Considering he was neither priest nor scholar, the young man gave sensible, thoughtful replies — the more so, perhaps, for being untrained, for he had not learned what he should believe or should not believe....

One may enter the literary parlor via just about any door, be it the prison door, the madhouse door, or the brothel door. There is but one door one may not enter it through, which...

You can’t force folks to have good sense, even if they’re family. Maybe especially then.

Why didn’t you become a sorcerer, Geralt? Weren’t you ever attracted by the Art? Be honest.”I will. I was.”Why, then, didn’t you follow the voice of that attraction?”I decided it would be wiser to follow...

Some ideas are not born of logic and good sense. They are made of clouds and cobwebs. They sprout from nowhere and feed on excitement, sprinkled with adventure juice and the sweet flavor of the...