Loyalty must be forged - to him, to his: stronger than iron, from experience, from risk - it can't be bought, or taught, or promised before the fact. Allegiance must be earned so it will hold, win or lose.
Janet MorrisLife was never simple, happiness never where you thought you'd left it, and right and wrong no more fixed than clouds in the sky.
Janet MorrisTempus wanders eternally, bringing death to whomever loves him and being spurned by whomsoever he shall love.
Janet MorrisWhen I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of fiction: starting with Homer and up through Shakespeare and Milton, the most important themes to tackle are those of the mythopoeic domain, tales of the body and mind seen through a temperament and a cosmos divorced from current reality so what is said can be more clear.
Janet Morris