David Drake Quotes

#1. I suppose I would be wiser to adjust my attitude rather than to expect the universe to change reality.

David Drake

#2. Anytime you're afraid to try something new ... just remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the titanic.

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#3. The use of force is always an answer to problems ... [It] isn't an attractive answer, though.

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#4. The most important thing of all
was not the poverty
of its essence,
but that it was there.

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#5. The universe has never appeared to me to be particularly fair," Adele said at last. "I think some people should be thankful for that reality.

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#6. History was a series of decisions about what to tell and a series of accidents about what survived after telling. Not truth, but a historian could search for truth, and the search was as worthy as any other human activity.

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#7. She owned the road
as an elephant owns the veldt
and like a big blue elephant
moved with massive grace
and dignity.

David Drake