Quotes from Esther M. Friesner

My beloved grandson, I thank the gods for the joy of seeing your face again before I die. I wish with all my heart that you'd come back to us sooner." Argus smiled, but made no move to approach his grandfather. "You'll have to forgive me for staying away so long, Lord Aetes. As dearly as I love you, the idea of being put to death on my return to Aea kept me away. It's a trivial thing, the fear of losing one's life, but it means a lot to me.

You're safe. Thank the gods." Milo appeared at my side, dripping wet, his face scratched and battered. With a shamefaced smile he added, "I fell off the ship." " Another one who won't obey me?" Iolaus growled.

A smart rabbit doesn't wait until the hounds are on her tail before she digs her burrow.

You must be there with me, Atalanta. I wouldn't be able to say a word if I was alone with him. And we must see him secretly. If my father knew, he'd lock me up again." Again? I wanted to ask what she meant, but with Medea, perhaps there were some riddles better left unanswered.

I was overjoyed to spy Milo among them. He caught sight of me and came running to the doorway. "Glau--I mean, Hel-- Atalanta, there you are! I--" He dropped his voice sharply so that no one else could hear him say, "I've missed you." "I've missed you, too," I said as I led him off. The other men catcalled after us, but we ignored them.

The Argo was no longer beached beside the other ships but rocked at anchor some distance from shore. "The king's orders," Iolaus whispered. "He thinks that once the ship's got all her supplies aboard, she'd be too heavy for us to launch. That shows how little he knows of ships, or how little he thinks of us!" "Or how eager he is to be sure nothing keeps Prince Jason here," I murmured.

It's easy to fall in love with a girl who brings her husband a kingdom.' - Kelan

I soon set Castor's mind at ease about how I'd protect my borrowed identity. To stave off any challenges I couldn't handle, the first thing I did was issue a challenge of my own against any man who wanted to try his luck besting me in a footrace. I beat five men, including Kalais, a so-called son of Boreas, the North Wind. No one else challenged me for the rest of the morning. What man wanted to risk losing to a woman in front of all his friends?

He shrugged. 'If we keep pulling threads, trying to see which ones make the pattern, we unravel the cloth and left with nothing but tangles. Let's have no more talk of debts.' He cocked his head and studied my ash-smeared hair and face. 'On second thought, you do owe me the tale of how you contrived my rescue. May Lugh give me the art to do it justice!

If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.

What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them.

Being brave doesn't mean always having to fight alone.

It's not enough to be born free; I have to live my freedom!

They memorize everything and learn... nothing.

If every hero stopped to think about all the what-ifs in his path, none of us would ever take one step beyond our own doorways.

Some men were nothing but overgrown boys who never got over the "fun" of teasing girls, just to get noticed

Even if I was pretty, it wasn't going to be enough to bring me the life I wanted: one where I was free to make choices that mattered, one where people listened to what I had to say. Aphrodite had the beauty; Zeus had the thunderbolts. Everyone loved Aphrodite, but everyone listened to Zeus. I'd never get my hands on a thunderbolt, so if I wanted to be free, I'd better find a way to get my hands on the next best thing: a sword.

Because the truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger

White as ash, her face, but ashes hold the phantoms of fires.

What kind of god or goddess places a limit on love?

the truth holds the greatest magic, the greatest beauty, and sometimes the greatest danger.

The eagle is Lord Zeus's bird. We can't just ignore it. Ah, what does it mean ?" "What it means ," I said, smiling, "is that you and I have just seen either the world's most unmistakable omen or the world's most nearsighted eagle.

I don't hold memories in my hand, but I'll never let them go.

If I don't ask for your opinion, I don't want it.