Stephen R. Donaldson · 1160 pages
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“Stone and sea are deep in life
Two unalterable symbols of the world
Permanence at rest
And permanence in motion
Participants in the power that remains”
― Stephen R. Donaldson, quote from The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
“It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.”
― Stephen R. Donaldson, quote from The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
“And he who wields white, wild magic gold is a paradox
For he is everything and nothing
Hero and fool
Potent, helpless
And with one word of truth or treachery
He will save or damn the earth
Because he is mad and sane
Cold and passionate
Lost and found”
― Stephen R. Donaldson, quote from The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
“Part of him wanted to weep... but his purpose was rigid within him. He felt he could not bend to gentleness without breaking.”
― Stephen R. Donaldson, quote from The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
“And you require no answers", Foamfollower was laughing in his gladness, "You are sufficient to every question".”
― Stephen R. Donaldson, quote from The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
“But he could not call the doctors at the leprosarium. They would return him to Louisiana. They would treat him and train him and counsel him. They would put him back into life as if his illness were all that mattered, as if wisdom were only skin deep, as if grief and remorse and horror were nothing but illusions, tricks done with mirrors, irrelevant to chrome and porcelain and clean, white, stiff hospital sheets and fluorescent lights.”
― Stephen R. Donaldson, quote from The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
Stephen R. Donaldson
Born place: in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States
Born date May 13, 1947
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