Except. What is normal at any given time? We change just as the seasons change, and each spring brings new growth. So nothing is ever quite the same.

Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.

A horse blanket, Mel?I remembered what I was wearing. 'It tore in half when Hrani tried washing it. She was going to mend it. This piece was too small for a horse, but it was just right fo

But I will never ask anyone from our village-from any village in Tlanth-to risk his or her life unless I'm willing to myself.

Who in the universe halts when the enemy tells them to?

If your opponent is better armed and has longer reach, then surprise is your only ally. And then you'd better hope he's half asleep.

I marvel at everything as if it were new.

Music is the only religion that delivers the goods.

You can take the boy out of England, but you can't take England out of the boy. And ummm, yes, I feel a huge emotional attachment to England.

Volleyball is not like a formula so we must give players some freedom.

I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core.

I've always lived in a democratic society.

Britons still commemorate the Battle of Cable Street in London. There are still pop songs in Britain that reference Sir Oswald Mosley and his black shirts.

They'll be no learning period with nuclear weapons. Make one mistake and you're going to destroy nations.

I am not a god of forgiveness. (Acheron)

We live in an ocean of words, but like a fish in water we are often not aware of it.