“Magic gives you a lot of choices," Grandad says. "Most of them are bad.”

“Here you can shoot the bad guys,' a mercenary says in Baghdad. 'In America we give them corporate bonuses.”

“And then a prince will come along and say the magic words and three ravens will give you the magic tokens and a fish will carry you on his back”

“You know,' Wraith muttered, 'life was a lot easier when we hated all humans and didn't give a shit what happened to the lot of them.' He laughed. 'Okay, I couldn't say that with a straight face. I still don't give a shit'.”

“She told me that if magic gives people what they want, then not using magic can give them what they need.”

“Magic doesn’t mean to earn something or to get something. Magic is the will power. You can grow crops, but you can’t create them. Difference is, one is the will power and the other is temptation. Magic selects the eligible but can’t give them the proper direction.”