Diane DuaneIt’d be a poor kind of world where there was just one explanation for things. ---Rhiow371Reflection
Diane DuaneDo it now and avoid the June rush! Fear death by water! ✨ Diane Duane (2003). Deep Wizardry, p.80, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt373Death
Diane DuaneVirtue, he said. The real thing. It's not some kind of cuddly teddy bear you can keep on the shelf until you need a hug. It's dangerous, which is why it makes people so nervous. V… ▶331HumanityPoliticsSadness
Diane DuaneYou should know how terrible a power belief is, especially in the wrong hands -- and how do you tell which hands are wrong? Believe something and the Universe is on its way to bei… ▶364Politics
Diane DuaneSomething always happens. You still have to promise stuff anyway. If you have to work to make the promises true... it's like a spell. You have to say the words every time you want… ▶331TimeTruth
Diane DuaneBut the trouble with sainthood these days is the robe-and-halo imagery that gets stuck onto it. Carl got that brooding look again. People forget that robes were street clothes onc… ▶379HumanityPhilosophy
Diane DuaneA warp, Nita whispered. A tunnel through space-time. Are you a white hole? It stopped bobbing, stared at her as if she had said something derogatory. (Do I look like a hole?) 292Time
Diane DuaneYou walk on water, and complain that you can't find anything to drink!3710Thought
Diane Duane(True,) the white hole said. (My name is Khairelikoblepharehglukumeilichephreidosd'enagouni-) and at the same time he went flickering through a pattern of colors that was evidentl… ▶337TimeTruth
Diane DuaneReading one book is like eating one potato chip. ✨ Diane Duane (2003). So You Want to Be a Wizard, p.34, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt305Reading
Diane DuaneThe city breathing, burning, living the life thy had preserved. Ten million lives and more. If something should happen to all that life - how terrible! Nita gulped for control as … ▶316HumanityLifePolitics
Diane DuaneHow am I supposed to save the universe with all this noise?! ✨ Diane Duane (2007). Wizards at War, p.68, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt305Reading
Diane DuaneA legend can just as well be founded in the future as in the past. It's called a 'prophecy,' Urruah said. You may have heard of the concept.272HopeTime
Diane DuaneIt's always been the children who have saved the universe from the previous generation and remade the universe in their own image. ✨ High Wizardry (Young Wizards, Book 3). B… ▶241Reading
Diane DuaneHoney, have you seen your sister?” She’s on Jupiter, Mom. ✨ Diane Duane (2002). The Wizard's Dilemma, p.11, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt296Philosophy
Diane DuaneIf death is truly a curse,' Spock said, as soberly as some power pronouncing a hundred years of sleep, but with a glint of private, serene humor in his eyes. 'There is little logi… ▶297DeathHumorLife
Diane DuaneBut even in your world it’s a byword. Men will fight bravely and be heroes, but for last-ditch defense against any odds… get a Mother. ✨ Diane Duane (2003). High Wizardry, p… ▶264Life
Diane DuaneDon't be afraid to make corrections, Picchu said. Don't be afraid to lend a hand. She fell silent, seeming to think for a moment. And don't look down. ✨ Diane Duane (1992). … ▶287ReadingThoughtTime
Diane DuaneFootsteps in the snow suggest where you have been, point to where you were going: but when they suddenly vanish, never dismiss the possibility of flight. ✨ Diane Duane (2003… ▶278Reading
Diane DuaneDoctors couldn't be everywhere, so the Lord invented Vulcans. I thought you knew. ✨ Diane Duane (2000). Doctor's Orders, p.10, Simon and Schuster202Thought
Diane DuaneSometimes we do not hear the Whisperer even at her loudest because she speaks in our own voice, the one we most often discount.268Time
Diane DuaneBlood in the water I sing, and one who shed it: deadliest hunger I sing, and one who fed it- weaving the ancient-most tale of the Sea's sending: singing the tragedy, singing the j… ▶2710DeathSadness
Diane DuaneAnd we will cause it to be well-made, this Sacrifice. You, young and never loving; I, old and never loved. Such a Song the Sea will never have seen. ✨ Diane Duane (2003). De… ▶229Love
Diane DuaneShe tried to walk softly and wished the trees wouldn't stare at her so. ✨ Diane Duane (2003). So You Want to Be a Wizard, p.62, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt163Reading
Diane DuaneSo rage, proud Power: fail again! And see my blood teach Death to die! ✨ Diane Duane (1996). Deep Wizardry, Harcourt Childrens Books185DeathPoliticsReading
Diane DuaneYou do have the idea of being ‘just good friends?’” He gave her a sideways look. “For so high and honorable an estate,” Roshaun said, “ ‘just’ seems a poor modifier to choose.175PoliticsThought
Diane DuaneThere is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets.197Truth
Diane DuaneAll the drawing lacks is the final touch: To add eyes to the dragon ✨ Diane Duane (2002). The Wizard's Dilemma, p.387, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt144Truth
Diane DuaneDear Artificer, I’ve blown my quanta and gone to the Good Place! ✨ Diane Duane (2003). So You Want to Be a Wizard, p.88, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt139Sadness
