"God has judged me all my life. But that is God's privilege, my lady. Not yours."
- Barbara Hambly
"The question is always the answer, provided you want the answer badly enough."
"Dragonsbane, they called him.Slayer of dragons.Or a dragon, anyway. And, he'd later found out, not such a very big one at that."
"Then someone within closed the door, shutting Norah out into the howling dust of the night. The clouds parted briefly to reveal the full moon's cold eye, then closed again. Wind seared over the pavili..."
"The worst thing about knowing that Gary Fairchild had been dead for a month was seeing him every day at work."
"If the other novice wizards on the row hadn't broken into Raeshaldis's rooms, pissed on her bed and written WHORE and THIEF on the walls, she probably would have been killed on the night of the full m..."
"Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when they're getting ready to run you out..."