Marion Zimmer Bradley

“Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision.”

“Magic is a matter of focusing the disciplined will. But sometimes the will must be abandoned. The secret lies in knowing when to exercise control, and when to let go.”

“We were discussing civilization and the fact that young men among the Greeks at that time were idiots and uneducated, so the men had emotional and friendly relationships with members of their own sex.”

“My husband and I were very in love, and I had no reason to suspect that his interests lay anywhere else.”

“No house is big enough for the rule of two women.”

“I do tend to lose track since the kids are out of school.”

“The scandal's so unbelievable that I cannot repeat it here.”

“On one occasion I shared a bed with about seven other people, but we were all having a party overnight.”

“The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.”

“And I must believe that man has the power to know the right, to choose between good and evil and know that his choice has made a difference...”

“...perhaps mankind must have a time of darkness so that we will one day again know what a blessing is the light.”

“It has never been, and never will be easy work! But the road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.”

“And as men believe, so their world goes." - Merlin”

“I never thought that I was very intelligent.”