Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.

You have a point," said Fronto, "and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.

King Constantine IX of Regia had been killed three times and was bored with it. He wanted a bath.

I can't stand people who say 'I told you so.' That's worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down.

If a storyteller worried about the facts - my dear Lucian, how could he ever get at the truth?

The journey is the treasure.

All agreed that Quickset was the cleverest cat in the world. And, since Quickset had the same opinion, it was surely true.