72 Memorable Fantasy Fiction Quotes

Fantasy fiction has a magical way of sweeping us off our feet, whisking us into realms filled with wonder, adventure, and imagination. Within these fantastical worlds, we encounter powerful words that linger in our minds and hearts long after we've turned the last page. These quotes, often rich with meaning and emotion, capture the essence of what makes fantasy fiction so enchanting. Our curated collection of 72 memorable quotes celebrates this unique genre, showcasing the profound wisdom, inspiring courage, and timeless truths that resonate with readers around the world. Delve into this enchanting compilation and rediscover why fantasy fiction continues to captivate and inspire us.

1. “I'm about to start reading it again, because what good is a story you only want to read once?” - Bill Willingham

2. “If one chooses sides on emotion then the rebel is the guy to go with. He is fighting for everything men claim to honour, freedom, independance, truth, the right.......all the subjective illusions. All the eternal trigger words. We are minions of the villan of the piece. We confess the illusion and deny the substance.” - Glen Cook

3. “And yet many of us do it without families," Nynaeve said. "Without love, without passion beyond our own particular interests. So even while we try to guide the world, we separate ourselves from it.We risk arrogance, Egwene. We always assume we know best, but risk making ourselves unable to fathom the people we claim to serve.” - Robert Jordan

4. “The pendulum swings between Light and Darkness” - Brandon Mull

5. “But I was wrong. I should have known it wasn't owver, couldn't be over quite easily. No sooner was Xavier out of sight than a little cylinder of paper fell from the top of my locker. As I unrolled it, I knew I'd see black calligraphy crawling across it like a spider. Dread settled around me like a fog as the words burned into my brain: The Lake of Fire awaits my lady” - Alexandra Adornetto

6. “Just remember who you are... The world will try to change you into someone else. Don't let them. That's the best advice anyone can give you.” - Cinda Williams Chima

7. “Dua kebaikan yang berbeda tidak mungkin berada pada satu intensitas yang sama. Sesederhana itu.” - Fredrik Nael

8. “Gerisik angan dan deru lembut laju harapan.Waktu itu adalah menit-menit akhir menjelang malam di Bukit Angin. Daun-daun berwarna-warni dalam berbagai wujud melayang ke langit dan berkumpul mengelilingi puncak pusaran angin. Di sana, di balik awan, beradalah studio Sang Pelukis.” - Fredrik Nael

9. “Segala hal yang dikatakan Komandan mengenai Orde adalah kebenaran yang tidak dilebih-lebihkan. Orde memang bersinonim dengan kebaikan. Orde menghargai kemajuan. Orde mencintai kehidupan. Orde bahkan mengajarkan pertobatan. Semua yang dijabarkan di dalam Kitab pada dasarnya akan berakhir pada kebahagiaan, pun setelah kematian.Akan tetapi Orde dan Kitab adalah takdir. Yang tidak dapat dibantah dan harus diterima semua orang dengan pasrah.Sama seperti penglihatanku, Orde tidak memberikan pilihan.” - Fredrik Nael

10. “How can you understand the language of music, if you will not be an instrument?”—Zarost” - Greg Hamerton

11. “Those who try to juggle wisdom, power and greed, drop one of the balls, every time.”—Zarost” - Greg Hamerton

12. “That was the trouble with the supernatural, Vimbai thought--you didn't know what laws ruled it, and what was a coincidence and what was a sign and what was weird and what wasn't. It was like a whodunit, only the clues refused to be arranged into any sort of hierarchy or a straight narrative, and most of the time it wasn't even clear if they indeed were clues; a jigsaw puzzle where all the pieces were blank.” - Ekaterina Sedia

13. “When people dis fantasy—mainstream readers and SF readers alike—they are almost always talking about one sub-genre of fantastic literature. They are talking about Tolkien, and Tolkien's innumerable heirs. Call it 'epic', or 'high', or 'genre' fantasy, this is what fantasy has come to mean. Which is misleading as well as unfortunate.Tolkien is the wen on the arse of fantasy literature. His oeuvre is massive and contagious—you can't ignore it, so don't even try. The best you can do is consciously try to lance the boil. And there's a lot to dislike—his cod-Wagnerian pomposity, his boys-own-adventure glorying in war, his small-minded and reactionary love for hierarchical status-quos, his belief in absolute morality that blurs moral and political complexity. Tolkien's clichés—elves 'n' dwarfs 'n' magic rings—have spread like viruses. He wrote that the function of fantasy was 'consolation', thereby making it an article of policy that a fantasy writer should mollycoddle the reader.That is a revolting idea, and one, thankfully, that plenty of fantasists have ignored. From the Surrealists through the pulps—via Mervyn Peake and Mikhael Bulgakov and Stefan Grabiński and Bruno Schulz and Michael Moorcock and M. John Harrison and I could go on—the best writers have used the fantastic aesthetic precisely to challenge, to alienate, to subvert and undermine expectations.Of course I'm not saying that any fan of Tolkien is no friend of mine—that would cut my social circle considerably. Nor would I claim that it's impossible to write a good fantasy book with elves and dwarfs in it—Michael Swanwick's superb Iron Dragon's Daughter gives the lie to that. But given that the pleasure of fantasy is supposed to be in its limitless creativity, why not try to come up with some different themes, as well as unconventional monsters? Why not use fantasy to challenge social and aesthetic lies?Thankfully, the alternative tradition of fantasy has never died. And it's getting stronger. Chris Wooding, Michael Swanwick, Mary Gentle, Paul di Filippo, Jeff VanderMeer, and many others, are all producing works based on fantasy's radicalism. Where traditional fantasy has been rural and bucolic, this is often urban, and frequently brutal. Characters are more than cardboard cutouts, and they're not defined by race or sex. Things are gritty and tricky, just as in real life. This is fantasy not as comfort-food, but as challenge.The critic Gabe Chouinard has said that we're entering a new period, a renaissance in the creative radicalism of fantasy that hasn't been seen since the New Wave of the sixties and seventies, and in echo of which he has christened the Next Wave. I don't know if he's right, but I'm excited. This is a radical literature. It's the literature we most deserve.” - China Miéville

14. “How could none of them comprehend the beauty of a human soul,shining in heaven for eternity? Where it would be whole again, as they all had been once in times past?” - Carolyn Turgeon

15. “I can't stop thinking about dying the way humans do it. Imagine! If at any moment, you could just stop existing. How different everything would be.." They don't stop existing Lenia said...They have souls that live forever. Even knowing that, they fight so hard to stay alive. I think it's so beautiful. Imagine: being that fragile, that permanent.” - Carolyn Turgeon

16. “just because a mage wears the black robes does not make him evil.” - Margaret Weis

17. “Go and you will see that nothing is as wonderful as our dreams can make it” - Carolyn Turgeon

18. “Souls were webs of light that contained the essence of a human's life. Memories and loves, children and families. Every moment of life, pressing in” - Carolyn Turgeon

19. “Margrethe watched them paralyzed by the intensity of the emotions moving through her. So much pain and euphoria, a sense that even though her own heart was broken, the world could contain such beauty and magic she almost could not bear it? What did her own pain matter, in the face of that?” - Carolyn Turgeon

20. “there are people all over the world who carry the mermaid inside them, that otherworldly beauty and longing and desire that made her reach for heaven when she lived in the darkness of the sea.” - Carolyn Turgeon

21. “Love is when you’d rather see someone one last time and die, than never see their face again.” - Bryan Butvidas

22. “I CLOSED MY EYES AND PRETENDED SHE WAS YOU. illutions- aprilynne pike” - Aprilynne Pike

23. “...how impossible itis to really make a choice, when the best choice of all is an option youcouldn’t even imagine.” - Laurie J. Marks

24. “Gods and politics are the tools with which the godless and unprincipled manipulate the gullible.” - Janet E. Morris

25. “I think you’ve forgotten that this place holds a lot more than justbetraying Hobgoblins. Call upon the spirits, summon fairies, raise thedead! My brother, you have the power to do so--now get off of your buttand use it!” - Richard Denney

26. “With him I couldn’t be anything but myself and that scared the crap out of me, because I had never existed like that before.” - Carlyle Labuschagne

27. “He was in a strange, badly lit room, wearing even stranger clothes, getting an earful from an unknown woman, in a language that he could and couldn’t exactly place in a very disturbing way.These were not his memories.” - Angelo Tsanatelis

28. “A weapon needs a wielder; it should not be permitted to start its own fights.""You are not my wielder; you are naught, a forgotten ghost, not even a memory.""Maybe, but you are still a weapon.” - Angelo Tsanatelis

29. “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” - Michael Scott

30. “The quickest way is sometimes the longest.” - Neil Gaiman

31. “I’m a firm believer that in-depth subjects can be better handled in a fantasy setting. ... Let’s face it, traveling to some far off land is a terrific way to break the mold, to do something different. Isn’t that why we go on vacations?” - Jim Starlin

32. “Apalah gunanya impian bila tidak diwujudkan?” - Fredrik Nael

33. “There is no getting away from the past or from one’s destiny.” - Laxmi Hariharan

34. “Seductive pull of the forest, an open canvas for trouble.” - Karsten Knight

35. “Fantasy stories will always be popular, as there are always readers who are willing to escape, freely, to the worlds that the authors create, and spend time with the characters we give life to.” - Jason Ellis

36. “It's all just a bit of fun ...” - Mark Waters

37. “There is something about riding a unicorn, for those people who still can, which is unlike any other experience: exhilarating, and intoxicating, and fine.” - Neil Gaiman

38. “No, I will not join your Civil War reenactment troupe.” - Aaron A. A. Smith

39. “It had become their creation, and they all would know it.” - Evan Meekins

40. “Milcas raced out his door, anxious to find the answer to this riddle and discover the source of hope for a Roegan in Fargranther; the propellant of an unheard of, forgotten, impossible, and by all accounts, damned idea.” - Evan Meekins

41. “Without your own inner beast tamed ye can never tame the wild ones around ye!” - Jennifer Silverwood

42. “The dominoes of fate are falling down as we are speaking, and Ferriar knows what will happen when the last one crashes down.” - Evan Meekins

43. “Some justice, though did not deal with kindheartedness or good feeling toward others. No, justice had a darker side, a gray area where it mingled alongside vengeance, and only the wise and pure of heart were able to tell the two apart. That kind of justice was swift. It was only called upon afer mercy and morals fail. It was the darkest form of goodness known to anyone, even the gods, and required only the strongest, most daring men to bring about.” - Evan Meekins

44. “They were rebellious through their artistic expression and their uplifting spirits” - Evan Meekins

45. “The festive music died down and the granite pillars were replaced with rotted wooden beams as he continued down the alleyways. The scent of fresh flowers turned to mold, and the colorful mosiacs of honor and nobility were nonexistent. Run-down tenements were shadowed by its surrounding buildings, as if the capital itself wanted to conceal its existence.” - Evan Meekins

46. “Even though we don't admit it, every single one of us aspires to be like somebody, whether they live in the world today, within the bard's lyrics, or on the pages in the Library” - Evan Meekins

47. “the illusion that power lies within the hands of the common man is more important than legitimate efficiency within the government.” - Evan Meekins

48. “There is no right or wrong, only what we believe is more right or more wrong” - Evan Meekins

49. “Before I fix the world, I have to fix myself.” - Evan Meekins

50. “Animals do not respect their master's brother, but they do respect their brothers as masters.” - Evan Meekins

51. “War was easy. The hard part was cleaning up afterward.” - Evan Meekins

52. “We must kill the guard before we can enter the palace.” - Evan Meekins

53. “the bleakest situations bring out the hospitality in all of us, but it's during the harshest we find out how strong we really are.” - Evan Meekins

54. “Respect the dead, learn from them, do not follow or avenge them.” - Evan Meekins

55. “it's through the simple things in life, through its games, when our minds mature the most and we grow knowledgeable. It's also when the cloth masks of our outer, false personalities are torn asunder, and we are able to see every last blemish of a man's genuine character that they hide beneath... no matter how dark or obscene it may be.” - Evan Meekins

56. “Let your dissent fuel you, your anger inspire you, your rage convey you, and your fury strike a chilling fear onto the spines of your enemies.” - Evan Meekins

57. “Hate did not give way to heroism.” - Evan Meekins

58. “We can't change the world by shouting, but our words can have meaning if we give them enough respect.” - Evan Meekins

59. “While parchment may burn and gold may be stained or melted down, the things that are truly important to us will never lose their value.” - Evan Meekins

60. “Goodbyes are sad, but they are temporary, because as hellos ends with goodbyes, so will goodbyes start with hellos.” - Melody Manful

61. “There goes the world's wimpiest vampire.” - Heather Swain

62. “Todo o reino de Fantasia assenta-se sobre alicerces de sonhos esquecidos." A História Sem Fim(The whole kingdom of Fantasy sits upon foundations of forgotten dreams - Endless Story).” - Michael Ende

63. “You are blessed with a knack for sucking the wonder out of the extraordinary.” - Daniel McHugh

64. “Winter Liar" by Liam Doyle the IncubusWhat come once here will never come again,no matter monument nor memory;all sunwarmed green succumbs to winter's wind.And you, my love, were also my best friend,and had your life to live. The tragedywas not just my youth's recklessness, althoughI trusted much to impulse, whim, freedom,a destiny excluding doom. Frankly,youth can be our insanity. But now I'm curedof that fever, although the price was high;and chilly April wind can only sighat my regrets, yet sun will brighten wind so,one knows that soon green stirs, and wild bees hum.And summer once more will make winter liar,but I won't warm. You're all I'll ever desire.” - Juliet Dark

65. “Curse us and crush us, my precious is lost!” - J.R.R. Tolkien

66. “Even though you distance yourself,you always look out for me,it makes me want to get into more trouble” - Dahlia Lu

67. “What will I do if I find myself with a heart?" "Lose it constantly, I imagine.” - Gregory Maguire

68. “Friendship is just love that has yet to sprout wings and take flight.” - Kristen Reed

69. “How did they go from Braveheart to Brigadoon in less than five minutes?” - Jennifer Silverwood

70. “I already feel like the Girl Who Lived around here.” - Jennifer Silverwood

71. “He considered my question for a moment and then ducked his head to kiss me. He tugged me flush up against his chest , pulling me closer than i even though possible, and then his lips touched mine.” - Colleen Houck

72. “Gray, the colour of forgetting.” - Daniel Arenson