free time is an illusion. It's what you get when you die and the gods reward you for a life spent working from dawn until midnight.

George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, "And why do you find it so hard to think someone might like you and want to do things for you?

If you've a story, make sure it's a whole one, with details close to hand. It's the difference between a good lie and getting caught.

Cats aren't special advisers. They advise us all the time, whether we want them to or no.

Sandry: "There has to be something we can do." Lark: "We're mages. We do what we can, but some problems are too big to fix." Sandry: "Then I wish I weren't a mage. What good is magic, if you can't use it to help people.

We'll be chopped up before you can say 'King Maggot'.

Goodwin scowled at her cup. "With all due respect, my lord, I hate it when you make sense.