Quotes from Piers Anthony

Had he known of this on the way over—but of course that was the thing about information. Without it, a person suffered enormous complications.

When you have something you would die to protect it ceases to be a matter of courage. Niobe explained, You just know what you have to do and you can't afford fear.

Magic was magic. It had no rationale except its own.

What do you mean, he?

May those who feel Xanth is sexist have pleasure in this novel, where Mundania is shown to be worse.

Of course. MAN—an acronym." The mouth on the screen quirked with obscure humor. "Oh? What do the letters stand for?" "Multi-Appendaged-Numbskull, of course. Every creature who is worthy of the title of sapience knows that.

Not any more. Not according to Glory Goblin or Brontes the Cyclops. Imbri merely confirms that Hugo has perfected his talent, and is now a good deal smarter and handsomer than before. A woman has to be responsible.

If a thing could not be accomplished honestly, probably it wasn't worth accomplishing at all.

The Magician charges a year's service. You—would not want to pay." The Good Magician was male, and Wynne had only one obvious coin. No one would be interested in her mind.

One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless

Soon his tears abated, but she continued to hold him, much as she had held his successor. There were times when men of any age needed the special favor of a woman's embrace. It was too bad that people of either sex tended to confuse this with sex.

How do you like me now?" she inquired archly. He was cautious. "I thought you didn't really care for me. Why are you making yourself so lovely?" She grimaced prettily. "I told you my deepest sins, and you didn't reject me. That's worth something.

And the worst of it was, Irene could not claim with any certainty that this savage retribution was wrong. She had always thought other people would and should suffer for their callousness, but had never realized that she was as guilty as they and deserved similar treatment.

What splendor nature proffered to the eye of any man who had half the wit to appreciate it!

Our men have aversion spells on their hats," Gnifty continued. She was really quite talkative, now that the ice had been broken. "So that no big monsters come near, just creatures small enough to be hunted at night. When a dragon is near, they cry, 'Hang onto your hat!

It was said that familiarity bred contempt, but surely ignorance bred error.

Oh, yeah?" Grundy cut in. "I happen to know that someone leaked copies of several of those texts to Mundania, including that one, so a whole bunch of people must have seen it!

But the text recorded it as 'Hell, you're in my hand'—an H instead of a W." Irene grimaced. "You mean everyone who sees that text will believe my husband swore at his sword?" "I'm afraid so," Chem said apologetically.

All because he had tried to rescue a beautiful, vacuous girl from a dragon. In folklore, such a hero always received a most intriguing reward. In reality, the hero was as likely as not to find himself in need of rescue…

Only in Xanth would parents see a dragon looming over their children and depart with confidence.

there was nothing but mutual mischief.

if the path of least resistance does not lead to the nearest tangle tree, it leads to some equivalent disaster. ~Good Magician Humphrey~

The Black Plague!" Niobe exclaimed. "What good did that do?" "It alleviated the European population pressure, decimated the labor force, and-so paved the way for the end of the feudal system," Satan said. "You can't keep workers in peonage when there are so few that their value is great.

Bink stare the way Jewel had gone. I wish there was something I could do. You can leave her alone, Cherie said firmly. She must make her own life.