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Michael O'Brien was a Canadian author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels. His works often explore religious and philosophical themes, enjoying widespread popularity among readers.

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Famous Michael O'Brien Quotes

“Love is the soul of the world, though its body bleeds, and we must learn to bleed with it. Love is also the seed and milk and the fruit of the world, though we can partake of it in greed or reverence. We are born, we eat, and learn, and die. We leave a tracery of messages in the lives of others, a little shifting of the soil, a stone moved from here to there, a word uttered, a song, a poem left behind. I was here, each of these declare. I was here.”

World Littles Soul Body Song Dies Left Born Love Is Behinds Messages Stones Moved Fruit Greed Seeds Soil Milk Reverence Left Behind Shifting Lives Of Others

Book:Island of the World: A Novel

Source: Island of the World: A Novel

“J.K. Rowling is a talented storyteller, but she has also used the style and technique of modern television and cinema media, which seizes the imagination by pummelling it, bombarding it with powerful stimuli, in a rapid pace, with plenty of emotional rewards.”

Used Imagination Powerful Modern Media Style Television Emotional Rewards Technique Plenty Cinema Pace Storyteller Rapids Stimulus

Author:Michael O'Brien

“A rare objectivity and insight can be imparted regarding this world's struggle for spiritual integrity. In the land of Faerie, the reader may see his small battles writ large in the wars of titans or elves and understand for the first time, his own worth.”

World Firsts May War Spiritual Struggle Land This World Reader Integrity Battle First Time Insight Objectivity Faerie Titans Spiritual Integrity

Book:A Landscape with Dragons: The Battle for Your Child's Mind

Source: A Landscape with Dragons: The Battle for Your Child's Mind

“Solitude is the natural dwelling place of truth…It is there you will wrestle. It is there you will be tested by fire and by darkness.”

Natural Darkness Fire Solitude Tested Dwelling Dwelling Place

Author:Michael O'Brien

“...life without coffee is not really life.”

Coffee

Book:Island of the World: A Novel

Source: Island of the World: A Novel

“Yet he saw that in all places there was originality, resulting from the human efforts at decoration and ingenious methods of survival.”

Humans Effort Saws Survival Method Originality Ingenious Decoration

Author:Michael O'Brien

“Providence The will of God acting together with human will. But he respects our will absolutely. He does not force. Love never forces. It only invites. ... There is a war between good and”

Humans Doe War Together Force Acting Liberty Gods Will Invites Providence Human Will Acting Together

Author:Michael O'Brien

About the Author

Born: 1948
Died: May 6, 2015
Known for: Author
Quotes: 7

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Island of the World: A NovelRelated source material

A Landscape with Dragons: The Battle for Your Child's MindRelated source material

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