My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.

You never do things the easy way, do you?" she said. "There's an easy way?" I asked.

in my opinion if you have a secret compartment in your lute case and don't use it to hide things, there is something terribly, terribly wrong with you.

If the beard gives a modifier to seduction, I'm guessing it's not a positive one.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

Is there a connection between language and magic? Yes. Ten times yes. So much yes that it almost doesn't bear talking about. It's as pointless that arguing that the sun is hot.

My thought is, if you're a book lover, you're going to enjoy winning a book even if it's not something you'd ordinarily pick up on your own. It's a chance to expand your horizons a little.