A cat never discusses his business with humans, not even Princesses. A cat never explains and never apologizes. A cat never alibis. You must accept a cat as it is and for what it is and not expect more than the pleasure of its company.

— Terry Brooks

And yet it had come to this: a cult that followed a dogmatic hard line of exclusion and repression, believed its teachings alone were the way that others must follow, and claimed special knowledge of something that had happened more than five centuries ago. It did nothing to soften its rigid stance, nothing to heal wounds that it had helped to create by deliberately shunning people of other Races, and nothing to explore the possibility of other beliefs. It held its ground even in the face of hard evidence that perhaps it had misjudged and refused to consider that it was courting a danger that might destroy everyone. p96

— Terry Brooks

Anyway, that's the past, and what matters is the future. That's how life works, because it's short and precious and kind of doubtful.

— Terry Brooks

But your responsibilities are sometimes given you without choice, without consent.

— Terry Brooks

Cats can do whatever they want, whenever they want, without regard to what anyone says or does. Rather like Princesses.

— Terry Brooks

Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.

— Terry Brooks

Faith, Princess," the Prism Cat repeated. "It is a highly underrated weapon against the dark things in this world.

— Terry Brooks

Fantasy writing must be grounded in both truth and life experience if it is to work. It can be as inventive and creative as the writer can make it, a whirlwind of images and plot twists, but it cannot be built on a foundation of air. The world must be identifiable with our own, must offer us a frame of reference we can recognize.”“Fantasy stories work because the writer has interwoven bits and pieces of reality with imagination to form a personal vision.

— Terry Brooks

Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual ingenuity and imagination - think up a story and go live it for an afternoon.

— Terry Brooks

Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.

— Terry Brooks