Many, if not most, of the best and most lasting children’s books have multiple levels, some of which are not fully accessible to their most likely re….

The efficiency of the cleaning solution in liquefying wizards suggested the operation of an antithetical principal,which-" "Did you have to get him s….

I most certainly can deny it. Of course, if I did, I'd be lying." Mairelon.

In a lot of ways I was a generation ahead of my generation; I had a working mother wheneveryone else’s mother was staying at home..

That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others..

How can you know it's the best, if you don't learn about anything else?.

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

Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver..

In short, if we wish to see anything sensible done about the situation, we will clearly have to do it ourselves..

Rennie didn't quite dare to answer back, but she looked a whole book and a couple of extra chapters..

Sometimes I couldn't help thinking that the unluckiest thing about being the thirteenth child was having all those older brothers and sisters telling….

She who laughs last may not invariably laugh best, but she does laugh..

Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things..

Tell the story you want to tell, and let it be as long as it needs to be. Worry about marketing it later..

Well,” said the frog, “what are you going to do about it?” “Marrying Therandil? I don’t know. I’ve tried talking to my parents, but they won’t listen….

Well, of all the bacon-brained, sapskulled, squirish, buffle-headed nodcocks!.

This is the most important lesson you must learn about magic," Miss Ochiba went on. "There are many ways of seeing. Each has an element of truth, but….

Very well. You may help me exterminate the Society of Wizards..

Well?' Jasper said when Mairelon did not reply. 'Who are you?' 'No, no,' Mairelon said. 'I asked you first. I also, if you recall, asked how you foun….

I loved getting my M. B. A., and I really enjoyed being an accountant and financial analyst before I quit my day job twenty-five years ago to write f….

He pushed his glasses up on his nose and gave me a sidelong look, the one that meant he was so sure you were wrong that he could just wait and let yo….