Quotes from A Knight of the Word

Terry Brooks ·  386 pages

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“What we have in life that we can count on is who we are and where we come from, she thought absently. For better or worse, that is what we have to sustain us in our endevors, to buttress us in our darker moments, and to remind us of our identity. Without those things, we are adrift.”
― Terry Brooks, quote from A Knight of the Word


“We have thousands and thousands of people living homeless on the streets of our cities at the same time that we have men and women earning millions of dollars a year running companies that make products whose continued usage will ruin our health, our environment, and our values. The irony is incredible. It’s obscene.”
― Terry Brooks, quote from A Knight of the Word


“A building is a home if the people who inhabit it have memories and love and a place in the world. Otherwise, it is just a building, a shelter against the elements, and it can never be anything more.”
― Terry Brooks, quote from A Knight of the Word


“Things change. Life changes. Nothing stays the same.”
― Terry Brooks, quote from A Knight of the Word


“Everything changes with time’s passage. Only change itself is constant.”
― Terry Brooks, quote from A Knight of the Word



About the author

Terry Brooks
Born place: in Sterling, Illinois, The United States
Born date January 8, 1944
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