There was some sadness in how that could happen, falling out of love with something that had shaped you. Or even people who had.
Guy Gavriel KayThe military preferred - invariably - those who could be readily defined, assigned roles, understood, and controlled.
Guy Gavriel KayMy youngest brother had a wonderful schtick from some time in high school, through to graduating medicine. He had a card in his wallet that read, โIf I am found with amnesia, please give me the following books to read โฆโ And it listed half a dozen books where he longed to recapture that first glorious sense of needing to find out โwhat happens nextโ โฆ the feeling that keeps you up half the night. The feeling that comes before the plotโs been learned.
Guy Gavriel KayLazy poets try to elicit a reader's response with words designed to tug at the heart.
Guy Gavriel Kay