Military folk," Neal said with exaggerated patience, shaking his head. "The only way you know to solve problems is by beating them with a stick.

And if they don't believe us, I can give them the ghost eyes, you can go all big and threatening, Farmer can do his cracknob simpleton, and my lady can don her nobleness. We'll do all right.

It's harder to heal than it is to kill.

You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.

"I love you, Jonathan," she whispered. A long arm snaked around her, and he pulled her against his side. "I know," he said. "I just wanted to be sure you knew it, too."

Libraries are places where the damaged go to find friends

You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance.