Something tells me this isn't going to end well for everyone involved. Someone may get turned into a frog yet." And that was the good news.

She was tasked with guarding the doorway to the Otherworld, keeping the balance of nature (as much as anyone could in these modern times), and occasionally, helping a worthy seeker.

Is he evil?" the dog asked, an eager gleam in his wide brown eyes. "If he's evil, I'd be happy to eat him for you.

A Baba Yaga never breaks a promise. Legs, yes. Hearts, occasionally. But never a promise.

You're the Baba Yaga?" He gazed at her in disbelief. "But the Baba Yaga is an ugly old crone, and you're, you're... not!

Hmm, " she said. "'Curiouser and curiouser, ' to quote Alice.

Not very smart, " Chudo-Yudo growled. "Stalking a Baba Yaga." He showed a set of sharp white teeth. "Maybe he has a death wish. I could help with that You want me to eat him?

Three most important questions for a happy life:How can I help? How can I love? How can I belong?

Words create. Know what you want to create before you speak

So yes. It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it.

No fundamental social change occurs merely because government acts. It's because civil society, the conscience of a country, begins to rise up and demand - demand - demand change.

I don’t know why I ever helped you.” “Because you like broken things.

I am a series of small victories and large defeats and I am as amazed as any other that I have gotten from there to here.

I tend to relate to a character in terms of the arc: what's interesting is where he starts versus where he ends up.

Book marketing should be a planned process, an art if you will.

It's interesting, I had absolutely no maternal instinct. I'm much more interested in young people now.

No just person ever became quickly rich.