I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.

“I will admit, I've never had a student offer himself up for a vicious beating in order to prove he's worth my time.” “This was nothing... Once I jumped off a roof.”

All stories are true.

Owls are wise. They are careful and patient. Wisdom precludes boldness. That is why owls make poor heroes.

When you read a fantasy novel part of the fun is getting to explore a new world. Everyone knows that. But I believe the same is true about characters. You can explore interesting people in the same way that you explore a town or a culture.

It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to be itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.

There is some conflict between religion and science in my world, but that's nothing new. Science, at its root, is a rational discipline. Religion, on the other hand, is fundamentally trans-rational. Both of them attempt to solve problems, but since their methodology is vastly different, they can't help but come into conflict.