Battles are fought in muddy fields, in burning towns, in treacherous forests, in unforgiving mountains, and on the blood-spattered stones of contested bridges, Tavi realized. But battles are won withi...
Because your balls are in a vise and I’m the only one who can pull them out, I said. He arched an elegant silver eyebrow. Okay, I said. That came out a little more homoerotic than I intended. Indeed,...
Because . . . fear is a terrible, insidious thing, Waldo. It taints and stains everything it touches. If you let fear start driving some of your decisions, sooner or later, it will drive them all.
Beer, brewed in cauldrons the size of houses by machines and then served cold. It has no soul. It isn't worthy of the name.
Being here? With you? I've met my subconscious, and he's not that sick.
Being mostly dead is hard on a guy.
Bernard had become, not so much important to her as he was natural to her whole being. He was as much a part of her thoughts as breath, food, and sleep. At once present and not present, conspicuous wi...
Black wizards don't just grow up like toadstools, you know. Someone has to teach them complicated things like summoning demons, ritual magic, and clichéd villain dialogue.
Bloody constraint, I told him. For should you try to hide the girl from me, even in your heart, there shall I rake for her.
Body or mind, heart or soul, we're all human, and we're supposed to feel pain. You cut yourself off from it at your own risk.
Booya! I shouted in pure triumph, the adrenaline turning my manly baritone into a rather terrified-sounding shriek. What have you got for fiery beams of death, huh? You got for fiery beam of death! M...
Build a man a fire and he’s warm for a day, I said. But set a man on fire and he’s warm for the rest of his life. Tao of Pratchett.
But I’ve noticed that people got the most irrational whenever family was around—while simultaneously losing their ability to distinguish reason from insanity. I call it familial dementia.
But hardly old. Went silver early, I’d say. That’s always attractive in a man. It means he has both power enough to have responsibilities and conscience enough to worry over them.
But mostly, it ends badly when wizards try to stay too close to their kin.
But... my choices haven't always been very good, I said.Whose have? he asked.
Cell phones were like those security guys in red shirts on old Star Trek: as soon as something started happening, they were always the first to go.
Cerberus, I said promptly. But everyone knows that. Do you know what it means? I opened my mouth and closed it again. I shook my head. It is from an ancient word, kerberos. It means ‘spotted.’ I blink...
Chocolate fends off all kinds of nasty stuff. And if you get hungry while warding off evil, you have a snack. It's multipurpose equipment.
Come on, I said to Karrin. Head for the other boat.Should we? she asked. That Erlking guy seems a little..do-it-yourselfy.
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