Top 120 Raymond E. Feist Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Life is problems. Living is solving problems.”

— Raymond E. Feist

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2. “You can’t succeed unless you’re willing to risk failure.”

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3. “A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.”

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4. “Now go. An actor should know when to leave the stage, a poet when the lay is finished, and a bard when it is time to put aside the lute.”

— Raymond E. Feist

5. “You can only have one first born child. You may love all your children deeply and with passion, but there is something unique about the first born.”

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6. “Every person you encounter, whom you interact with, is there to teach you something. Sometimes it may be years before you realize what each had to show you.”

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7. “The real secret of magic is that there is no magic.”

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8. “The past can be a terrible weight bound to you by an unbreakable chain. You can drag it with you, forever looking over your shoulder at what holds you back. Or you can let it go and move forward. It’s your choice.”

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9. “The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.”

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10. “The saddest part of a broken heart Isn’t the ending so much as the start The tragedy starts from the very first spark Losing your mind for the sake of your heart.”

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11. “Never accept the proposition that just because a solution satisfies a problem, that it must? be the only solution.”

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12. “I don’t write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place.”

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13. “There is no idea so brilliant or original that a sufficiently-untalented writer can’t screw it up.”

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14. “You will have to make decisions far worse. You are going to have to learn to think before you act, but never to regret your decisions, right or wrong. Otherwise, you will slowly begin to not make decisions at all.”

— Raymond E. Feist

15. “You must define yourself, for no one else has the wisdom to do it for you.”

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16. “You would do well to know, Marcus, that irritating a better swordsman than yourself is a good way to end up dead.”

— Raymond E. Feist

17. “Old habits are hard to forget, and old fears are habits.”

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18. “Never underestimate the human capacity for stupid, illogical, and petty behaviour.”

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19. “Find where the sound ends and silence begins. Then exist in that moment, for there will you find your secret centre of being, the perfect place of peace within yourself.”

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20. “Friends can betray you, but with an old enemy, you always know where you stand.”

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21. “Some loves come unbidden like winds from the sea, and others grow from the seeds of friendship.”

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22. “Remember, never rely on one plan, Tal. Always have two or more in place when you undertake something perilous. If the first one fails, go to the second plan. If the second plan fails, go to the third.” “If the third plan fails, Your Grace?” Kaspar laughed. “Then run like hell if you’re still alive.”

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23. “Father used to say that, among man’s strange undertakings, war stood clearly forth as the strangest.”

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24. “The world is much larger than I once dreamed, or perhaps my place in it is smaller than I once realized.”

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25. “There was nothing left to fear. He would endure or he wouldn’t.”

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26. “Writing is hard work; its also the best job Ive ever had.”

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27. “Don’t assume the world evolved in the order in which you discovered it.”

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28. “The trick to not being discovered until it is too late is to become part of the expected surroundings. Stealth is more the art of blending in with the background than sneaking through dark shadows.”

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29. “There is a hand behind every curtain,′ ” she quoted. “ ‘And a knife in every hand,’ ” finished Mara.”

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30. “If you’re going to risk dying, there’s no sense doing it wet, cold and hungry unless absolutely necessary.”

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31. “Fear is the little death, daughter. It kills in tiny pieces.”

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32. “Informants can be helpful, but they are never infallible. All tools can break, or be turned into weapons.”

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33. “People most often don’t see what is right before them.”

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34. “One time is much like another to death. She comes when she will. So why give over your mind to worry?”

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35. “Trying to guess the enemy’s next move is useful; trying to guess what they are thinking is pointless.”

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36. “I know you’ll think this odd, but I find it strangely exhilarating not knowing what’s coming next.”

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37. “I love a question I can’t answer. It keeps things interesting, even after so many years.”

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38. “It is something only a few know in their lives. It is a vision of something so clear, so true, it can only be a madness. You see what life is worth, and you know what death means.”

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39. “From our birth we are all dying, but some of us finish sooner than others.”

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40. “In an infinite universe, all things are not only possible but, no matter how improbable, certain to exist somewhere at some time.”

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41. “But should you ever come to a time when you need to say something upon my behalf, say this, ‘The last truth is that there is no magic.”

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42. “There is no magic, only tricks.”

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43. “Then the universe rocks. The very fabric of reality is rent.”

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44. “When you lose everything,’ Nathan had said, ’you’ve nothing left to lose. You’ve got two choices then: either kill yourself or start building a new life. When I started this new life, without my family, I decided the only sensible thing in it was to live for the small rewards: a job well done, a beautiful sunrise, the sound of children laughing at play, a good cup of wine. Makes it easy to deal with the harsher side of life.”

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45. “Luck is when those who are prepared take advantage of the moment.”

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46. “Never underestimate the potential for human stupidity when wealth and power are at stake.”

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47. “Sanity is all that stands between good and evil.”

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48. “Life has shown me all too often it’s a fragile gift. Remember, no one gets out of life alive.”

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49. “No matter how canny you think you are, something can come along, bam, and put you on your prat.”

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50. “Old enemies must be friends when a greater evil looms.”

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