Quotes by Piers Anthony

About Piers Anthony:

Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob is an English American author in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is most famous for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xanth.
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Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward.

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By all means. Swords have ever been the best servants of crazy men.

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Dor shook his head. Such mysteries were beyond his fathoming. All he could do was...what he could do.

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When you steal from the library, you are preventing anyone else from reading that book, and the very notion makes me want to drop you in the Void.

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Adults had the notion that juveniles needed to suffer. Only when they had suffered enough to wipe out most of their naturally joyous spirits and innocence were they staid enough to be considered mature. An adult was essentially a broken-down child.

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Dor woke again as dawn came. The sun had somehow gotten around to the east, where the land was, and dried off so that it could shine again.

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Referring to Jumper the spider, who needs to hide himself in human form, and he's learning to act like a human. "I'm sure I can learn to walk faster than that," he said desperately. "But you'll also need to learn the nuances of human behavior. Such a...

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For an instant Stile was daunted by the improbability of it all: a man, a cyborg, a robot, an animalhead, and a wooden golem, all riding unicorns through a battlefield strewn with goblins and dragons, pursuing an invaluable ball of power-rock that ro...

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Now it was done. He was free of Xanth forever. Free to make his own life, without being ridiculed or mothered or tempted. Free to be himself. Bink put his face in his hands and cried.

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One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless.

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A mortal person's mind is like a wilderness, with a tremendous volume of decaying constructs and half-understood experience forming natural harbors for wild animal effects.

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What splendor nature proffered to the eye of any man who had half the wit to appreciate it!

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Brevity did not mean inconsequence...

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What kind of fool had he been, to throw away romance untried?

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Is it foolish to care for non-existent folk? Then, leave me to my foolishness.

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When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.

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All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense.

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That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.

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As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them.

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At present I answer about 100 letters a month, and read 300 emails.

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Author Bio

  • NamePiers Anthony
  • DescriptionEnglish-American author in the science fiction and fantasy genres
  • AliasesPiers Anthony Dillingham Jacob
  • BornAugust 6, 1934
  • CountryUnited Kingdom; United States Of America
  • ProfessionNovelist; Short Story Writer; Science Fiction Writer
  • WorksApprentice Adept; Battle Circle; Bio Of A Space Tyrant; Cluster; Incarnations Of Immortality; Mode; Of Man And Manta; Xanth; Letters To Jenny; Chthon; Macroscope; Prostho Plus; Tatham Mound; Killobyte