Andre Norton
Andre Norton
Andre Alice Nortonwas an American writer of science fiction and fantasy with some works of historical fiction and contemporary fiction. She wrote primarily under the pen name Andre Norton, but also under Andrew North and Allen Weston. She was the first woman to be Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy, first to be SFWA Grand Master, and first inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 February 1912
CountryUnited States of America
As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.
... we are each shaped from our birth, not only by the blood and inheritance that lies behind us, but also by those we love and by whom we are loved in turn, by the knowledge given to our thirsty minds, to the learning of ourselves.
Do not fear so, here is one who would be a blade at your back. A shield across your breast. Here is kin, here is strength to lean upon, to share as you share in need.
We have met and hated, fought and died before - you and I. Kepta to Garin People of the Crater. Andre Norton.
Victory belong to the most persevering.
Either the law exists, or it does not.
There's no night without stars.
A treasure...at the top of any list of fantasy to be cherished.
Rumor ... often is fathered and mothered by false reports.
There is no cure for narrowness of mind ...
The knife flaying the elephant does not have to be large, only sharp!
There is no weapon in the end as difficult to overcome as the tongue of an enemy.
I think the human race made a big mistake at the beginning of the industrial revolution, we leaped for the mechanical things, people need the use of their hands to feel creative.
Perhaps it is because cats do not live by human patterns, do not fit themselves into prescribed behavior, that they are so united to creative people.