Anyone who is known as the Mysterious Marquis ought to have far more interesting reasons for his behavior than a stupid dispute with Sir Hilary.
Brant's an idealist, and he's competent. There are few more dangerous combinations in this world... Heroes are even more dangerous than idealists.
Come one, come all! Prepare to be amazed by the one, the only - Mairelon the Magician!
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
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...
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.
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...
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?
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.
I’m the King, and I say you go to the dungeon instead of fighting wizards, and no argument.
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...
Magic and music are brother and sister, he replied as Starbrow picked his way through the fog. The bard’s craft has always been half magic; in times past minstrels and magicians were often one and the...
Men can be such provoking creatures. One would think the entire world and everything in it were made only for their enjoyment and approval.
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....
It took us most of the morning to put together the letter she sent to the Frontier Management Department, and I learned a lot about how to be frigidly polite and still leave somebody feeling like they...
Master Richard! Hunch’s voice was not loud, but it expressed volumes of scandalized disapproval.Mairelon paused and looked up. What is it?You ain’t going to just— Hunch stopped and looked at Kim. Not...
She probably enjoys cutting up everyone's happiness. Not to mention cutting up other parts of people; given her penchant for poisoning people and turning them into beech trees, I fail to see how she h...
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...
William! I turned smiling. Did they send you over? William shook his head. They're still arguing, and it's spreading. Your professor has opinions. I rolled my eyes, because it was William. She's from...
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