You two are perfect together. And one day . . . one day your children will change everything.

Brastias. My friend.” Uh-oh, this couldn’t be good. “Do you lie to me?”“Uh . . . no.”“See? That’s a lie!

she lived her life as a dragon and never understood those who didn’t. Why anyone would want to be human was beyond her understanding... And damn it all, she was brilliant!

It was a good thing I recognized you or I might have had a lovely meal of you with some parsley. And potatoes.

How’s your father?”“How do you think he is? You stabbed him in the foot.”“I would have aimed for his heart, but I wasn’t sure he actually had one. Do any of you have one?

Oh, sorry. I’m not . . . uh . . . interrupting something that will make me uncomfortable, am I?

Anyone who hates anyone, only hates themselves.

How did you know it was love?" "It never really hurt this much before.

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years gotten enough to eat and escaped being eaten?

But even the Four Horsemen of Kidporn, Dope Dealers, Mafia and Terrorists don't worry me as much as totalitarian governments. It's been a long century, and we've had enough of them.

The things shamans deal with are extremely practical. They break down parameters of normal historical reality. Magical passes are just one aspect of that.

Fashion ... has brought every thing into vogue, by turns.

I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters.

I was constantly watching myself, my secret self, as dependent on my actions as my own personality

You can tell people of the need to struggle, but when the powerless start to see that they really can make a difference, nothing can quench the fire.

My manager makes fun of me for the fact that I avoid the money, I’m allergic to money...