“Rivers of fire. Even the rocks burn.An island rises from the sea.Dark magic in an errant phrase.The people bow to the lord of error.”

“In an infinite universe, all things are possible -- within physical limits, that is -- and any book that can be written does physically exist. Somewhere. The book is the bridge between the words and the physical actuality.”

“Torn pages curl and brown.The flames fly up.In the flickering light a cry.Who will lift the fallen stones?Who will link the broken chain?”

“The reader is entertained by the journey of another, but the writer is the changer of worlds.”

“If you act for self-gain then no good can come of it. If you act selflessly, then you act well for all and you must not be afraid.”

“The leaves had edges of silver that trembled and rippled like a river of green and fire flowing high above us.”

“That an error made on your own is safer than ten truths accepted on faith, because the first leaves you the means to correct it but the second destroys your capacity to distinguish truth from error.”