Quotes by Barbara Hambly

God has judged me all my life. But that is Gods privilege, my lady. Not yours.

The question is always the answer, provided you want the answer badly enough.

Dragonsbane, they called him.Slayer of dragons.Or a dragon, anyway. And, hed later found out, not such a very big one at that.

Then someone within closed the door, shutting Norah out into the howling dust of the night. The clouds parted briefly to reveal the full moons cold eye, then closed again. Wind seared over the pavilions double roof, its voice rising to a shriek. Distantly, among the maze of walls, came the frenzied barking of hundreds of tiny dogs. As she drifted towards wakefulness, Norah could not tell whether it was the wind that she heard just at the end, or whether, within the dark hall, the girl had begun to scream.

The worst thing about knowing that Gary Fairchild had been dead for a month was seeing him every day at work.

If the other novice wizards on the row hadnt broken into Raeshaldiss rooms, pissed on her bed and written WHORE and THIEF on the walls, she probably would have been killed on the night of the full moon.

Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when theyre getting ready to run you out of town.

I have a couple of dozen books on my reader: ideal for a long trip or an afternoon waiting at the medical clinic. Its flexible.

Someone asked me the other day what it feels like to see all my old stuff reappearing, at long last, in digital. And I had to smile because to me it doesnt feel like old stuff.