Frank Beddor
Birthdate: July 31, 1958
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Occupation: Author and Skier
Profile: Former world champion freestyle skier best known for
The Looking Glass Wars.
Website: https://frankbeddor.com/
Number of Quotes: 15
After a long silence, Dodge cleared his throat.
I think I speak for all of us when I say, 'Huh?
Seeing Redd
And even, if circumstances required, a contingency plan for his contingency plan's contingency plan.
Seeing Redd
Creativity isn't just about making things up; it's about seeing the world in a new way.
From social media posts and interviews about the creative process.
Every hero has a journey, every journey has a story, and every story has the power to inspire.
Reflects his emphasis on narrative in interviews and discussions.
For most of the universe's life is not all gummy wads and tarty tarts; it is a struggle against hardship, unfairness, corruption, abuse, and adversity in all
its guises, where even to survive—let alone survive with dignity—is heroic. To soldier through the days in the wake of failure is the courageous act of many.
The Looking Glass Wars
For now. But if I ever decide you're useless, you are a dead man.
To be killed by you is to be desired more
than a life excluded from your service.
Bravo.
Her Imperial Viciousness laughed with genuine feeling.
Bravo!
Seeing Redd
Imagination is the key to everything. It’s the secret of life. You have to imagine it before you can do it.
Frequently cited in interviews and articles about his work and philosophy.
Most of life is unbearable. It's unbearable but we bear it.
Only the previous day, Arch had found him in a spirit-dance corral, blistering
the creatures to the point of death, such was his need to touch and destroy.
Seeing Redd
Should is my all-time least favorite word. It's this sort of guilt-inducing, finger-wagging word that we use to beat up others and ourselves.
Stories are the fabric of our reality. They shape how we see the world and ourselves.
From literary interviews discussing the impact of storytelling.
The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself.
Commonly referenced in talks about innovation and authorship.
Well now,
the scholar went on,
I'm just an old fuddy-duddy who could use a tan, so you needn't grant my opinion any authority, but I
consider the queendom lucky that a handful of Milliners and their children lived incognito among the population during Redd's tyranny.
Seeing Redd
Whatever power I have is nothing if I can't use it to keep safe those who mean the most to me.
You can't spend so much time in a place and not carry a bit of it inside you.
The Looking Glass Wars
Last on Earth
