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“I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out.”

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Terry Brooks is a distinguished American fantasy writer, recognized for his epic fantasy series, The Sword of Shannara. Born on January 8, 1944, he has made a significant impact on the fantasy genre with his imaginative storytelling and richly detailed worlds. more

“A molcajete is a stone mortar and pestle from Mexico. They're great for grinding spices and making salsa and guacamole because they give everything a nice coarse and rustic feel. I've never collected anything, but I think I might start collecting these because each one is decorated differently.”

Thinking Giving Feels Might Nice Stones Mexico Collecting Spices Coarse Salsa Mortar Rustic Guacamole

Author:Bobby Flay

“Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination.”

Thinking Wells Country Imagination Appreciate Importance

Author:Terry Brooks

“I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other world, that imaginary world that I have created, tell you things about the real world.”

World Want Real Reader Real World Imaginary I Want You Other Worlds Imaginary World

Author:Terry Brooks

“Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.”

Literature Language Understood Mythology Elegant Appreciated

Book:Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fable

Source: Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fable

“The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of bearing arms.”

Men Young Boys Arms Privilege Servant Young Man Knights Bearing Arms

Book:The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur,

Source: The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur,

“Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body.”

Years Different Use Body Pieces Suits Iron Mail Plates Armor Adapted Parts Of The Body Suits Of Armor

Book:The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur,

Source: The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur,

“The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the vassals of their more opulent neighbors, whose power was necessary for their protection.”

Firsts Sometimes Class Land Independent Protection Neighbor Owners Portions Freeman

Book:The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur

Source: The Age of Chivalry: Or Legends of King Arthur

“The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.”

Long Candidates Knighthood

Book:Bulfinch's Mythology: Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages, The Age of Chivalry or Legends of King Arthur and The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (Complete)

Source: Bulfinch's Mythology: Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages, The Age of Chivalry or Legends of King Arthur and The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (Complete)

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