What he brought out was a wooden gag they put in someone's mouth before doing something drastic, like cutting off a leg.

Sometimes, if you want to change a man's mind, you have to change the mind of the man next to him first.

The queen was settling on the edge of the bed, ungainly with hesitation and at the same time exquisite in her grace, like a heron landing in a treetop.

I was not so comfortable with my new authority that I could say 'We eat the chicken now!' but the magus had seen that I was considering it.

But there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.

He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you.

It isn't an easy thing to give your loyalty to someone you don't know, especially when that person chooses to reveal nothing of himself.

Will there be poppy juice in it?" Phresine shook her head. "Good. My wife and I agreed that only my wine was to be poisoned.

Then come out," said the king, helping him, "knowing you'll never die of a fall unless the god himself drops you.

If I am the pawn of the gods, it is because they know me so well, not because they make my mind up for me.

Her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth.

Scent is like a kiss of time travel which transports one to an ancient memorable occasion.

The technology of the future is made possible by the science of today.

Not until the final draft do I force myself to remember that I'm going to have to think about how it will affect other people.

It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going.

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.

The only way to make real wealth is to get rid of your salary. In a salary, by definition, you are creating wealth for others, and you are creating a chain and handcuffs for yourself.

I can't say I really see much difference between my son and daughters except that my girls will occasionally make me a sandwich and my son won't.

Theories are like patches on a coat, one day they just wear off.

You are a real champion. You talk a lot over the past six months and it is going to be great to show you inside the ring how it is better to resolve wars. Let's talk in the office.