Life is problems. Living is solving problems.

More men have been defeated by reports than all the steel of all the swords in history.

The world is much larger than I once dreamed, or perhaps my place in it is smaller than I once realized.

If you're going to risk dying, there's no sense doing it wet, cold and hungry unless absolutely necessary.

I know you'll think this odd, but I find it strangely exhilarating not knowing what's coming next.

You would do well to know, Marcus, that irritating a better swordsman than yourself is a good way to end up dead.

I don't write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place.