You win or you die.

I think the measure of advancement depends on where you are stood and from what distance you look. A thousand years ago, we farmed the fields, built towns and defended our land with swords and...

So Mary gasped in disbelief as she heard the squeaking noise again, and the grandmother’s rocking chair was not moving at all. Then the grandmother opened her eyes and looked directly at her, holding her...

You never hear a prophecy start with the gods were in error.. If it’s good, thank the gods – but if it’s bad, it’s your own damn fault!

Thus Arthur achieved the adventure of the sword that day and entered into his birthright of royalty. Wherefore, may God grant His Grace unto you all that ye too may likewise succeed in your undertakings....

My parents think the longer the name, the more powerful the sorcerer, so they named me Cassandra Morgan Ursula Margaret Scot. You can call me Cassie.

Maybe they were born of karma, their own or their parents’, Zack thought; maybe the universe had a purpose for them, and they were what they were because the world needed them to be that...

I love the way folktale and fantasy tap into the roots of story telling. The paradox, for me, is that by moving a story into the fantastic we can actually bring it closer to the...

I like the sounds of words. Words are very enjoyable. I like words because they are… seductive. And I like words because they can contain… fantasies.

You need to know where to go,’ Sanya said.’Yes,”And you are going to consult four large pizzas for guidance.”Yes,’ I said….’There is, I think, humour here which does not translate well from English into sanity.”That’s...

I’d appreciate a phone call before you try to break into my office again-Matthew Carter

you’re risking everything to help me.

Don’t be hating on my peacock. It’s just not right. – Kye

If a lioness spends her hours pacing back and forth in a cage of gold with the finest meats at her disposal, does that make her any less of a prisoner? If that same feline’s...

Di tempat paling dingin sekalipun… selalu ada cerita hangat,

Right?” Andrew repeated, his voice swallowed by the sound of rushing water.Akhol didn’t respond again. He tapped a foot above the water before he stepped in and disappeared beneath the surface in one fluid motion.

Arousal begins within the mind, then seeps out where fantasy propels physicality.

He remembered believing there had been a time when monsters roamed the earth. The brave hearted fought flesh-and-blood dragons instead of shadowboxing their inner demons, the sport of modern man.

What kind of life is that? Do you know? Do you? Because I know. I lived that life. For years I lived it. Without you. And I’ve never been more miserable. I’d rather fight everyday...

Fiction is just a mirror of reality for the most part. Many things that happen in fiction don’t even happen here. But as far as pain and sadness. Joy and love, life and death, it’s...

Why won’t you just go and find out?” the question startled her. She whirled around to come face to face with her evil aunt; Ursula.

I’m not sure if there’s truly a name for this kind of place aside from it being anything but remarkable.

The essence of wisdom is to know when to be doing, and when it’s useless even to try

Most tales carry a kernel of truth, else they’re soon forgotten.

But she had slept, she was positive. She knew it because of the dreams. Despite the comfort of her bed she had tossed and turned all night, her sleep punctured by images and disjointed flashes...

She stared at her face in the mirror, feeling everything around her slipping away. The face stared back, and she wondered who was looking at her.

there are three kinds of people in the world: those who don’t know and don’t know they don’t know; those who don’t know and do know they don’t know; and those who know and know...

The heat intensified. My emotions were spinning out of control. The euphoria was maddening. Out of pure instinct, I pulled away and leaned against the wall, unable to find enough air to breathe. The more...

…You believe that the kind of story you want to tell might be best received by the science fiction and fantasy audience. I hope you’re right, because in many ways this is the best audience...

Every man wishes to be king.” Her hair snapped about her, buzzing.

I am writing your obituary. Well, not so much writing it as updating it,” HARV told me.If I lived, I was going to kill HARV.

It’s a good day to do great things!

I can make your life easier or more difficult. I leave the choice to you.

Don’t get me wrong, magic is cool. But a nervous mother singing to her child at night while something moves quietly through the dark outside her house? That’s a story. Handled properly, it’s more dramatic...

Fantasy is, of course, booming, and I think it’s beginning to stretch its range as well.

You know the Prince song where the girl’s phone rings but she tells him, “whoever’s calling couldn’t be as cute as you?” I long to live out this moment in real life.

He didn’t say anything more, just waited for me to tell him what I’d been thinking. It was pure speculation, and I was opening myself up to ridicule by saying anything at all. I sat...

He was a man’s man: an expert on the golf course, a force to be dealt with in business, and a Texan through and through–and proud of it.

Emotions And Feelings In Life Are Like Water In The Ocean Which Will Never Dry

The Devil loved watching children pour down the front steps of the high school like lava from a volcano. Trolling for souls. He posed in one of his favorite guises today, a school bus driver.

There was such a difference, he thought, between the beauty that illuminated, and the beauty that was illuminated.

Do I make you nervous?” he said teasingly.

Have you seen the careful manner in which deer drink from a lake at sunrise? That is the way she moves. Have you ever heard the sound a shooting star makes as it crosses a...

Career Opportunity.

Would you give up the craft of your hands, and the passion of your heart, and the hunger of your mind, to buy safety?

Sometimes the rules don’t work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy.

Who upholds the gorsedd if not You? Who counts the ages of the world if not You? Who commands the Wheel of Heaven if not You? Who quickens life in the womb if not You?...

You can have a failed quest, but you can’t have an achieved quest and no reward.

Oh dear…then they must already be on the march! We have to hurry and get to the Hamblings…before nightfall!’ – Phillip Celeste from Curse of Ancient Shadows

Power contains secrets…Secrets contain knowledge…Knowledge contains power.