You mean he thinks I'm going to get MORE offers?" Kim said, appalled. "He doesn't seem to be the only one that thinks so." Mairelon said. "Aunt Agatha mentioned it to me yesterday afternoon. Is there anyone, or would you rather I turn the lot of them away?" Kim shook her head. "There isn't anyone." Except you.

Out here, it's better safe than sorry, because generally speaking, too much of the time sorry means you're dead.

Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.

Many, if not most, of the best and most lasting children’s books have multiple levels, some of which are not fully accessible to their most likely readers…at least, not on their first read-through at age eight or ten or fifteen.

Rennie didn't quite dare to answer back, but she looked a whole book and a couple of extra chapters.

She who laughs last may not invariably laugh best, but she does laugh.

I most certainly can deny it. Of course, if I did, I'd be lying." Mairelon