If they projected the fact that they are dangerous any harder, there would be little puddles of danger on the floor around them. Look, it's danger, don't step in it!
Had she been fully white, had she been a man, Alderscroft would have had her brought into the fold and properly taught immediately.
For a country whose people ceased to believe in magic soon lost much of their ability to imagine and dream, and before long, they ceased to believe--or hope-- for anything.
When you want something done, you ask a man. When you want it done quietly and without any fuss, you ask a woman.
Truth and trust are the means by which civilization holds off barbarism.
Townsfolk can get downright touchy over the occasional earth-elemental in the scullery. Can’t imagine why....
There’s no such thing as `one, true way’; the only answers worth having are the ones you find for yourself; leave the world better than you found it. Love, freedom, and the chance to do some good — th...
There was something to be said for diversity, though it sometimes did complicate matters.
The night-sylphs, all of them, were armed with what looked like swords of glass. The pixies and the tiny ones were armed too, if not with knives and miniature swords , then with their own long claws....
The freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose.
That’s religion as an excuse. Sometimes it seems to me that when religious fervor enters the mind, the wits pack up entirely and fly out the ear, Karal replied a bit sourly. But worst of all is when p...
One never bothers to think about growing old as one is growing older. Then suddenly it is there, looming in your face.
Make someone a devout, fanatical anything, and his brain turns to mulch.
If something went right, it was a teaching thing, and if something went wrong…it was a teaching thing.
He is an excellent fellow, but he has one deep flaw. He cannot cook. In fact, he has been known to ruin boiling water.: Mags
Give your enemy a face, If he is human, do not dehumanize him. Know him and know why he is your enemy. If your enemy is within you, understand what it is and why you are afraid. Put a face on your fea...
Often, one can be in love with who they think someone is, while being blinded by their own desires. And just as often, instead of being in love with a lover, one is in love with love.
Talia was always intimidated by her presence, and always felt she looked hoydenish and disheveled, no matter how carefully she’d prepared herself for confrontations.
Sympathy can be addictive and can kill strong men as surely as a diet of nothing but sugar.
Suddenly my palms were damp and I was more nervous than I’d been facing down that Mage. After all, the only thing he could do was kill me horribly. These people…they could make me look stupid.