He’d parted reluctantly from Amily, thinking again with envy of Lena and Bear. One thing that they hadn’t been forced to deal with during their courtship was other people . . . keeping an eye on them....
He held out the bottle. Clarice’s hand was steady as she took it from him. , she thought distantly. She tried to be horrified at the thought, but she couldn’t manage it.
Evil done in the name of a Power of good is still evil. And good done in the name of a Power of evil is still good.
Doctor MacKenzie says Sometimes I think the Victorians had the right idea. When you lost a family member back then you were suppose to be in full mourning, dress in nothing but black, for a whole year...
Doctor Ambrosius smiled slightly. You and all the others here, are-or rather, one day be-magicians.Spirit broke into a disbelieving laugh.Right, she said, starting to stand up. Mean, she could deal w...
Clarice concentrated on taking deep breaths. Men did not burst into tears, no matter how terrible the tragedy.
But a Herald has to have your trust right away, don’t you see? If you come to trust the person more than the office, the way you do with your priest, there would be trouble for every new Herald in a S...
Be careful when someone repeats something too often; things that are repeated often enough can start to seem to be true, even when they are not.
And truth and trust are the means by which civilization holds off barbarism. When those in power intend to abuse that power, they look to an outside enemy in order to trick their people into pressing...
. but one thing the best leaders usually share in common, they didn’t want the damn job in the first place. Then
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Her umbrella was of the same style as that of their formidable friend from Egypt, solid enough to knock a man unconscious, with a sharpened ferrule that could, at a pinch, be used to stab someone.
You are not the only female hire-swords I have dealt with, he replied. Many of my trade allies have them as personal retainers. It has often seemed to me that many of those I met have had to be twice...
There are always people who aren’t human, who think the only thing in the world that matters is themselves.
The gods gave you a brain, boy,' he'd say. 'If you want to honor them, use it.
The dragonets found the carpenters to be even more fascinating than the furniture, and followed the poor men from pen to pen, crowding around to watch, tasting the wooden planks, trying to steal the t...
My father had been from Glasgow; my mother, from Los Angeles. They had both enjoyed the quip that the difference between an American and a European was that to an American, a hundred years was a long...
It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information.
In general, though, I would say that when a government is more concerned with keeping itself in power, and keeping its officials in luxury, whether they were elected to the posts, appointed, or inheri...
If you would rise, do so alone.