The world rides through space on the back of a turtle. This is one of the great ancient world myths, found wherever men and turtles were gathered together; the four elephants were an Indo-European sophistication....

You can have a lot of fun with rhinos

Because there wasn’t anything else to do, he settled at the kitchen tablewith a bottle of mead and nearly emptied it. The anesthetic effect he hoped for hadn’t happened, though. At least not yet.

…science fiction is something that could happen – but usually you wouldn’t want it to. Fantasy is something that couldn’t happen – though often you only wish that it could.

Everything burns if the flame is hot enough. The world is nothing but a crucible.

Procrastination robs the world of countless treasures.

Just because you do not know how they look like, doesn’t mean you cannot see them.

I lied to you,’ she said, hanging her head in shame, ‘more than once. In fact, I swore that my lies were truth. I can’t understand how it could have happened. It just came out...

You need to have faith and trust, Moira.””And a little bit of pixie dust?

And I’m thinking about the old man. He’ll be pounding on the glass right about now… or maybe not now. Maybe in a while. But he’ll be pounding and… will there be blood? I like...

Es war der Purpurne, der Ausgleich schaffte zwischen den Brüdern der ersten Brut. Er wusste um das Feuer in ihren Herzen und sorgte sich, dass ein Streit sie alle entzweien würde. So bat er die...

The room flashed brighter still and then gasps filled the room. They were all gathered around Roxy and she was unsure why. She didn’t feel any different, Hadn’t the spell worked ? Roxy opened her...

I want to keep on living forever and watching heroes and fools and knights go up and down, into the world and out. I want to keep being myself and mind the work that minds...

Walking alongside his apprentice’s horse, Sethil Longmere, magus of the Third Circle, Magi Master of Dormir’s army, and a man who had seen more years than most men could count, did his best to keep...

Reminiscent of a diamond, she is gifted, privileged, and positioned to glisten.

The noise increased and came from all directions. There was no amount of reason to negotiate the void between sound and movement.

So how did it go? I sat on the toilet and ran a hand over my hair. Um… it’s still going, I whispered.It’s still going? Then what are you doing calling me?Well… it’s just that…What?How...

There has always been, for me, this other world, this second world to fall back on–a more reliable world in so far as it does not hide that its premise is illusion.

Foolishness pours out of an open mouth….but wisdom sneaks in through the ears….

Any time there’s something so ridiculously dangerous that no rational human being would try it, they send for me.’ –Garion

As an artist, i live in fantasy and flirt with reality. I’m an emotional magician of sorts. I paint my feelings onto the abstract canvas of a waking dream. I suspend my concepts in the...

Doing what’s right is always simple. Not easy, perhaps, but simple.

Sometimes a wild horse needs to feel that his rider is just a little bit wilder.

The mind that thought of light, heavy, grey, yellow, still, swift, also conceived of magic that would make heavy things light and be able to fly, turn grey lead into yellow gold, and the still...

it’s through the simple things in life, through its games, when our minds mature the most and we grow knowledgeable. It’s also when the cloth masks of our outer, false personalities are torn asunder, and...

Teach them to love Earth and Spirits in the right ways so they will treat and care for Earth and Spirits in the right ways. No Spirit should live without love, food, or a home,...

There’s only so long you can live in a fantasy world before the reality comes along to sharply put you back in your place.

Il punto è che credi troppo volentieri a ciò che vuoi credere.

Bad hobo.”The finger kept coming closer.

Egg has the truth of it. Aerion’s quite the monster. He thinks he’s a dragon in human form, you know. That’s why he was so wroth at that puppet show. A pity he wasn’t born...

“My body is my own,” I said. “I may choose to share it with someone, but it’s not for sale or for hire, nor is it a reward. I’d rather starve to death than use...

When I was her age,” Munro said to Eilidh, “I was chasing frogs.”Oron Chuckled. “When I was your age, I was chasing frogs. Come. We have things to discuss.

A scent. Your mother’s shampoo.

Jack Miller aimed his shotgun at the monster’s grey-skinned head and pulled the trigger. Green sludge and bits of bone and flesh splattered through the air to land on the street, the gory aftermath releasing...

The will of God or the lunacy of man – it seemed to him that you could take your choice, if you wanted a good enough reason for most things. Or, alternatively (and he thought...

So I’m figuring this is death. The little air left in the cockpit is toxic with marthenine, and I can only wonder how much of it I have breathed in. Is my throat becoming raw...

When extremists come together extreme things happen.

Hurry up, Man, and do something. Kiss her, muzzle her…shove a sock in her mouth—

I don’t need a man to be happy.

A life I have lived and have found just that… life.

Magic is always impossible. It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That’s why it is magic.

if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn’t there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That’s why imaginary things are often...

One foot in each world, riding them simultaneously; expecting not to fall.

real” world in a fresh and truth-bearing light.

Yes, I bloody well did see that enormous, scaly, fire-breathing dragon.

Three Pines wasn’t on any tourist map, being too far off any main or even secondary road. Like Narnia, it was generally found unexpectedly and with a degree of surprise that such an elderly village...

Let’s never forget where we came from and we’ll find peace in our destiny.

Excuse me? You’re the one who was out to mislead me with your alluring bimbo slinkiness! What if I had believed your act last night? What if I had fallen deeply and madly in love...

You have always known they exist. Everyone feels their presence. Few know the truth. The world of Real Immortals is about to be revealed!

Are you trying to seduce me or trick me?