Research the imagination. It was as obsolete as the appendix in most adults, except for those in whom, like the appendix, it became inflamed for no reason.

What?" It was a good word. Like a rock in a river, sticking up to let you land on it, so you could make your way across the flow.

There are no simple words. I don't know why I thought I could hide anything behind language.

Wisdom never learned silence, and it is most annoying when least wanted.

At its best, fantasy rewards the reader with a sense of wonder about what lies within the heart of the commonplace world. The greatest tales are told over and over, in many ways, through centuries. Fantasy changes with the changing times, and yet it is still the oldest kind of tale in the world, for it began once upon a time, and we haven't heard the end of it yet.

Only yesterday a young woman came to me wanting a trap set for a man with a sweet smile and lithe arms. She was a fool, not for wanting him, but for wanting more of him than that.

When you put your hands and mind and heart into the knowing of a thing ... there is no room in you for fear.