your energy, to erode your confidence, to make you question things you wouldn’t have given a second thought to when you were young. It happens gradually, a chipping away that you don’t even notice at first, and then one day it’s there. You wake up and you just don’t have the fire anymore.”Terry Brooks The Elf Queen Of Shannara
“What you need to do is take control of things. Don't wait for events to catch up with you; go and meet them head-on!”Terry Brooks ibid The Scions Of Shannara