Quotes from Lawrence M. Schoen

Magic is the deliberate manipulation of coincidence.

There were times when Pizlo knew he thought too much, and other times when he thought he knew too much. This time was neither of those.

Jorl had said he would take responsibility for his son's education. Arlo hadn't reflected on what that meant; what an historian's sensibilities would do to the keen edge of his son's hunger for learning.

He'd never been the type of awaken easily, always struggling to cross that daily border between slumber and the responsibilities of the wide awake world. But that day he had opened his eyes and known. Death had announced itself, named a time and place, and left him instantly alert.