Torrens kicked at the door until it was finally opened. The farm couple and three youngsters had been eating breakfast in the common room. The yard dog would have bounded in had not Torrens kicked the...
Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and writers alike discover things they never knew about the world and about themselves.
At the end of their grim race, death might be the only prize.
Children may not understand all that's happening below the surface of a story. It doesn't matter. Because even though they may not be able to define or verbalize it, they sense there's something more...
I cannot forgive myself for what I did. It has long been one of my strictest principles not to interfere with the life of any individual, let alone attempt to shorten it. If an exception were to be ma...
He learned that the lives of men are short and filled with pain, yet each one a priceless treasure, whether it be that of a prince or a pig-keeper. And, at the last, the book taught him that while not...
All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.
King Constantine IX of Regia had been killed three times and was bored with it. He wanted a bath.
I intend to follow the path of virtue. It will not be overcrowded.
How easy it is to think well of ourselves. Until the moment is upon us, we can never be certain.
Do you not believe that animals know grief and fear and pain? The world of men is not an easy one for them.
Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.
By all means, cried the bard, his eyes lighting up. A Fflam to the rescue! Storm the castle! Carry it by assault! Batter down the gates!There's not much of it left to storm, said Eilonwy. Oh? said Ffl...
The vitality of art is its capacity for infinite expansion. One form doesn't preclude another any more than the existence of Mozart makes the existence of Bach superfluous.
When prophecies give no help, men must find it themselves.
Stale water is a poor drink,' said Annlaw. 'Stale skill is worse. And the man who walks in his own footsteps only ends where he began.
She has given you something of value: the truth in her heart.
One way everything looks all right, the other way, it looks all wrong.
It is true. Indeed, that is why I dared not speak. I have yearned to be again at the side of my beloved Arianllyn, and my thoughts are with her now. But had I chosen to return, I would ever wonder whe...
I ask no comfort, Taran replied, but the truth, be it harsh or happy.Ah, my sweet robin, said Orddu, for the finding of that, nothing is harder. There are those who have spent lifetimes at it, and man...