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Juliet Marillier is a renowned Irish author known for her fantasy novels. Her works often blend history, mythology, and folklore, making them highly popular among readers.

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Famous Juliet Marillier Quotes

“A story could lead you into a different world for a while. It might be a world where a foolish youngest son could turn into a brave and clever hero, or a beaten young woman could end up as a wise leader of folk. And when the story was ended and that world was gone, you still had the idea of it inside you. Like a flame that didn't go out even when the bad things rattled and swirled and screamed, and worse, oh, much worse, when they whispered and goaded and tormented.”

Stories Tales Fairy Tales Power Of Story

Book:Den of Wolves

Source: Den of Wolves

“First person allows deeper insight into the protagonist's character. It allows the reader to identify more fully with the protagonist and to share her world quite intimately. So it suits a story focused on one character's personal journey. However, first person shuts out insights into other characters.”

World Firsts Persons Character Stories Journey Share Reader Deeper Insight Focused Suits First Person Protagonists Personal Journey

Author:Juliet Marillier

“I've loved fairytales, folklore and mythology since I was a small child, and I think it was inevitable that they would influence my style and my development of stories.”

Thinking Children Stories Influence Style Development Mythology Inevitable Fairytale Folklore Small Child

Author:Juliet Marillier

“My advice to aspiring writers of fantasy trilogies or series is that each book needs two main plots. There's the 'big story', the over-arching grand plot of the entire series, and there is the complete-in-itself, one-book plot.”

Needs Two Book Stories Bigs Fantasy Advice Series Plot Trilogies Aspiring Writers

Author:Juliet Marillier

“Third person allows a deeper exploration of the relationships between characters. We can see their misunderstandings and hear what they think about each other. We can create a more complex structure with various story threads running parallel.”

Thinking Persons Character Stories Running Thirds Structure Complexes Various Deeper Exploration Thread Misunderstanding Parallels Third Person

Author:Juliet Marillier

“A wonder tale can be truer than true," I said. I had learned (...) that the deepest kind of truth can be found in the strangest and wildest of stories. One may not meet a fire-breathing dragon on the way to the well. One may not encounter an army of toothed snakes in the woodshed. That does not make the wisdom in those tales any less real.”

Way Wells Kind May Doe Said Real Stories Found Wonder Fire Army Tales Breathing Encounters Dragons Snakes

Author:Juliet Marillier

“Only - only that, if you believe the tales, it's in the nature of our people to go to war and to kill, just as it is to sing and play and tell stories. Perhaps they are two halves of the same whole.”

People Ifs Believe Two War Play Whole Stories Half Tales If You Believe

Book:Daughter of the Forest: Book One of the Sevenwaters Trilogy

Source: Daughter of the Forest: Book One of the Sevenwaters Trilogy

“Real life is not quite as it is in stories. In the old tales, bad things happen, and when the tale has unfolded and come to its triumphant conclusion, it is as if the bad things had never been. Life is not as simple as that, not quite.”

Ifs Real Stories Happens Life Is Simple Things Happen Real Life Tales Conclusion Bad Things Triumphant Bad Things Happen

Book:Daughter of the Forest: Book One of the Sevenwaters Trilogy

Source: Daughter of the Forest: Book One of the Sevenwaters Trilogy

“The greatest tales, well told, awaken the fears and longings of the listeners. Each man hears a different story. Each is touched by it according to his inner self. The words go to the ear, but the true message travels straight to the spirit.”

Men Wells Different Self Stories Spirit Messages Ears Longing Tales Touched Listeners Inner Self

Book:Son of the Shadows: Book Two of the Sevenwaters Trilogy

Source: Son of the Shadows: Book Two of the Sevenwaters Trilogy

About the Author

Born: July 27, 1948
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 129

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Daughter of the Forest: Book One of the Sevenwaters TrilogyRelated source material

Heart's BloodRelated source material

Son of the Shadows: Book Two of the Sevenwaters TrilogyRelated source material

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