Those Grimm brothers," she said with a sigh, "they'll never amount to anything." And she was right because all they ever became was writers.

Number one rule for fiction: Coincidence can be used to worsen a characters predicament, but never to solve his problems.

Then, early, early, early in the morning-just as in countless Disney films-I heard a rooster crow. But guess what? They don't do it just once.

Mothers are legendary for being able to read the thoughts of their children at just the right moment.

If you don't like vampire games, don't play

There, close enough to spit on--if I'd been a barbarian and inclined to spit--was the dragon.

People always talk about good, fresh country air, but I kept getting wiffs of something that was neither good nor fresh but definitely country.

if Saint Bruce doesn't like your poem, he chops your head off.

The wolf sniffed beneath the door to be sure this was a human cottage. The scent was undeniable. No pigs, except in bacon form. The wolf thought bacon form was a very sensible way for pigs to behave.

They'd poisoned me, dammit. Probably to trade my dead body to the barbarians for Wulfgar's safe return. Or maybe just for the fun of it.

Giannine--What are they going to do: smack me on the head with a pamplet?

A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.

There is nothing more blinding than having seen the light, and nothing more tiresome than sharing it.

I really believe that being flexible and grateful contributes a lot to your happiness, which contributes to your health and contributes to your look.

Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.

As long as I can stay north or south, I'm gaining yards.

Every meaning is a projection of the viewer's inarticulate moods.

Some must cry so that others may be able to laugh the more heartily. Sacrifices are necessary.

Yeah it feels a bit more tangible, I suppose, even though you're in a green box for part of the time.

Marriage is like a hot bath; once you get used to it, it ain't so hot.

If information is the currency of democracy, then libraries are its banks.