Frasi di Tad Williams
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Robert Paul "Tad" Williams è uno scrittore statunitense, autore di diversi romanzi fantasy e di fantascienza, tra cui le serie Memory, Sorrow & Thorn, Otherland, Shadowmarch e Ordinary Farm Adventure e i romanzi autoconclusivi Il canto di Acchiappacoda e The War of the Flowers.

Nel luglio del 2006, Williams ha iniziato a pubblicare una miniserie di sei fumetti intitolata The Next. È programmata la realizzazione di una seconda serie dal titolo The Factory.Williams ha scritto inoltre Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis. Wikipedia  

✵ 14. Marzo 1957
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““Why can nothing be simple?”
Geloë shifted on her stool. The wise woman’s voice was surprisingly sympathetic. “Because nothing is simple, Prince Josua.””

Origine: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, To Green Angel Tower (1993), Part 1, Chapter 20, “Travelers and Messengers” (p. 635).

“If you have not noticed, we are preparing for war. I’m sorry if that inconveniences you.”

Origine: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, The Dragonbone Chair (1988), Chapter 34, “Forgotten Swords” (p. 549).

““Is this being in love?” he suddenly wondered? It was nothing like the ballads he had heard sung—this was more irritating than uplifting.”

Origine: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, The Dragonbone Chair (1988), Chapter 31, “The Councils of the Prince” (p. 500).

“Strangely, although the world is already full of fearful things, mortals seems always to hunt for new worries.”

Origine: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, To Green Angel Tower (1993), Part 2, Chapter 13, “The Fallen Sun” (p. 307).

“I shall endeavor to turn dross to purest Metal Absolute: in short, to teach you something.”

Origine: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, The Dragonbone Chair (1988), Chapter 4, “Cricket Cage” (p. 41).

“Not being stupid is important.”

Origine: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, The Dragonbone Chair (1988), Chapter 24, “The Hounds of Erkynland” (p. 360).

“Part of manhood, I am thinking, is to ponder one’s words before opening one’s mouth.”

Origine: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Stone of Farewell (1990), Chapter 12, “Birdsflight” (p. 297).

“Tiamak closed his eyes to make a short prayer of thanks, hoping that the gods, like children, could be confirmed in good behavior by praise.”

Origine: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, To Green Angel Tower (1993), Part 1, Chapter 13, “The Nest Builders” (p. 405).

“You can never tell when princes will get squinty on you. You can never tell when they might suddenly feel their blood and go all royal.”

Origine: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, To Green Angel Tower (1993), Part 1, Chapter 17, “Bonfire Night” (p. 523).

“I gave up the love of learning for the love of oblivion—the two cannot live together.”

Origine: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, To Green Angel Tower (1993), Part 1, Chapter 9, “Pages in an Old Book” (p. 296).

“There are three kinds of people—the living, the dead, and those at sea.”

Origine: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Stone of Farewell (1990), Chapter 19, “Children of the Navigator” (p. 475).

“I have not slept well since I first entered my brother’s dungeons. While my comfort has improved since then, worry has taken the place of hanging in chains as a denier of rest.”

“There are many kinds of imprisonment,” Jarnauga nodded.
Origine: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, The Dragonbone Chair (1988), Chapter 43, “The Harrowing” (p. 739).

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