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.

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

Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.

He had given her too much. He had given her everything.

What was I thinking? Of all the assistants I could have wound up with, why did I have to choose the one with the scary mother and troublemaking in his bloodlines? I am doomed.

There's always a bit of truth in each rumour, the trouble is finding out which bit. - Tayend

Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves.

Happy endings are a luxury of fiction

It is said, in Imardin, that the wind has a soul, and that it wails through the narrow streets because it is grieved by what it finds there.

Cery: So, Hem, tell me why I shouldn't see how many holes I need to make before you start leaking money?

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.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

I want what you want. Whenever you want it.

You know what, I distinctly remember my boat blew up and I was killed!

Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?

If you listen to one project and think that's everything I do, you're completely wrong.

If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.

The real fear isn't rejection, but that there won't be enough time in your life to write all the stories that you have in you.

In L.A., the only thing within walking distance is your car.

When I was young, people lived paycheck to paycheck. Today, it seems like they live from credit card payment to credit card payment.

Life is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.