James A. Moore Quotes

#1. Little known fact: sometimes wizards do things just because it amuses them.

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#2. Damned Weyland-Yutani piece of crap," she said.

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#3. Long before I fell in love with writing, I fell in love with reading. Sometimes, honestly, I feel like I'm cheating on my first love when I settle into my office chair to start work on the latest manuscript.

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#4. Krohan but from that distance he sounded almost

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#5. Still, one does what one must.

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#6. I have to say, Alejandro Colucci is amazing. I had seen his work several times before I started making the connection between the art and the person making it, and when I heard that he was going to work on the cover for 'Seven Forges,' that connection was not yet cemented.

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#7. What has happened is what has happened. The past is gone. I was not the same person then. I was much weaker. I lived and breathed and hid in fear. That time is gone. I fear nothing. I have faced my fears and learned from them. The gods gave me that.

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#8. You ever see a cute, furry alien?

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#9. Wisdom often comes from those with the least to lose.

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#10. The Arcturians had been the first alien race mankind had encountered, and those initial meetings had marked a turning point for the human race.

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#11. You will lose your hand, find your fist and gain an ally. You will also meet your enemy face-to-face.

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#12. The best way to end a war is to make certain that it never happens. The best way to win a war is to change the shape of the battles to suit your needs.

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#13. Alejandro Colucci has designed covers for my books that stand out, that catch the eye, and that make me, as a reader and consumer, want to know more about the books behind those covers.

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#14. Back in my younger years, I read an average of a book a day. That was when I was going to school full time and working a job after school 30 hours or more a week.

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#15. How the hell should I know? I'm just a grunt.

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#16. Lloyd Alexander's tales were written and published when I was in diapers. Decades later, they remain utterly timeless for me. I cannot recommend them enough.

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#17. What was it that Drask Silver Hand had said to him? Life is pain. Oh, how he lived just then.

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#18. It felt oily in his mind and left an aftertaste in his soul.

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#19. I am the first to point out that I really am not kind to illustrators. By that, I mean I really don't give that much to work with.

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#20. of them gave those thoughts a second consideration

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#21. So is a murder rose until you decide to hold the blossom in your hand and sniff it. Perfectly inviting and even charming until the poisons burn your skull open." "By the gods, man, where do you hear about these things?

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#22. If not wisdom then certainly truth. If you've nothing to lose you've nothing to fear losing.

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#23. Ultimately, Lloyd Alexander's tales of Prydain were enough to make me come back and visit again and again, and each time, I laughed and I wept. Each time. No exceptions.

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#24. Durhallem, Ydramil, Wrommish, Paedle, Truska-Pren, Wheklam, and Ordna.

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#25. Life is pain. War is change. The raw materials of life hammered and shaped into something with a purpose.

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