Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.

It was impossible to imagine the aloof, dignified, powerful High Lord living as, of all things, a slave.

Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope.

If your appearance is all people see, they have no respect for your mind.

The first rule of world-building is available physics, which basically means that if you want it to feel real, it has to follow the same rules as this world, from gravity to how human behaviour works. If you have a fantasy element that doesnt obey the laws of physics, make sure that it has a fantasy explanation.



Great. She shook her head. Not only am I having conversations with myself, but now I'm refusing to talk to me. This has got to be the first sign of madness.

The Magicians Apprentice was about someone from the low end of society manifesting magical power and how that completely messes up the balance of the whole system.