When you put your hands and mind and heart into the knowing of a thing ... there is no room in you for fear. - Patricia A. McKillip

Night is not something to endure until dawn. It is an element, like wind or fire. Darkness is its own kingdom; it moves to its own laws, and many living things dwell in it.

Love is what we say it is," she said fiercely. "That's all I know. That's all anyone knows about it. I'm sorry.

But dear, you hate to sew.

I will be married soon. Lady Thiel says a woman with needlework in her hands is generally assumed to have no other thoughts in her head and can safely harbor any number of improprieties. That will come in handy, especially when I'm married to a wizard.