Sometimes, son," my father said, prying my fingers free, "you have to help the heroes along.

Raoden looked up at his friend. "We're not dead, Galladon, and we're not damned. We're just unfinished.

Using a fetching face to make men do as you wish is no different from a man using muscle to force a woman to his will. Both are base, and both will fail a person as they age.

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

I love to do what I do. So, I do work long hours.

If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course not.

The Shaod, it was called. The Transformation... When it came, the fortuante person's life ended and began anew; he would discard his old, mundane existence and move to Elantris. Elantris, where he could live in bliss, rule in wisdom, and be worshiped for eternity. Eternity ended ten years ago.