“You or I might think that at least one would show courage and put up a fight. But neither you nor I have suffered as they, and even we have born witness in silence to lesser ills under less dire threat. Yet, in the face of evil, to sit silent is an even greater evil. Complacency is ever the enabler of darkest deeds;” SufferingEvilCourageFantasyThreatFightHeroismComplacencyEnablement Author:Robert Fanney
“Is there magic in this world? Certainly! But it is not the kind of magic written about in fantasy stories. It is the kind of magic that comes from ideas and the hard work it often takes to make them real.” IdeasWorkCreativityFantasyMagic Author:Robert Fanney
“May your feet ever walk in the light of two suns... and may the moonshadow never fall on you...” WisdomLightFantasyMysteryMoonShadowLuthielSuns Author:Robert Fanney
“A song she heard Of cold that gathers Like winter's tongue Among the shadows It rose like blackness In the sky That on volcano's Vomit rise A Stone of ruin From burn to chill Like black moonrise Her voice fell still...” SongMusicFantasyMagicMoonSummerShadowWinterBlacknessElvesVolcanoElfLuthiel Author:Robert Fanney
“How can I judge?" she said at last. "To me, he is a hero. To the world a monster." She let her head fall into her arms and started crying quietly. "I miss him! Curse him! I miss him!" Mithorden put a hand on her shoulder and let her cry for a few minutes. A sad smile slowly spread across his face. "I'm glad you can forgive him," he said at last. Luthiel lifted her head. "How do you know?" Because you miss him.” LossFantasyForgivenessJudgementLuthielMithordenVyrl Author:Robert Fanney
“Someone smashed a flutterfler and without even thinking she touched her Stone and used Wyrd to piece its broken body back together. She filled its empty vessels with dreams and it became the stuff it used for blood. It brushed her cheek with its wings, then flew off -- dancing in the hot air.” HealingFantasyDreamsMagicLuthielWyrd Author:Robert Fanney
“Othalas: Words. What are they but shadows on a page or howling on the wind? They are as ever-changing as the mists below us and it is just as easy to lose sense of yourself among them. I am older than most sorcerers so what I know may, indeed, be close to the truth. Magic, wyrd, words, dreams, they all come from the spirit. Within them lie both power and peril. For to misuse any is to warp your sense of self. To lie in words, or in magic, or in dreams -- that is how you become lost. The lights you see, they were lost long before they came to the Vale.” LostFantasyDreamsMagicLiesWordsLuthielOthalas Author:Robert Fanney
“We must be careful what we imagine, fear, or hope for. The echoes of our thought live on in eternity.” FantasyDreamsMagicWorld Of Dreams Author:Robert Fanney