The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don’t you know anything about basic economics?

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.

The look of disbelief that ran across the boy's face was somehow more disturbing than the despair it had replaced. This creature had given up hope long ago; he probably begged out of habit rather than expectation.

I was thinking that work is like fertilizer in that I'm glad it exists; I just don't ever want to get stuck in it.

Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look at it and give me a reader response.

The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something.

It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.