“Liu Fang is a truly gifted, world-famous player of the pipa and the guzheng, classical Chinese stringed instruments.” WorldPlayerInstrumentsChineseGiftedFangsWorld Famous Author:Guy Gavriel Kay
“It was different, though, knowing something in your thoughts and then hearing it confirmed, made real, planted in the world like a tree” WorldMadeDifferentRealKnowingTreeHearingKnowing Something Author:Guy Gavriel Kay
“It is always difficult, even with the best will in the world, to look back a long way and see anything resembling the truth.” WorldWayLooksLongDifficultLong Way Book:Under Heaven Source: Under Heaven
“In this world, where we find ourselves, we need compassion more than anything, I think, or we are all alone.” ThinkingWorldNeedsCompassionThis WorldAll Alone Author:Guy Gavriel Kay
“We worship…the powers that speak to our souls, if it seems they do. We do so knowing there is more to the world, and the half-world, and perhaps worlds beyond, than we can grasp. We always knew that. We can’t even stop children from dying, how would we presume to understand the truth of things? Behind things? Does the presence of one power deny another? [p. 176]” IfsWorldChildrenDoeSoulSeemsSpeakBehindsHalfKnowingDyingWorshipDeny Book:Sailing to Sarantium: Book One of the Sarantine Mosaic Source: Sailing to Sarantium: Book One of the Sarantine Mosaic
“The world could bring you poison in a jewelled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was.” KnowsWorldSometimesCupsPoisonSurprising Book:Under Heaven Source: Under Heaven
“... everyone knew that all islands were worlds unto themselves, that to come to an island was to come to another world.” WorldIslandsAnother World Author:Guy Gavriel Kay
“A hard truth: that courage can be without meaning or impact, need not be rewarded, or even known. The world has not been made in that way. Perhaps, however, within the self there might come a resonance, the awareness of having done something difficult, of having done . . . something.” WorldWayNeedsMadeSelfHardDoneMightDifficultKnownAwarenessImpactResonanceHard Truths Book:The Last Light of the Sun Source: The Last Light of the Sun
