The brain works fast when it thinks it’s about to be cut in half.

What I've always said was, hang in there, let me write what I want to write, and you'll probably like it.

There would be a price... But if you were worried about the price, then why were you in the shop?

Sham Harga had run a successful eatery for many years by always smiling, never extending credit, and realizing that most of his customers wanted meals properly balanced between the four food groups: sugar, starch, grease, and burnt crunchy bits.

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.

Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes.

People who are rather more than six feet tall and nearly as broad across the shoulders often have uneventful journeys. People jump out at them from behind rocks then say things like, "Oh. Sorry. I thought you were someone else.