It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun.

I hate the thought of her being forced into a box that doesn't fit her. Of having her wings cut off, her sight blinded, her hearing muted, her voice stilled.

Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind.

The thing to remember when you're writing," he said, " is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's whether it wakes a truth in your reader. I don't care what literary device you might use, or belief systems you tap into--if you can make a story true for the reader, if you can give them a glimpse into another way of seeing the world, or another way that they can cope with their problems, then that story is a succes.

That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.

I wouldn't like to live in a world where everything's as cut-and-dried as most people think it is

There is no plan, no future laid out for any of us beyond what we make for ourselves.