Patricia C. Wrede

Quotes

• “I loved getting my M. B. A., and I really enjoyed being an accountant and financial analyst before I quit my day job twe...”
• “Four of us,' said Morwen. The cats yowled. 'Yes, I know, and of course you're coming, but you can't carry a bucket of so...”
• “News of Daniel's disappearance does not alarm me as it might have done a week ago. Given recent events, very little alar...”
• “In fact, “talent” is as common as mud; what’s rare is the motivation to sit down and actually do something with one’s ta...”
• “He doesn't seem very impressed," Cimorene commented in some amusement."Why should he be?" Kazul said."Well, you're a dra...”
• “One of the things everybody seems to want to ask writers is, "Where do you get your ideas?" When people ask me this, my ...”
• “It's a hard thing to risk what you know and are sure of, just for the possibility of something better. Even when it's a ...”
• “The efficiency of the cleaning solution in liquefying wizards suggested the operation of an antithetical principal,which...”
• “Kim was more than a little inclined to snarl at him, but in the past few days she had learned that snarling at Mairelon ...”
• “Oliver has stated many times his dislike of hearing advice from his younger sister, so it is his own fault if he has not...”
• “Thank God!" he said, and kissed her.Kissing Mairelon was much nicer than anything she had ever dared to imagine, despite...”
• “Cecy, I do think it is unfair. People in novels are fainting all the time, and I never can, no matter how badly I need t...”
• “Out here, it's better safe than sorry, because generally speaking, too much of the time sorry means you're dead.”
• “Sometimes, though, you have to do things for family, even if you'd rather not.”
• “That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.”
• “Humility is as good for the soul as it is for the memory”
• “I'd rather be eaten by a dragon.”