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“He felt that he had always been there, among the apple trees, watching for the woman in the tower to come to her window. Seasons may have passed, years may have grown green on the bough, then withe...”
“An endless scream pierced the frigid night air and shook the world with its rage and sorrow. The aged stone and brick that had withstood the great quake over a hundred years ago now trembled before...”
“Fantasy - the ability to envisage the world in many different ways - is one of the skills that makes us human.”
“So why isn't the world overrun with evil spirits?"Moira stared at her, a half-smile on her face. "Who says it isn't?”
“But I don't think Art's an Einstein - he likes tugging ears, biting people and burping too much to be a genius.”
“You don't believe in miracles.""Sure I do. I just haven't seen any lately.”
“Nil Sine Magno Labore ("Nothing without great effort") --Motto of Brooklyn College”
“Awe! Leaving so soon? Gabby said sweetly, holding the door open. I was just about to pull out the gun for you to play single-player Russian Roulette.”
“In any case, do you really think kids even want something that is relevant to their daily lives? You think something practical like compound interest is going to get them excited? People enjoy fant...”
“Procrastination robs the world of countless treasures.”
“For men, the answer was always the same and never farther away than the nearest sword. For a woman, a mother, the way was stonier and harder to know.”
“From the instant of our first meeting I judged him so, though it could be said that I was prejudiced. When one is standing naked on a slave-auction block in a wind cold enough to freeze a demon's b...”
“Lift your head to me... His is the kiss of a timorous lover. Feel his inhuman lips on the throat, the heat of it. The bite, when it comes, is cold. Begin to sink as the blood flows into his mouth; ...”
“While I have the floor, here's a question that's been bothering me for some time. Why do so few writers of heroic or epic fantasy ever deal with the fundamental quandary of their novels . . . that ...”
“If you don't believe it's elves, that's your problem. I know it's elves.”
“There are no mistakes in life" he answered. "Just lessons. Make sure you learn from this one.”
“Real life this fdar had taught me that in the adult world, fate was chaotic and uncertain. Guidelines for success were arbitrary. But in the world of D&D, at least there was a rule book... By role-...”
“Taiki was watching the kings talk, feeling the kind of happiness that can only come after a long sorrow.”
“My brain must have felt sorry for me, so itd created the only type of guy I could toucha fantasy one.”
“You can't be in my world...You live in this one.”
