Quotes from Diane Duane

Honey, have you seen your sister?" She's on Jupiter, Mom.

You do have the idea of being 'just good friends?'" He gave her a sideways look. "For so high and honorable an estate," Roshaun said, " 'just' seems a poor modifier to choose.

Dear Artificer, I've blown my quanta and gone to the Good Place!

Those who don't know the mistakes of the past won't be able to enjoy it when they make them again in the future.

Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.

Footsteps in the snow suggest where you have been, point to where you were going: but when they suddenly vanish, never dismiss the possibility of flight...

There is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets.

How am I supposed to save the universe with all this noise?!

Honey, have you seen your sister?" She's on Jupiter, Mom.

Power," Nita heard her father say behind her. "Creation. Forces from before time. This is--this business is for saints, not children!" Even saints have to start somewhere," Carl said softly. "And it's always been the children who have saved the universe from the previous generation and remade the universe in their own image.

Go ahead! Panic! " screamed Picchu from somewhere in the background. "Do it now and avoid the June rush! Fear death by water!

Something always happens. You still have to promise stuff anyway. If you have to work to make the promises true... it's like a spell. You have to say the words every time you want the results.

You should know how terrible a power belief is, especially in the wrong hands -- and how do you tell which hands are wrong? Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you've changed, by believing. Once you've changed, other things start to follow.

It's always been the children who have saved the universe from the previous generation and remade the world in their own image. ---Carl

All the drawing lacks is the final touch: To add eyes to the dragon

You do have the idea of being 'just good friends?'" He gave her a sideways look. "For so high and honorable an estate," Roshaun said, " 'just' seems a poor modifier to choose.

And we will cause it to be well-made, this Sacrifice. You, young and never loving; I, old and never loved. Such a Song the Sea will never have seen.

Don't be afraid to make corrections," Picchu said. "Don't be afraid to lend a hand." She fell silent, seeming to think for a moment. "And don't look down.

It'd be a poor kind of world where there was just one explanation for things. ---Rhiow

I'm lying on a Star Wars bedspread," said a dry voice behind them, "Will I ever be able to look myself in the eye again?" They all turned. "By the fact that I'm not on Rashah," Ronan said, looking about him, "but instead apparently in suburban hell, and in contact with this dubious cultural artifact, I take it we won?

Virtue," he said. "The real thing. It's not some kind of cuddly teddy bear you can keep on the shelf until you need a hug. It's dangerous, which is why it makes people so nervous. Virtue has its own agenda, and believe me, it's not always yours. The word itself means strength, power. And when it gets loose, you'd better watch out." Something bad might happen..." Impossible. But possibly something painful" -A Wizard Alone by Diane Duane

Sometimes we do not hear the Whisperer even at her loudest because she speaks in our own voice, the one we most often discount.

She tried to walk softly and wished the trees wouldn't stare at her so.

Dear Artificer, I've blown my quanta and gone to the Good Place!