You find them in any Kingdom, she said, if you look hard enough. Young men, and young women, too, who believe that they are in love with evil, death, and darkness, but in fact, are in love with myster...
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...
We are to call hares ad become mushrooms, Jermayan explained kindly. Presumimg Kindolhinadetil will grant us the load of a mirror. Yes of course, Kellen said, with only a touch of irony.That makes per...
There's no justice for the poor man. Money buys justice, and I have no doubt there's a great deal of money in that man's pockets to buy the finest judge on the bench.
There are no excuses, he said at last. But there are reasons. Reasons why we are what we are. Reasons why we do not have to stay that way.
The gods gave you a brain, boy,' he'd say. 'If you want to honor them, use it.
Now there will be no loneliness, for each of you will be companion to the other. Now you are two persons, but there is only one life before you. Treat yourselves and each other with respect, and remin...
No, it’s not you, Abi managed to interrupt her. Actually, it’s not anyone. Not even my best friend Kat. Or Rudi or Emmit or Brice or—well, it’s not anyone. It’s never been anyone.
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...
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.
If he didn't get out of here - right now - Harrier was either going to break into hysterical laughter or strangle somebody.
I, ah … I suppose it’s for the best. That you … aren’t a boy, I mean. There was another, longer awkward pause. I … I’m glad you aren’t a boy.Despite the danger, the horror, the utterly terrible ridicu...
Genius will only take you to 'good.' Practice will take you to 'Master.
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.
Emperor held court from his Iron Throne, made from the personal weapons of all those monarchs the Emperors of the past had conquered and deposed, each glazed and guarded against rust. The throne itsel...
Everything written is at least in part fantasy.
. but one thing the best leaders usually share in common, they didn’t want the damn job in the first place. Then
An untutored lout with a sledgehammer could kill you just as dead as an assassin with a stiletto.
We believe that all those who are served should also spend time serving.