Nobody dies faster than a tired soldier. - Jim C. Hines

Modern fantasy is little more than juvenile escapism and anachronistic longing for a time that never existed. I’ve never understood the appeal.

I had said before that all stories were magic. It had never occurred to me that all magic was stories.

There were always people eager for attention who were happy to confirm whatever explanation the reporters wanted, so long as he gave them their fifteen minutes of fame.