K. J. Bishop Quotes

Australia, Writer
March 6, 1972

Kirsten J. Bishop is an Australian writer and artist. In 2004, her first book, The Etched City, was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. She is a recipient of the Aurealis Award for best collection.

Also known as Artist, Novelist

Cameron Rogers writes like a magician.

K. J. Bishop
- Writing
- Magician
- Roger
You're doing it again. Using reason to argue faith. Can't be done. Like playing croquet with a crochet hook. Sounds something like the right tool for the job, but isn't.

K. J. Bishop
- Done
- Job
- Faith

Tobacco Will Slowly and Surely Kill You." And so will time, Gwynn thought. But if you want the job done quickly, professionals recommend bullet.

K. J. Bishop
- Kill
- Bullet
- Tobacco
How long before we devise a means of telling horoscopes with gas lamps?

K. J. Bishop
- Before
- Devise
- Horoscopes
You see yourself as something of a champion of the poor, don't you?" "No, just their doctor.

K. J. Bishop
- Yourself
- Poor
- Champion
I am always a different man; a reinterpretation of the man I was yesterday.

K. J. Bishop
- Men
- Different
- Yesterday
The goodness of the world grew like moss in cracks, she thought. It grew, somehow, with hidden roots, nourished by something unseen.

K. J. Bishop
- Thought
- Goodness
- Grew
Evil flourishes because the good aren't good enough," see murmured. "And sometimes the good just have bad days.

K. J. Bishop
- Good
- Evil

In the end, having no compass for his desires, he yielded to his nature.

K. J. Bishop
- Nature
- Desires
- Compass
Your people are not unwise, after all: love of the perfect Deity may prevent us from loving imperfect man! But God's will is to restore the lost; and that can't be done without loving them.

K. J. Bishop
- God
- Love
- Man
Time steals from us the capacity to be smitten, does it not? It slowly but surely washes away all your enthusiasm and deposits uncertainty in its place.

K. J. Bishop