... all reputable falconers agreed that for hunting purposes the only way you could reliably bring down prey with a wowhawk was by using it in a slingshot.

It's going to look pretty good, then, isn't it," said War testily, "the One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocalypse.

It's not morbid to talk about death. Most people don't worry about death, they worry about a bad death.

One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just infested with lots of stuff.

I thought unicorns were more . . . Fluffy.

Few things are hidden from a quiet child with good eyesight.

Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.