Jim C. Hines

"If books are indeed magic (and does anyone really believe otherwise?), then they are a collaborative magic between author and reader."

"Logically, Jig knew he was safe. Logic, however, had only a single small voice, and was easily overwhelmed by panic."

"Despite common belief, the goblin language did include a word for trust. It was derived from the word for trustworthy, which in the goblin tongue, was the same as the word for dead."

"He hoped he hadn’t killed the guard. He had come here to help the goblins. Though eliminating some of the stupider guards might be construed as helping. He would have to think about that later."

"Plans were for adventurers. He preferred the goblin approach. Blind panic might not work all the time, but at least it saved you the stress of planning."

"Madmen in the noble line are as common as rat turds in the grain shed."

"Goblins didn’t pray. They had no use for gods, a disinterest matched only by the gods’ disdain for goblins."

"Unfortunately for you, ignorance makes a poor shield."

"No night is so dark, no situation so dire, but the intervention of the gods cannot make it worse."

"Keep your enemies close, but your friends closer. That way your friends are between you and your enemies."

"He seemed to think that killing was something to be done only as a last resort. It was a strange philosophy, one that would take some getting used to."

"A wizard am I, whom many dread, With power like a God. So come with me to yonder bed, And see my mighty rod."