The last declaration he’d made to me hung between us. The L word. The one that had nothing to do with like.

I cannot understand why we idle discussing religion. If we are honest—and scientists have to be—we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis in reality. The very idea of...

This would be the stuff of songs and paintings and patterns on skin.

The cave exploded with the sound of trumpets.A heavenly choir began to sing.A surge of power ran up the sword into Henry’s hand.A voice thundered through the cavern. “Whosoever Pulleth The Sword From Out The...

Yes, impossible. But do not dread, impossibility is just another measure of difficulty. The skills of dwargens and flillows sometimes match the impossible…” – Dwenzuak the dwargen

I have found the more fantastic the setting, the more truthful the confessions.

With no action to nourish it, your dream becomes a fantasy.

Besides, men aren’t worth your time anyway, Letti. If we women spent as much time on ourselves as we do fretting over men, we’d be invincible! Work on yourself because at the end of the...

If I’d learned anything, it was that the gods never had good news – especially when it was delivered by the resurrected corpse of your worst enemy.

Okay, you’re starting to talk board game. Let’s go home, babe. I’ll get you into bed.

I stumble across the sea of tarmac, finding pavement, concealment and a brick wall. Palms brace against the scrubby surface. My stomach churns and then bubbles over, burning my throat as acrid yellow acid spills...

You or I might think that at least one would show courage and put up a fight. But neither you nor I have suffered as they, and even we have born witness in silence to...

Believe in the magic

…first thing is that I love you. And the second thing is that as much as I honor your former profession, I don’t think your geese care much for your betrothed and I hope they...

The fault in our stars is the inability to see that the world falls in love with fantasy, fairytales and magic in movies. Even religion asks us to believe in the most unlikely of situations....

In the afternoon, they stopped to eat on a rocky outcrop. Perry brushed a kiss on her cheek while she was chewing, and she learned that it was the loveliest thing to be kissed for...

He had never been interested in stories at any age, and had never quite understood the basic concept. He’d never read a work of fiction all the way through. He did remember, as a small...

You can’t has,’ he whispered softly, ‘not yours.

He thought he was walking along a dusty road that showed white in the gathering darkness of a summer night. Whence and whither it led, and why he traveled it, he did not know, though...

A man who admits that dwarfs and giants and talking beasts and witches are still dear to him in his 50-third year is now less likely to be praised for his perennial youth than scorned...

Psychiatrist and Auschwitz survivor, Viktor Frankl, stated, “…man is by no means merely a product of heredity and environment. There is a third element: decision. Man ultimately decides for himself!

In the deepest, darkest depths of her heart where she kept all her dreams locked up in a pink journal decorated with ponies and unicorns, she’d fantasized about declaring her love for Sasha Karimi for...

I glanced into his emerald green eyes and felt the depth of my feelings unravel. If anything, my feelings were stronger because my heart longed to be with him.

Perhaps when I first arrived on this world so long ago I may have known more. Now, though, I do not have knowledge of as much as I used to. The years, many of them,...

You were dancing with Yuki and I looked at you. And you turned away and held her closer. Why did you do that? If you didn’t want to hurt me, then why?”He looked away, as...

every disagreement has to have a winner and a loser; life can never be a draw.

For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey between footsteps makes up our lives.

Ein Geschenk, Mandred. In der Welt der Menschen sollte man stets auf Ärger gefasst sein. Ich bin gespannt zu sehen, ob du mit der Axt besser kämpfst als mit dem Schwert.

We assassinate. We don’t accessorize. But I understand how it is possible to confuse the two.

Monsters almost always are culture’s way of working out their fears.

There was a feeling on the air like the eve of the end of the world.

We simply can’t feel fulfilled by love we pay for.

Her own vague red trail created a livid atmosphere. She was like an avalanche and they were her nostalgia.

Well, come back and have tea with us,” saidMoon-Face. “Silky’s got some Pop Biscuits -andI’ve made some Google Buns. I don’t often makethem-and I tell you they’re a treat!

She was the lover of two mighty kings.She was their Chalice.The certainty of the knowledge settled over her shoulders like a weighty mantle. She might not know where she came from, but she knew where...

Harry―yer a wizard.

Zakath stared at the floor. ‘I suddenly feel very helpless,’ he admitted, ‘and I don’t like the feeling. I’ve been rather effectively dethroned, you know. This morning I was the Emperor of the largest nation...

They had just digested a recent meal of prepositions and were happily farting out apostrophes and ampersands; the air was heav’y with th’em&.

Books are keys that open many doors — James Rollins

I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity...

Non tocca a noi dominare tutte le maree del mondo; il nostro compito è di fare il possibile per la salvezza degli anni nei quali viviamo, sradicando il male dai campi che conosciamo, al fine...

While parchment may burn and gold may be stained or melted down, the things that are truly important to us will never lose their value.

There are more than straight good and evil, aye, even more than law or disorders or fence-sittin’. There’s prejudice, whimsey, affection, superstition, habit, upbringing, alliance, pride, society, morals, animosity, preference, values, religon, circumstance, humor, perversity,...

Life and light made up the interior, the realm of daytime. The exterior was darkness and night.

We are exiles in Time’s abyss, strangers now in the Promised Land.

In fantasy the world is always adapting to you, in reality you are always adapting to the world. That is the only difference.

The table was covered with food like roast chicken, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, roast turkey, roast liquorice and, the centrepiece, a roasted knight.

No matter how strong you are, you cannot hold open the jaws of a great-white shark with your bare hands… that can do your brain.

Aurions-Nous échoué ? Au premier jour, Nous avons décidé de sceller la magie pour créer une nouvelle ère de paix pour les Hommes. Nos pouvoirs ont, depuis lors, été emprisonnés dans de vulgaires pierres disséminées...

She smiled sinisterly. Light mist started to slowly swirl around us. All I could see was her, the tall rocks and the white wall. She beckoned to me. I took a step and another. I...