Over his own dark Cealdish beard. "Nothing like your marvelous facebear.

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

You need to realize that most writing rules aren't laws, they're rules of thumb.

The seeds of the past bear fruit in the present.

It's hard to be wrongfully accused, but it's worse when the people looking down on you are clods who have never read a book or traveled more than twenty miles from the place they were born.

I smiled,"Deoch, my heart is made of stronger stuff than glass. When she strikes she'll find it strong as iron-bound brass, or gold and adamant together mixed. Don't think I am unaware, some startled deer to stand transfixed by hunter's horns. It's she who should take care, for when she strikes, my heart will make a sound so beautiful and bright that it can't help but bring her back to me in winged light.

All the truth in the world is held in stories.