A legend can just as well be founded in the future as in the past." "It's called a 'prophecy,'" Urruah said. "You may have heard of the concept.

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.

Sometimes we do not hear the Whisperer even at her loudest because she speaks in our own voice, the one we most often discount.

How am I supposed to save the universe with all this noise?!

Something always happens. You still have to promise stuff anyway. If you have to work to make the promises true... it's like a spell. You have to say the words every time you want the results.

Belief made no difference to the truth.

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