His harmonic words could weave the fabric of time or spin matter from nothingness if the mood suited him.

You don’t have to bewitch me, Aiden. I like you already.

I am only a dead Sciomancer, but I must warn you of fire and kisses.

An Enforcer’s style is to destroy all magicians in sight and lap up their essence like a starved cur.

Pick up a thing, " [Wizard Kadmeion's]mother would say. "Touch, smell, and taste it. Listen to its nonsense. Then put the funny thing in its proper place.

We learned the seven traditional ways to make words unclear.""Seven? That many? Which was the most effective?""Poor grammar skills.

Observing the wizard’s high magic was his biggest privilege as Kadmeion’s assistant.

Let us fly, Madam Harpy Queen. Show me how you dance on the wind.

Goons were the lowest sort of homunculi, only superior to zombies.

Life is sweet absurdity, Sir Wizard. Laugh your way through it.

The way I define happiness is being the creator of your experience, choosing to take pleasure in what you have, right now, regardless of the circumstances, while being the best you that you can be.

Jesus’s awake. Shame unto the storm!

Success is a possibility and a reality to its true seeker.

Empowered Women 101: Confident women know the difference between being a meal ticket and being the meal.

I'm at that age where I watch such things with two minds, one that cackles at these capers and another that never gets much beyond a rather jaded and self-conscious smile, like the Mona Lisa.

On how to make an egg roll: "Roll it nice and tight like a blunt."

They yearn for what they fear for.

Being an actress has something in common with being a housewife. They both look terribly easy to someone who hasn't done them. And the easier it looks, probably the better you are doing your job.

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.

Pain is the precursor to change.