The greatest tales, well told, awaken the fears and longings of the listeners. Each man hears a different story. Each is touched by it according to his inner self. The words go to the ear, but the true message travels straight to the spirit.

My world was changing, and I was not ready for it.

More like some small, fierce bird of prey, something with a sharp bite. An owl perhaps, that speaks only when the rest of the world sleeps. Jenny will do well enough.

You cannot poison what is between us with your foul words. She is my light in the darkness and Johnny is my pathway ahead.

I thought of betrayal and how it came so easily - in a word, a glance, a gesture.

His thoughts inhabit a different plane from those of ordinary men; the simplest interpretation of that is to call him crazy.

My advice to aspiring writers of fantasy trilogies or series is that each book needs two main plots. There's the 'big story', the over-arching grand plot of the entire series, and there is the complete-in-itself, one-book plot.