Allowing anyone, even Mairelon, not only to come close to her, but to circle her waist with his arms brought back old fears, though she had to admit that the sensation was pleasurable on those rare oc...
One of the things everybody seems to want to ask writers is, "Where do you get your ideas?" When people ask me this, my usual response is, "Ideas are the easy part. The hard part is writing them down.
William didn't look like he'd be difficult about anything - he was thin and sandy-haired and already wore eyeglasses like his father. Most of the time he didn't say much. But when he was curious about...
Well?' Jasper said when Mairelon did not reply. 'Who are you?''No, no,' Mairelon said. 'I asked you first. I also, if you recall, asked how you found this place and what you intend to do here, and you...
We have made the perilous journey through the tunnels to see the Princess Cimorene, newly come to these caverns, to comfort her and together bemoan our sad and sorry fates, the first princess said hau...
Tis my will that thou and he shall die by my hand. Thou hast but to choose the manner of thy death. Old age, Cimorene said promptly. Mock
Mendanbar wondered idly whether a bucket of soapy water plus lemon juice plus dishes would be as good for melting a wizard as one without dishes, and what effect the dishes would have on the process....
Kim lifted the lid. Inside, on a small pillow covered in white velvet, lay a gold sunburst the size of her thunbnail, hung on a delicate chain. It looked a little like the first spell she had ever cas...
It's a hard thing to risk what you know and are sure of, just for the possibility of something better. Even when it's a pretty strong possibility, and something that's a whole lot better.
In short, if we wish to see anything sensible done about the situation we will clearly have to do it ourselves.
Amidala, Panaka, and about half the troops climbed through; the others, and the Queen’s handmaidens, stayed in the hall to hold off the battle droids. The
You don’t understand, Mairelon said dully. Kim doesn’t want to marry a toff.Was that what was bothering him? Well, of all the bacon-brained, sapskulled, squirish, buffle-headed nod cocks! Kim said wit...
Then we’d be living a lie, Padmé told him gently. And one we couldn’t keep
NONE OF THIS NONSENSE, PLEASE
I’m the King, and I say you go to the dungeon instead of fighting wizards, and no argument.
If you brought me out driving just so you could insult me-Oh, not just to insult you.
I'm sorry. I'm used to people objecting to things because they think I can't do them or shouldn't do them. It didn't occur to me that you might have a real reason.
I didn’t ask what you’d said about it, the frog snapped. I asked what you’re going to do. Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.
Being upset is no excuse, Mother said sternly. If you’re going to be rude, do it for a reason and get something from it.
So, in a fit of pique, I came up with the silliest thing I could think of, and handed the book in under the title Bowling for Dragons