In short, if we wish to see anything sensible done about the situation we will clearly have to do it ourselves.
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.
Must tell them sometime, Alethia said. I would rather get it over with now. And they are conveniently on our doorstep.
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.
Cecy, I do think it is unfair. People in novels are fainting all the time, and I never can, no matter how badly I need to.
If you brought me out driving just so you could insult me-Oh, not just to insult you.
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
Very well. You may help me to exterminate the society of wizards.
The Marquis of Harsfield Lord Franton, arrived after you left. Lady Endall said with some satisfaction. He said he wished to be presented to Kim, and was quite dissapointed to find she was not there.H...
I see you've decided to take my advice after all, Richard. Lady Wendall's amused voice said from somewhere above and behind him. Marrying your ward is *exactly* the sort of usual scandal I had in mind...
Winter was usually the slow season at the menagerie, with so many of the animals hibernating, but that year I was busier than a hen with a double set of chicks.
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.
Four of us,' said Morwen. The cats yowled. 'Yes, I know, and of course you're coming, but you can't carry a bucket of soapy water, so for the purposes of this discussion it doesn't matter,' she told t...
Except you.The revelation was so blindingly sudden the words almost slipped out, and she had to bit her tongue and look away. pg 391, A Matter of Magic
You mean I'm going to have to do a spell in front of a bunch of toffs? Kim said, outraged that no one had mentioned this before she had agreed to this come-out.Yes, exactly, Lady Wendall said serenely...
Nothing you will object to, James replied in a soothing tone. I cannot think how he came to imagine that he would know what I might or might not object to.
If a beauty like Letitia Tarnower couldn't interest Mairelon, and a brilliant wizard like Renee D'Auber hadn't attracted him in all the years they'd known one another, what chance did she, Kim, have?
Brant's an idealist, and he's competent. There are few more dangerous combinations in this world... Heroes are even more dangerous than idealists.
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...
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...
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