I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.

Don't you ever get tired of asking questions?' 'Never. They're mother's milk to me.

As long as there's life, there's hope.

He was overconfident”, she told him. “And I won so the gods must have thought I was right. Otherwise they’d have made me lose. You know how trial by combat works.” “You won because you were good” he corrected her. “I find it hard to believe the gods sit forever about the Divine Realms betting on jousts and trials by combat.

Mithros's spear, Kel!" he exclaimed. "When did you turn into a real girl?" "You said she was a girl already," muttered one of his cousins... "But not a girl-girl, with a chest and all!" protested Owen. ..."I've been a girl for a while, Owen," Kel informed him. "I never realized," her too outspoken friend replied. "It's not like you've got melons or anything, they're just noticeable.

Money talks and walks, but it does not bark.

Dreadful sorry mistress. Ma always said I was too silly to die