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Top 20 Peter David Quotes (2025 Update)

Peter David Quote: “Maybe science is just magic with delusions of lack of grandeur.”

1. “Maybe science is just magic with delusions of lack of grandeur.”

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Peter David Quote: “Unfortunately, the world does not always act in a manner consistent with one’s plans for it.”

2. “Unfortunately, the world does not always act in a manner consistent with one’s plans for it.”

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Peter David Quote: “Opposites can attract, as in magnetism. Or explode, as in matter and antimatter.”

3. “Opposites can attract, as in magnetism. Or explode, as in matter and antimatter.”

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Peter David Quote: “There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They’re totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point.”

4. “There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They’re totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point.”

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Peter David Quote: “Youth believes itself immortal. There is a cure for such an attitude, but unfortunately it is a cure from which one never recovers.”

5. “Youth believes itself immortal. There is a cure for such an attitude, but unfortunately it is a cure from which one never recovers.”

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Peter David Quote: “If we can’t alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up.”

6. “If we can’t alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up.”

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Peter David Quote: “Lack of movement is a formidable force to overcome.”

7. “Lack of movement is a formidable force to overcome.”

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Peter David Quote: “As for jokes, I don’t think it’s necessarily that what I write is funny.”

8. “As for jokes, I don’t think it’s necessarily that what I write is funny.”

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Peter David Quote: “Faith is an admirable trait. It’s good to have faith in another person. But when faith is used as a substitute for reality, then it becomes a crutch for refusing to deal with that reality.”

9. “Faith is an admirable trait. It’s good to have faith in another person. But when faith is used as a substitute for reality, then it becomes a crutch for refusing to deal with that reality.”

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Peter David Quote: “Only in this world of topsy-turvy attitudes could outright stupidity, such as I had displayed, be something that got me high marks. I had an amused glimmering of a notion at that point: If I ever turned out to be a complete and utter fool, I could wind up running the whole kingdom. It was something to consider.”

10. “Only in this world of topsy-turvy attitudes could outright stupidity, such as I had displayed, be something that got me high marks. I had an amused glimmering of a notion at that point: If I ever turned out to be a complete and utter fool, I could wind up running the whole kingdom. It was something to consider.”

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Peter David Quote: “Once again I felt light-headed, but this time it wasn’t from the scent of lilacs; it was from the scent of my own death.”

11. “Once again I felt light-headed, but this time it wasn’t from the scent of lilacs; it was from the scent of my own death.”

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Peter David Quote: “As for Madelyne, she continued to ply her trade. But such a life takes a fast toll on a woman. It is easy to be a remote, untouchable beauty and stay that way for many, many years. And if a stunning tapestry is hung upon a wall, it remains unsullied and a work of art. However, if one drapes it across the floor of a pub and all manner of men tread upon it with their heavy boots, it’s going to be worn rather thin, and rather quickly. Such was the case with my mother.”

12. “As for Madelyne, she continued to ply her trade. But such a life takes a fast toll on a woman. It is easy to be a remote, untouchable beauty and stay that way for many, many years. And if a stunning tapestry is hung upon a wall, it remains unsullied and a work of art. However, if one drapes it across the floor of a pub and all manner of men tread upon it with their heavy boots, it’s going to be worn rather thin, and rather quickly. Such was the case with my mother.”

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Peter David Quote: “Good enough, never is.”

13. “Good enough, never is.”

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Peter David Quote: “In retrospect, I would have to recommend against epiphanies. They are difficult on an emotional level, and they also sometimes move you to foolish and inopportune acts, which was what happened in my case.”

14. “In retrospect, I would have to recommend against epiphanies. They are difficult on an emotional level, and they also sometimes move you to foolish and inopportune acts, which was what happened in my case.”

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Peter David Quote: “Right, wrong – those are words thrown around by those what is in power in order to sit on the backs of those what ain’t.”

15. “Right, wrong – those are words thrown around by those what is in power in order to sit on the backs of those what ain’t.”

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Peter David Quote: “And to all of you, what it really comes down to is: If you’re buying a book with my name on it, I feel I owe it to you to have it be the best book that I can make it.”

16. “And to all of you, what it really comes down to is: If you’re buying a book with my name on it, I feel I owe it to you to have it be the best book that I can make it.”

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Peter David Quote: “Running from horrors doesn’t help. The only way to deal with them is to meet them head-on.”

17. “Running from horrors doesn’t help. The only way to deal with them is to meet them head-on.”

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Peter David Quote: “It matters not how it seems. All that matters is what is, and I will simply have to deal with whatever that happens to be.”

18. “It matters not how it seems. All that matters is what is, and I will simply have to deal with whatever that happens to be.”

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Peter David Quote: “I will always have doubts... But I will always overcome them.”

19. “I will always have doubts... But I will always overcome them.”

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Peter David Quote: “It seemed to me that, no matter what endeavor I was involved in, I was to be something of a sham.”

20. “It seemed to me that, no matter what endeavor I was involved in, I was to be something of a sham.”

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Peter David Quote: “The Crimson King speaks. As a direct result, somewhere a slumbering, dreaming infant shudders in its sleep, and dies.”

21. “The Crimson King speaks. As a direct result, somewhere a slumbering, dreaming infant shudders in its sleep, and dies.”

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