It's always been the children who have saved the universe from the previous generation and remade the universe in their own image.
Diane Duane"Don't be afraid to make corrections," Picchu said. "Don't be afraid to lend a hand." She fell silent, seeming to think for a moment. "And don't look down."
Diane DuaneThere is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets.
Diane DuaneThe city breathing, burning, living the life thy had preserved. Ten million lives and more. If something should happen to all that life - how terrible! Nita gulped for control as she remembered Fred's word of just this morning, an eternity ago. And this was what being a wizard was about. Keeping terrible things from happening, even when it hurts. Not just power, or control of what ordinary people couldn't control, or delight in being able to make strange things happen. Those were the side effects - not the reason, the purpose.
Diane Duane