Top 6 Terry Deary Quotes (2025 Update)

Terry Deary Quote: “Death, as well as fortune, is rather fond of the brave.”

1. “Death, as well as fortune, is rather fond of the brave.”

2. “I’m not a historian, and I wouldn’t want to be. I want to change the world. Attack the elite. Overturn the hierarchy. Look at my stories and you’ll notice that the villains are always, always, those in power. The heroes are the little people. I hate the establishment. Always have, always will.”

— Terry Deary

3. “The only politician ever to have entered parliament with honourable intentions, was Guy Fawkes.”

— Terry Deary

4. “Greeks heard the poems read on stage while a group of dancers performed. Then a clever poet called Aeschylus came along and had a great idea. He put a second reader on stage. Now you had a ‘play’ –the first drama in the world.”

— Terry Deary

5. “After they had lost the war with Sparta the Athenians looked for someone to blame. They blamed the old teacher, Socrates. Being a rather groovy guy, he was always hanging around with young people, telling them not to believe in the old gods.”

— Terry Deary

6. “The oldest written poem was by the Greek, Homer. His poem, The Iliad, tells the story of the siege of Troy, a story of the heroes who fought to the death to get Helen back to her hubby, King Menelaus.”

— Terry Deary

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