But even in your world it’s a byword. Men will fight bravely and be heroes, but for last-ditch defense against any odds… get a Mother.

You do have the idea of being ‘just good friends?’” He gave her a sideways look. “For so high and honorable an estate,” Roshaun said, “ ‘just’ seems a poor modifier to choose.

There is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets.

It's always been the children who have saved the universe from the previous generation and remade the universe in their own image.

My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren to whom they're introducing their old passion.

A little science. A little magic. A little chicken soup.

Belief made no difference to the truth.