The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.
Tamora PierceI wish you would thrash him. He deserves it." She looked back at him. "I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down.
Tamora PierceYou know, ogres only sound stupid. Most are pretty smart." "And it's a shallow person who judges anyone by the way they sound. I'm so shallow I'm surprised I don't reflect myself.
Tamora PierceYour life might be easier if you were. A fool for love is happier than a Dog with a heart that's all leather.
Tamora Pierce