I thought the trees down in Lady Zelana’s country were about as big as a tree could get, ” he said, “but the ones around here are so tall that they probably tickle the moon’s tummy when she goes by.

It keeps him happy, Dahlaine, and happy people are nicer than gloomy ones. Haven't you noticed that before?

The stars were better company anyway. They were very beautiful, and they almost never snored.

Don’t throw good ideas away until you’ve considered all of your options.

He can come up with the most exotic things I’ve ever seen or heard of every time he blinks his eyes.

Life’s much more pleasing when you don’t have to spend all of your time thinking.

Do you ever plan to grow up, Veltan?” he asked.“Not if I can avoid it, no.

As long as people are talking instead of fighting, nobody loses very much blood—unless he happens to bite his tongue.

The tower of success stands on the pillars of vision, action, patience and the character to withstand criticisms.

Gina always believed there was magic in the world. "But it doesn't work in the way it does in fairy tales, " she told me. "It doesn't save us. We have to save ourselves.

Maybe this is who I really am.Not a loner, exactly.But someone who can be alone.

Science and the many benefits that science has produced have played a crucial part in our history and produced vast improvements to human welfare.

People forget years and remember moments.

Our beloved ones have not 'gone to a far country.' It is only the veil of sense that separates them from us, and even that veil grows thin when our thoughts reach out to them.

I baptize you not in the name of the father, but in the name of the devil. (Ego baptizo te in nomine patris, sed in nomine diaboli.)

I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the case sadly.

Myth continues to be a valuable way to understand parts of our nature that we can't quantify.

Here's to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it's caused me.