Leaving the appointment as Lord Limner to your grandfather’s brother? Come, Zaragosa, why would a family of such power as you describe willingly step away from Court? It makes no sense.

Wherever he was, whatever exile he condemned her to, he knew he would hear those footsteps behind him for the rest of his life – tripping over corpses.

People don’t obey a law just because they’re told to. But if they know the consequences of an act and do it anyway, then that’s a conscious and informed choice and they have no cause to protest the punishment.

Affection isn’t so plentiful in this life that any of us can afford to reject it when it’s offered, whatever its source.

Nothing is written stone, child. Even if it were, the stones can be shattered.

The first fantasy books I can remember reading were 'The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek' and the series of 'Mushroom Planet' books.

Affection isn't so plentiful in this life that any of us can afford to reject it when it's offered, whatever its source.

Nothing is written stone, child. Even if it were, the stones can be shattered

The future is not set in stone, and even if it was, stone can be broken.

If I had any real idea of exactly where inspiration comes from, I'd go there, find the foolish thing, bottle it, sell it, and retire to Tuscany.