Dennis L. McKiernan QUOTES

― Dennis L. McKiernan , Into the Forge (Mithgar, #12; Hèl's Crucible, #1)

2 " I'll say this, Arik: the old man's warning proved to be true - things are not always what they seem. She was no young lady -"
"If it's the demon you speak of," interjected Rith, as she stepped back into the ruin, Lyssa following after, "she was not even a toothless old hag. "

― Dennis L. McKiernan , Caverns of Socrates

3 " Will they remember us, Aravan? Will Mankind remember us at all?" ...

Mayhap, Gwylly, mayhap. Mayhap in their legends and their fables. Mayhap in naught but their dreams. "

― Dennis L. McKiernan

4 " But Mithgar . . . Mithgar is yet wild, tempestuous, unkept, savage, turbulent, exciting. We come here to feel alive. "

― Dennis L. McKiernan

5 " Runts? Pipsqueaks? Who was that buffoon! "

― Dennis L. McKiernan

6 " I was glad to be gone from that place, for they listened not to simple reason, looked not at the world about them, sought not the truth, believing instead in the literal words of ancient tales - truths, history, parables, myths, legends, fables, and facts intermingled and recorded on their 'infallible' scrolls. "

― Dennis L. McKiernan , The Eye of the Hunter (Mithgar, #8)

7 " In 1989 I retired from Bell Laboratories to become a full-time writer. Not that I didn't enjoy my engineering career, but rather I liked being a novelist just a bit better. "

― Dennis L. McKiernan

8 " History alone looks upon war as a grand achievement; all else look upon it as a dreadful last resort. "

― Dennis L. McKiernan , Trek to Kraggen-Cor (Mithgar, #4; The Silver Call, #1)