At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief...but hope

That is why your sacrifice was all the more difficult. You chose to be a hero not through enchantment but through your own manhood.

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

Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.

Any fool can tell a story. Take a few odds and ends of things that happen to you, dress them up, shuffle them about, add a dash of excitement, a little color, and there you have it.

...Writings can be stolen, or changed, or used for evil purposes. But isn't the risk worth taking? The more people who share knowledge, the greater safeguard for it. Isn't there more danger in ignorance than knowledge?

Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun