It is possible to live well with dementia and write best-sellers 'like wot I do.

When people say "clearly" something that means there's a huge crack in their argument and they know things aren't clear at all.

People were stupid, sometimes. They thought the Library was a dangerous place because of all the magical books, which was true enough, but what made it really one of the most dangerous places there could ever be was the simple fact that it was a library.

Truly, he thought, the way of enlightenment is like unto half a mile of broken glass.

Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.

… people didn't seem to be able to remember what it was like with the elves around. Life was certainly more interesting then, but usually because it was shorter. And it was more colorful, if you liked the color of blood.

I'm fairy godmothering a girl who sounds like something you put up in the rain.