Guy Gavriel Kay
Guy Gavriel Kay
Guy Gavriel Kay CMis a Canadian writer of fantasy fiction. Many of his novels are set in fictional realms that resemble real places during real historical periods, such as Constantinople during the reign of Justinian I or Spain during the time of El Cid. Those works are published and marketed as historical fantasy, although Kay has expressed a preference to avoid genre categorization...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth7 November 1954
CountryCanada
longing
We are the total of our longings.
may boat
When I'm all grown up, come what may, I'll build a boat to carry me away
past journey focus
Fantasy is, at its best, the purest access to storytelling that we have. It universalizes a tale, it evokes wonder and timeless narrative power, it touches upon inner journeys, it illuminates our collective and individual pasts, throws a focus beam on the present day, and presages the dangers and promises of the future.
mean ifs
But if you couldn't do everything, did that mean you did nothing?
falling-in-love sadness people
There was some sadness in how that could happen, falling out of love with something that had shaped you. Or even people who had.
soul preserves
Eanna love us, Adaon preserve us, Morian guard our souls.
heart lazy trying
Lazy poets try to elicit a reader's response with words designed to tug at the heart.
war sometimes ends
Weariness, sometimes more than anything else, can bring an end to war.
becoming pleasure stale
Why did becoming accustomed to something have to render its pleasures stale.
bravery
You have to be afraid for it to count as bravery.
men wagers resources
Men made wagers with their judgment, their allegiances, their resources.
military roles understood
The military preferred - invariably - those who could be readily defined, assigned roles, understood, and controlled.
believe men might
What man would dare believe that all he planned might come to pass?
long looks world
It is always difficult, even with the best will in the world, to look back a long way and see anything resembling the truth.