Quotes by Guy Gavriel Kay

No man ever truly possesses a woman, anyhow, said Gidas moodily. He has her body for a time if hes lucky, but only the most fleeting glimpse into her soul. Gidas was a poet, or wanted to be.

The privacy of pride.

She had been a solitary child, and then solitary as a woman, drawn into an orbit of her own that took her away from others, even those who would be her friends.

A hand fought best when it made a fist.

It can be hard to write a skillfully entertaining fiction, but a great book wants to be more, and wants more from us.

Ambitions and dreams put you at a drinking table with unexpected companions. Cups were filled and refilled, making you drunk with the illusion of changing the world.

When you didnt say a lot, he thought, you said the important things.

It had taken skill, tact, an ability to choose friends well, and a great deal of luck... Luck was always part of it, one way or another

We are all shaped by where we grow up, though that shaping takes different forms. I dont think theres any doubt that coming of age in Winnipeg both opened my eyes and made me hungry - if I can subvert all claims to be a real writer by mixing metaphors like that.