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Patricia A. McKillip quotes: Women hold their councils of war in kitchens: the knives are there, and the cups of coffee, and the towels to dry the tears.

Women hold their councils of war in kitchens: the knives are there, and the cups of coffee, and the towels to dry the tears.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: He went into a dark tower of truth for you. Do you have the courage to give him your own name?

He went into a dark tower of truth for you. Do you have the courage to give him your own name?

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: Content, it dreams awake, and spins the fabric of tales. There is really nothing to be done with such imagery except to use it: in writing, in art.

Content, it dreams awake, and spins the fabric of tales. There is really nothing to be done with such imagery except to use it: in writing, in art.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: How strange to be in a dream one moment and in the world the next, and to know the difference in the blink of an eye.

How strange to be in a dream one moment and in the world the next, and to know the difference in the blink of an eye.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: Men see what they are most afraid of.

Men see what they are most afraid of.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: What? It was a good word. Like a rock in a river, sticking up to let you land on it, so you could make your way across the flow.

What? It was a good word. Like a rock in a river, sticking up to let you land on it, so you could make your way across the flow.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: Shall I add a man to my collection?

Shall I add a man to my collection?

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: The tutor's eyelids drooped; his thoughts drained out of his face like water seeping into earth.

The tutor's eyelids drooped; his thoughts drained out of his face like water seeping into earth.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: It's so hard to think in winter. The world seems confined in the space of your heart; you can't see beyond yourself.

It's so hard to think in winter. The world seems confined in the space of your heart; you can't see beyond yourself.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: There are no simple words. I don't know why I thought I could hide anything behind language.

There are no simple words. I don't know why I thought I could hide anything behind language.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: No song, no peace, no poetry, no end of days, and no forgetting.

No song, no peace, no poetry, no end of days, and no forgetting.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: Something - a flick of color, the faint beat of the earth under my feet, or maybe my name in someone's thoughts - made me lift my eyes.

Something - a flick of color, the faint beat of the earth under my feet, or maybe my name in someone's thoughts - made me lift my eyes.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: Sorry, he said penitently. It's a book. I have no common sense around them.

Sorry, he said penitently. It's a book. I have no common sense around them.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: When you put your hands and mind and heart into the knowing of a thing ... there is no room in you for fear.

When you put your hands and mind and heart into the knowing of a thing ... there is no room in you for fear.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: All I wanted, even when I hated you most, was some poor, barren, parched excuse to love you. But you only gave me riddles.

All I wanted, even when I hated you most, was some poor, barren, parched excuse to love you. But you only gave me riddles.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: Words, he decided, were inadequate at best, impossible at worst. They meant too many things. Or they meant nothing at all.

Words, he decided, were inadequate at best, impossible at worst. They meant too many things. Or they meant nothing at all.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: I don't teach lies, but I do not teach all I know is true.

I don't teach lies, but I do not teach all I know is true.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: It was no warning, no judgment, simply her name, and she could have wept at the recognition of it.

It was no warning, no judgment, simply her name, and she could have wept at the recognition of it.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: Explain to me again," he begged," why we are here."She had told him once before; it had been like listening to a vivid, improbable dream.

Explain to me again," he begged," why we are here."

She had told him once before; it had been like listening to a vivid, improbable dream.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: Love and anger are like land and sea: They meet at many different places.

Love and anger are like land and sea: They meet at many different places.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: That's the beginning of magic. Let your imagination run and follow it.

That's the beginning of magic. Let your imagination run and follow it.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: He had no place in the world, he said once, therefore he could go everywhere.

He had no place in the world, he said once, therefore he could go everywhere.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: He closed his grade book and asked hopefully, "What inspired you? Was it Hawthorne?"I stared at him. He had to be kidding.

He closed his grade book and asked hopefully, "What inspired you? Was it Hawthorne?"
I stared at him. He had to be kidding.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: The giant Grof was hit in one eye by a stone, and that eye turned inward so that it looked into his mind, and he died of what he saw

The giant Grof was hit in one eye by a stone, and that eye turned inward so that it looked into his mind, and he died of what he saw there. -Cyrin

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: He finally took his harp out of the cobwebs, walked out the door, and admitted who he was: the Unforgiven.

He finally took his harp out of the cobwebs, walked out the door, and admitted who he was: the Unforgiven.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: Then you will have to trust me. Beyond logic, beyond reason, beyond hope, trust me.

Then you will have to trust me. Beyond logic, beyond reason, beyond hope, trust me.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: Epics are never written about libraries. They exist on whim; it depends on if the conquering army likes to read.

Epics are never written about libraries. They exist on whim; it depends on if the conquering army likes to read.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: Imagination is the golden-eyed monster that never sleeps. It must be fed; it cannot be ignored.

Imagination is the golden-eyed monster that never sleeps. It must be fed; it cannot be ignored.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: The man was hit in one eye by a stone, and that eye turned inward so that it looked into his mind, and he died of what he saw there

The man was hit in one eye by a stone, and that eye turned inward so that it looked into his mind, and he died of what he saw there

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: Morgan," he whispered, "I wish you had not been someone I loved so.

Morgan," he whispered, "I wish you had not been someone I loved so.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.

The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: If you speak of this I will tear out your voice and top it down the nearest drain

If you speak of this I will tear out your voice and top it down the nearest drain

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: That once were urgent and necessary for an orderly world and now were buried away, gathering dust and of no use to anyone.

That once were urgent and necessary for an orderly world and now were buried away, gathering dust and of no use to anyone.

Patricia A. McKillip quotes: Peace, tremulous, unexpected, sent a taproot out of nowhere into Morgan's heart.

Peace, tremulous, unexpected, sent a taproot out of nowhere into Morgan's heart.