Mischief moves somewhere near and I must blast it with my magic.

If there were no such creatures as minstrel-maidens, it would be necessary to invent them.

I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed.

Mischief moves somewhere near and I must blast it with my magic.

Human interactions, stimulated as they are by disequilibrium, never achieve balance. In even the most favorable transaction, one party whether he realizes it or not must always come out the worse.

But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.

What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously. "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue.