Matthew Reilly Quotes

• A friend's loyalty lasts longer than their memory. Over the course of a long friendship, you might fight with your friend, even get angry with them. But a true friend will forget that anger after a while, because their loyalty to their friend outweighs the memory of the disagreement.

  Matthew Reilly

  Loyalty, Memories, True Friend

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• To anyone who knows a writer, never underestimate the power of your encouragement.

  Matthew Reilly

  Encouragement, Underestimate, Knows

  Matthew Reilly (2009). “Scarecrow”, p.8, Pan Macmillan

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• There is no such thing as an "aspiring writer". You are a writer. Period.

  Matthew Reilly

  Writing, Periods, Aspiring Writers

  Matthew Reilly (2009). “Area 7”, p.573, Pan Macmillan

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• There’s an Oriental saying I like: “If aggression meets empty space it tends to defeat itself.

  Matthew Reilly

  Space, Defeat, Empty

  Matthew Reilly (2015). “The Tournament”, p.223, Simon and Schuster

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• I have both held and beheld unlimited power and of it I know but one thing. It drives men mad.' - Alexander the Great

  Matthew Reilly

  Men, Mad, Unlimited

  Matthew Reilly (2009). “Seven Ancient Wonders”, p.3, Pan Macmillan

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• One of the things I have come up against time and again in my career is the notion that because a book is easy to read it was somehow easy to write.

  Matthew Reilly

  Book, Writing, Careers

  Matthew Reilly (2015). “The Great Zoo of China”, p.451, Simon and Schuster

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