I think Shakespeare is everybody's treasure.

In many ways, a degree in the history of ideas is the ideal training for an aspiring writer.

I absolutely believe the past had its share of warrior women who fought like men. Whether some of these were the actual Amazons from Greek myth is another matter.

Janice used to say that instinct was reason in a hurry; I was not so sure about the reason part.

You were right and I was wrong. When life hurts more than death, it is not worth living.

We are all cups, and our destiny is poured according to measures we cannot understand, cannot influence.

The Hawley Book of the Dead had me completely spellbound from beginning to end. A storytelling virtuosa, Chrysler Szarlan has woven a wondrous, scintillating web of suspense, love, history, and magic that will keep you eagerly turning the pages late into the night. Even readers not normally drawn to the supernatural will be swept away by this book; it has everything a great adventure should have-and so much more.