Leadership is mostly a power over imagination, and never more so than in combat. The bravest man alone can only be an armed lunatic. The real strengt… - Lois McMaster Bujold

Leadership is mostly a power over imagination, and never more so than in combat.

Your divine should not have used water. It just doesn't hold the attention properly. Wine. Or blood, in a pinch. Some liquid that matters.

It must be quite a shock to suddenly find out you're pregnant, seventeen times over — at your age, too.

I cannot emphasize enough that I do not start with a plan or agenda and mechanically manipulate characters and events to carry it out. I set characters in motion, and let them teach me what the book is.